{"id":292368,"date":"2023-12-23T10:59:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T09:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292368"},"modified":"2023-12-23T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T09:59:29","slug":"climate-science-the-triumph-of-unreason-christopher-monckton-of-brenchley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292368","title":{"rendered":"Climate &#8220;science&#8221; &#8211; The triumph of unreason &#8211; Christopher Monckton of Brenchley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"397\" data-attachment-id=\"292372\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=292372\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?fit=1191%2C654&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1191,654\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?fit=723%2C397&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?resize=723%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?resize=1024%2C562&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?resize=768%2C422&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-23-105709.png?w=1191&amp;ssl=1 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord Christopher was a policy advisor under Prime Minister Thatcher and is, among other things, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He was formerly in the Conservative Party and then switched to UKIP. Viscount Monckton is considered one of Britain&#8217;s highest-profile climate skeptics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WKYjma_Upxo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13th International EIKE Climate and Energy Conference (IKEK-13) on November 22 and 23, 2019 in Munich. Lord Christopher was a policy advisor under Prime Minister Thatcher and is, among other things, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He was formerly in the Conservative Party and then switched to UKIP. Viscount Monckton is considered one of Britain&#8217;s highest-profile climate skeptics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speaker stresses that the triumph of unreason is only temporary, but will &#8220;hurt.&#8221; Today&#8217;s extremists work with methods developed by the Nazi ministry under Joseph Goebbels and later adopted by the Soviet KGB, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3th International EIKE Climate and Energy Conference (IKEK-13) on November 22 and 23, 2019 in Munich. Full video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a counter-strategy, Monckton recommends asking scientific questions. He brings up several examples of this, including &#8220;Why is global warming so much less than predicted?&#8221; and &#8220;Why isn&#8217;t major CO2 producer China in the Paris climate agreement? Why did they let it happen?&#8221; Lord Christopher suspects that one motive is the destruction of prosperity and democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NPSqlUnxXr8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLYCyGPXDT-FMZ9Yn738AXY51WYwj8LRj2\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Christopher was a policy advisor under Prime Minister Thatcher and is, among other things, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur. 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