Karen Yvonne,

They may try, the Hopenhageners, to disregard the revelation and continue on the course. But the main pillar may be too wobbly and the law of unintended consequences applies in a large dose, and they see that.

AGW was an ideal vehicle. Something so nebulous, unfalsifiable and specialized that it could be guarded by a handful of chosen priests. Just because priests got cocky does not mean all the 20 years of relentless work came to naught.

It is too dangerous to keep on the message with the damaged core of it. India and China want to be present, just to make sure no one is trying to impose something on them that would disadvantage them. Or, to put it bluntly, they would not like to be left on the recipient side of the con job.

The meme has to be reforged. The AGW would be recasted as ACC (Anthropogenic Climate Change). A new timeline will be set. The current priests would be released with a golden parachute for appreciation of their services and a new priesthood would take their place. A new, deemed unfalsifiable, aspect of the ACC would be discovered shortly and presented to faithful in an encapsulated form to spread far and wide. It has to be spread fast, so the skeptics don’t have a chance to address it in a meaningful form. All the original fears would be reconfirmed and a modified carbon tax rescue package would be presented to the confused public. $60 billion asked by the Hopenhagen hosts — that the participants as well may shell out — may buy a lot of indulgency (indulgent currency).

OK, I know, I am a bit cynical. But my life experience taught me to expect the worst and prepare for it and hope for the best.

Maybe the AGW is doomed. Maybe it would be painfully apparent to the AGW pushers that the damage is too great to be able to rescue the whole concept. But with billions at stake (that would be lining their pockets in a short order if this unfortunate f#ckup did not take place), they will not go into the cold without a fight.

PS-Yea, Iowahawk rulez!