The abysmal failure of the Copenhagen conference underscores the public's distrust in the science of the United Nation's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As we received our daily doses of television coverage of the Copenhagen proceedings and the usual emotion ladened tripe of how our planet is in the grips of a hellishly hot slide towards thermogeddon, it is easy to become convinced it is all true. But how much of the message is built on empirical evidence and sound science?
The answer is mostly none. The science behind the hypothesis of global warming barely passes as legitimate science at all. I'm not saying all climate science is illegitimate but I am saying that the science at the core of the IPCC (and thus, most policy making) is corrupt beyond any recognition. The corruption is of biblical proportions, extending from the very top of the organization with its chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri's many business related conflicts of interest and personal investments in companies that stand to make trillions off of the recommendations of the IPCC he controls, to the scientific communities that operate from grant money that depends on supporting its conclusions.
So how bad is the corruption inside the science community that supports the IPCC? Climategate has served a real eye-opener. A December 9, 2009 broadcast on Finnish television, I believe, places the ramifications of the dirty dealing of several prominent scientific groups and the IPCC into sobering perspective. Here for your examination, I present the entire broadcast: