Warming is not an open-and-shut case

July 6, 2009

UNFORTUNATELY, THE nature of the op-ed column, about 700 words, does not allow Jeff Jacoby to present the full case on the fraud of so-called global warming (“No climate debate? Yes, there is,’’ July 1). It’s a substantial case, but Jacoby does a terrific job within the confines of the space.

Similarly, a letter to the editor, even shorter, prevents me from doing the argument justice. Suffice to say that when a cause’s leading proponent, Al Gore, repeatedly refuses to participate in open debate on the subject, something in his case is suspect.

Global warming is not an open-and-shut case, despite Gore and his acolytes’ insistence. As Jacoby notes, there is a growing counter-argument. Gore’s arrogance and self-assuredness is reminiscent of the certitude of numerous cultish movements throughout history, which eventually fell to larger truths.

Jack LeMenager, Winchester