Having it both ways-again

This is truly having it both ways. We joke, but it is no joke, that whatever happens the AGW alarmist will say that it is the result of climate change . It is true that many things that are happening are the result of natural climate change but have nothing to do with the overblown myth of man made global warming.

The goal of this movement is to tie everything negative to climate change (global warming) in the public mind that the facts of of what they are actually saying or reporting loses all semblance of connection with reality. Here is another perfect example from the UK Guardian. Reading the headline and superficially reading the story, you would not even pay attention to the reality of what is being reported here.

Climate change threat to rare black grouse in Scotland

Changing climate patterns threaten the rare black grouse, with numbers believed to have fallen by 40% in two years in the Pennines. Consecutive cold, wet summers, the worst conditions in almost two decades, have set back recovery, with the number of males dropping from 1,200 to 850.

Dr Phil Warren, of the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project, said it was a "huge blow". "We have had cold, wet weather in June when the chicks hatch. Breeding productivity was well below the 1.2 chicks per hen required for a stable population."

Black grouse is on the red list of conservation concern. It is hoped the population in England is large enough to withstand poor breeding, but there are fears for smaller populations, such as those in south-east Scotland.

Overall, numbers fell from 25,000 in the 1970s to 5,000 in 2005.

Black grouse have a well recorded courtship ritual known as a lek. At dawn in the spring, the males strut around in a traditional area and display while making a highly distinctive mating call.


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Why is this not only deceptive but dangerous? It is dangerous because once again it is another example of the alarmist preparing us for one eventuality when in fact we may be needing to prepare for the opposite.

h/t Where's my global warming dude?