The UN Sees Some Sense

It is not often that the UN says or does anything worthy of praise. It has been at the forefront of the scandalous global warming scam through the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and thus it has come as a surprise that the UN is suggesting that the US gives up on using corn for biofuel and uses the corn for feed purposes instead. This request has been made because of the poor US corn crops this year as a result of the drought in the Midwest pushing up the price of corn by something like 34%. Is the beginning of realism in the climate change debate? Perhaps, but there is a long way to go. It is not that it is stupid to find other sources of energy that are more environmentally friendly but to lie about global warming and to pretend that wind farms are anything other than an expensive disaster that disfigure the land. Any politician that promotes wind power will eventually have egg all over his face including that darling of the BBC Alex Salmond who, according to Bishop Hill here, does not seem to understand maths. The BBC love wind farms and everything green so it was not a surprise this morning to be told by that great green giant Roger Harrabin on the Today programme this morning that the London Olympics have been the greenest Olympics to date but apparently they could have been even more green. Who cares? All we care about is that the Olympics have been a success in light of all the effort and treasure that has been put into it and as a Londoner as a result of the disruption to the town. We have not suffered the same disruption in the West of London as they have in the East but it was fascinating walking around Victoria Park this afternoon and seeing the display of 204 photographs of personalities from each country that is participating in the Games. It was also dispiriting to see a stand alongside the main path through the Park handing out free pamphlets and other blurb about the marvels of Islam. It is a free country though and the East End like the West End has increasing numbers of muslims living in our midst. Something we just have to get used to although we must ensure that the horrors of Sharia law are never accepted here. The Games have been a huge success and Charles Moore has written a brilliant article in the Telegraph today about how we should use this achievement, which you can read here.