Yep. It’s like this:

There was a vacuous piece in The Scotsman yesterday — Climate change: The crack of doom? — followed by some… well, skeptical comments from readers. The readers have all the science over the journalist, but one comment hinted at my own manmade global warming theory:

We’re all doomed. Can I have a few TV appearances, plus appearance money of course, to explain why I think we’re all doomed?

I can do the woe, woe and thrice woe bit at regular intervals, and make myself a fortune appearing on TV, or writing rubbish articles for the newspapers.

No, it’s not only money. For some people, such as Al Gore, it’s a crusade to make the inconsequential activist feel important. They can motivate people to behave in a certain way, which is power. Money, notoriety, and power. If they’re your gods, box ‘em up and call them “Gaia.”

Unnatural global warming is thus, in my view, a manmade invention problem.

Gore betrayed his boss and lost an election, and now he’s found something that will gain him notoriety and cash. I credit Al for a shrewd business decision, but I do hope it ceases to be profitable before it does any more damage.