There is no rational, scientific basis for Alarmists' call for AGW action.

As part of a reply to a fatuous column "What Evidence Would Persuade You That Man-Made Climate Change Is Real?"  Christopher Monckton wrote (LINK - WUWT):

The answer: a rational, scientific case rooted in established theory and data would convince me that manmade climate change is a problem. That it is real is not in doubt, for every creature that breathes out emits CO2 and thus affects the climate.

The true scientific question, then, is not the fatuous question whether “Man-Made Climate Change Is Real” but how much global warming our sins of emission may cause, and whether that warming might be more a bad thing than a good thing.

Lord Monckton then detailed "The tax-gobblers’ mighty mountain."

Step 10. Would the benefit outweigh the cost?

Step 9. Can we afford the cost of CO2 mitigation?

Step 8. Will any realistic measures avert the danger?

Step 7. Will warmer worldwide weather be dangerous?

Step 6. Will temperature feedbacks amplify that warming?

Step 5. Will greenhouse-gas emissions cause much warming?

Step 4. Are humankind raising CO2 concentration substantially?

Step 3. Are humankind increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration?

Step 2. Is a consensus among climate experts compatible with science?

Step 1. Has any climate warming beyond natural variability taken place?

If the answer to the question at any Step from 1 to 10 on the stony path up the tax-gobblers’ mighty mountain is “No”, there is no rational, scientific basis for climbing any further. Unless one can legitimately reach the top by answering Yes to all ten questions, there is no credible justification for any investment of taxpayers’ funds in trying to make global warming go away.

Christopher Monckton proceeds to ensure that  "NO" is the only answer to each of these questions. See HERE.

SO - there is no rational, scientific basis for climbing any further.

Another Brick removed from the AGW Wall

Pink Floyd sang:

We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! teachers! leave the kids alone!
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

West Virginia has turned away from thought control, removed dark sarcasm from the classroom and allowed the students to debate (man made) global warming.

As reported by CFACT (link)

The West Virginia Board of Education voted yesterday to put an end to months of controversy and open up teaching standards to permit students to consider both sides in the climate debate. 

The Board voted 6-2 in favor of amending the standards to, as the Charleston Daily Mail reports, “allow students to use scientific models to form their own conclusions on the debated topic.” 

“Supporters of the changes, including board members Wade Linger and Tom Campbell, argued that ‘science is never settled’ and that debate will lead students into a deeper understanding of the issue,” the paper added. 

The vote represents a significant victory for student rights and for science.  The scientific method demands consideration of all data, without regard for the impact this may have on a cherished theory.  Open minds and free debate are essential to science and climate science is no exception.

Read more HERE 

Slowly but surely the AGW Fraud is being revealed for what it is.