Yeah, David...strange about that....

Onya, Santa,

Nice to see your keeping up the argument for the status quo.

"If you really believe that a natural trace gas that greens the planet is somehow dangerous..."

Ho...Ho...Ho....

Your 1930' makeover by the Coca-Cola company certainly placed you in good stead as an apologist for the neoliberal agenda of corporate laissez faire. You're the perfect symbol on unrestrained mega-consumption....why would we be surprised that you would choose Lord Monckton as your private secretary on this particular occasion.

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/cokelore_santa.html

"...the image of Santa most people have today is largely based on our advertising."

Another Vote for 'Brilliant'. Have loaned out my copy of a book entitled 'To slay a giant, try humour' and sadly it has not been returned, but the dragon of the age, the mythical monster of man-made climate change, is all in the mind you know, and it is in the minds of men and women the battle must be fought. Humour is a magical weapon of mass instruction, and we are fortunate to have such a well-humoured and well-armed knight on the battlefield.

Well done, Sir Knight.

Normally I don't approve of Santa, but this time I salute him for this brilliant article.

"The Planet was triumphantly Saved 2000 years ago and it does not need to be Saved again."

I love that statement, but in fact the world does need to be saved again - from that evil ruling class. They are not really so foolish or childish as to fail to understand that they cannot control the climate and the oceans, but it was never the climate and oceans which they wanted to control in the first place - it is us!

His lordship is even worse at satire than he is at science. Curiously, however, I find myself in agreement with some of his admonishments.
I agree that we can't buy a cure for AGW, but not that it isn't happening. I agree that you "can't expect your taxpayers to cut their carbon dioxide footprint until you have set an example by cutting your own", but for me this applies to the entire cashed-up class; austerity measures should be exacted from the top down, which sadly means his lordship will have to find more modest digs and foment his nonsense from the kitchen table.
It is pure fantasy to suppose we can even halt the growth in greenhouse gas emissions, let alone reverse the trend, by taxing it; in effect this implies growing economically while contracting materially--this is unprecedented, indeed non-sequitur. If there is one "law of economics" that's not but should be in the official list, it's that economic growth is not the illusionary product of improved efficiency, but of material expansion.
The only way to address AGW is to shrink materially, which means shrinking economically. We could do this by voluntarily entering an era of controlled attrition (an enlightened dark age), wherein our geologically significant human presence diminishes gradually (rapidly in geological terms) and with as much dignity as possible over a few generations, or we can and probably will just continue on regardless until the inevitable collapse and go out blazing.
His lordship is right that we can't fix the problem with money--except by doing away with it--but he's wrong that there is no problem.
Living standards have to plummet dramatically, but those of us who already live comparatively modestly lives shouldn't have to suffer a pang until the wealthy classes lead the way.

That may well amuse some but as a hard working elf I have have just received this letter from jolly old Santa.

"Dear Elf
As we enter this joyous time of year when we all sweat away in the North Pole workshops ready for the big day, you may have noticed that this year there is not a lot of activity in the elves wood workshops. Unfortunately even the magical North Pole is not immune to the changes in toy popularity and modern efficient production techniques. This has been reflected in this years childrens Christmas Lists data. Our Christmas List database center management have high lighted a disturbing trend showing wooden toys that elves so lovingly craft, are not as popular as they once were and have almost disappeared off lists. Children nowadays prefer electronic toys, DVDs and TV branded products made far more cheaply that we can, especially with our excessive heating costs. With this in mind I regret to announce that North Pole Industries will be closing down the Elves workshops just after the Christmas delivery run when your services will no longer be required and your employment terminated.
I would like to take the time to thank you for your efforts in the past and wish you all the best in whatever future path you take.

Merry Christmas and Ho Ho Ho
Father Christmas

Please note you will need to vacate the Elves residence by 30th December 2011."

Nice eh? big fat red corporate bastard

Daffy
The governing class is those who are governing ... durr. Those who live at the expense of others by the use of force or threats.

Unlike governments, private businesses are answerable to their customers in a plebiscite repeated many times every day. They have no "power" to require people to pay them whatsoever, and your assertion that they do only evidences your confusion. The customers are the mass of people, whose actions represent themselves and the social good far better than government, with its compulsory monopoly of force and fraud, ever does or ever can. The fact that some businesses have more wealth than many countries, is because they provide a service that people *voluntarily* buy.

But note that none of the warmists even pretends to try to justify this absurd hoo-haa on the basis of climate science, but of appeals to absent authority that has been have been exploded in here over and over again. They don't have a feather to fly with. They prove their case by stupid remarks such as that glaciers are melting. Nothing in the world is allowed to change any more without the parasite class claiming it's a justification for more forced redistributions of wealth in their direction. Their rationale is a combination of a belief that human existence is bad, and an obnoxious envy of other human beings. They simultaneously indulge the highest living standards the world has known by virtue of modern capitalism, while calling for policies that would be the death large numbers of poorer people, thus exhibiting the worst combination of pious hypocrisy and economic illiteracy.