"You must have missed the 3 recently published papers, showing that the Maldives [& most coral atolls] are actually growing, not being overwhelmed,..." Hasbeen

Well yes...Maldives and Tuvalu and a majority of other Pacific and Indian Ocean isles. You remember Tuvalu? That was the place Gore proclaimed was already depopulated because it had sunk but which is instead growing.

But, Hasbeen, if you're going to start introducing facts into this discussion, we'll never get anywhere. Don't you know that this isn't about the truth of so-called climate change? The truth doesn't matter and never did. Its all about a means to an end.

That's why the committed need to organise rallies and 'direct action'. Trying to convince the folks by using argument won't work because all their arguments have gone out the window. So they'll by-pass that little obstacle and go straight for the emotion and the warm inner glow.

Quite right Leigh re the Days of Rage, Paris 1968; I still see the Lizard King dancing in my dreams. Of course I'm an ageing boomer house wife now but I'm certainly alarmed that the Maldives are sinking, because it was such a great place for our generation to holiday and spend your inheritance.

I'm reliably informed that an SPA hit team was assigned to the Maldives and that there are far less people there now. Problem solved. Their eugenics team, like Thunderbird 2, can fly in to any Asian Pacific nation within 24 hours. This is good news for modern man.

Direct action on climate change will only happen at the ballot box. Courageous politicians who stand with a platform of change and win(and then dont renege..Im looking at you Rudd). No amount of sitins or marches would influence politicians once they have our votes. Nature certainly wont take any notice.
Individual direct action to reduce carbon footprints sets a good example but so far has made only minimal impact climatically and politically.
The only other kind of direct action, and the most successful, is against individual environmental travesties. The Franklin Dam protests, forest blockades, future fights against new polluting industries and power stations. These will continue and in some cases succeed.

It was in the Maldives that a dissenting scientist was threatened with jail for announcing that he wasn't a Muslim. Islamic groups in the islands called for a death sentence. Luckily for him, he recanted. What a wonderful example of rational thinking to add to the AGW cause!

http://tinyurl.com/272x36g

'According to the Maldivian constitution all citizens are required to be Muslim, and the country is always described as a “100 percent” Muslim country.'

Not only are we sending these intolerant theocrats aid money, we are now being called on to consider them as a shining example of environmental heroism. Oh, please!

AMICUS

"What's happened to aggressive and robust marketing of AGW"

Hmmm..I guess the "Alliance for Climate Protection" founded by The PROPHET himself (Al Gore) has already spent the

THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS it was given in 2008 for just ONE task.

"Persuade people about the reality of Climate Change"

Well..all they've done is persuade me and an increasing number of people of how nefarious and corrupt and greedy these Capitalists in Environmental Socialist Garb are.

AL GORE...>> Alliance for Climate Protection. (Kathy Zoi CEO)

Kathy ZOI... appointed as Assistant Secretary of US dept of ENERGY.

Kathy Zoi... HUGE share holding in Green Companies including Landis and Gyr (smart meters)

Kathy ZOI.. married to ROBIN ROY.. CEO of GREEN company "Serious Materials" making energy efficient windows.

KATHY ZOI.. now with her fingies into the $16,000,000,000 of GREEN stimulus money under the "American Reinvestment and Recovery Act"

KATHY ZOI.. Al Gores personal friend.

AL GORE.. one of the 10 largest share holders in CLIMATE EXCHANGE LLC

a carbon trading company.. to make 'Gazillions' from Carbon trading when Cap and Trade laws are brought in.

MAURICE STRONG.. founder of the global green movement..and DIRECTOR of the Chicago Climate Exchange. (Gazillions from carbon trading)

RICHARD SANDOR... CEO of Climate Exchange and close GORE associate.(shares in CCX now worth $250,000,000)

BOB CARR.. CEO of ENVEX carbon trading company in NSW.

and so the Democrat/Socialist (capitalist) GREEEEEEN network goes.

If the Green Movement fails to persuade the world of Climate Change..it won't be just Tipper that Al Gore loses..it will be his shirt (and a lot of other peoples shirts too)

So..they have a strong financial interest in making it believed :)

Climate change! What a load of crap! You don’t actually think that the human race is going to kill the capitalist pig with-in itself . What a pathetic joke! We will rape, pillage and plunder good old planet Earth in the name of “sustainable economic growth”, till there is nothing left. How much industrial pollution dose it take to keep a greed driven self-centered capitalistic pig happy? And how much of a polluting capitalistic pig are you? Now be honest with yourself! It’s not a government’s job to change our habits. It’s each and everyone’s job, to change their own bad habits. So get on with it! Stop wigging.