The climate change industry becomes simultaneously more sensible and more crazy

More sensible because (reports the Independent) they have realized that "The collective international failure to curb the growing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has meant that an alternative to merely curbing emissions may become necessary". It has been obvious for years that if rich European nations could not meet their very modest targets for cutting emissions then energy-poor developing countries would be unwilling and unable to deliver much bigger cuts. Sense at last. Well nearly.

The climate change industry is also more crazy because their Plan B is to seek "artificial manipulation of the global climate to counter the effects of man-made emissions of greenhouse gases". Their "geoengineering" plans include filling the air with particles and filling the sea with iron filings. The unintended consequences of these Soviet style schemes should fill every conservative with dread.