Global Warming Denial is "a Crime" says NASA Scientist

As an addendum to the previous post, global warming believers aren't taking too well to the prospect that people are actually seeing through their scam. The chief snake oil salesman has gone over the edge against people who question his absolute moral authority on the issue:

James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.

...In an interview with the Guardian he said: "When you are in that kind of position, as the CEO of one the primary players who have been putting out misinformation even via organisations that affect what gets into school textbooks, then I think that's a crime."

Speaking ones mind is ever a crime, sir and the fact that you propose putting anyone on trial for their thoughts and views is downright Orwellian. What the hell is a "high crime against...nature" anyway? You also have to admire the chutzpah for using the phrase "actively spreading doubt" as if their can be no disbelief about the issue...ever. Kind of religious, isn't it?

But no, this yahoo isn't done yet:

He wants to see a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, coupled with the creation of a huge grid of low-loss electric power lines buried under ground and spread across America, in order to give wind and solar power a chance of competing. "The new US president would have to take the initiative analogous to Kennedy's decision to go to the moon."

His sharpest words are reserved for the special interests he blames for public confusion about the nature of the global warming threat. "The problem is not political will, it's the alligator shoes - the lobbyists. It's the fact that money talks in Washington, and that democracy is not working the way it's intended to work."

Are not global warming theory (yes, it's still a theory) pushers not adding to the "public confusion?" Perhaps Hansen needs a refresher on democracy. In his world, a democracy is when everyone votes the way he prefers. By the way Mr. Hansen, this is a Republic, Google it.

Even better, why don't we put it on the ballot in all fifty states in November--a question that asks the American public whether or not we should raise taxes on fuel and everything else so that we can reduce a gas that may or may not be contributing to global warming. We can further ask the public whether or not they would be willing to foot the trillion dollar bill for burying all those power lines. I'm game and that's about as democratic as you can get. Are you up for it Mr Hansen?