An overriding feature of the climate debate is the constant attempt to intimidate policy makers, in some cases successfully, with the mantras of “follow the science” and “the science is truly settled”. The purpose is to create the impression that there is really no room for argument; this is not really a public policy issue; it is one on which the experts have spoken, and we would all be quite daft to do other than follow the prescriptions, it is asserted, which flow automatically from the scientific findings.
Scientists are experts in science. Judges are experts in interpreting the law and doctors are skilled at keeping us healthy-provided we take their advice. But parliaments – composed of elected politicians are the experts at public policy making, and neither expressly or impliedly should they ever surrender that role to others.
--John Howard: One Religion Is Enough - 2013 Annual GWPF Lecture London 5 November 2013
John Howard: Global Warming Battle ‘Has Become A Religion’
The Times, 6 November 2013
