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A climate for eurosceptics

• Mark Mardell
• 24 Jan 08, 08:29 AM

sees the European Union’s plans to deal with climate change as a route to popularity.

He told the European Parliament that

I am not sure he won over quite everyone in the chamber.

Mr Barroso sat laughing and shaking his head as . This is part of what he said:

β€œClimate change is precisely that! Climate changes - ALL THE TIME! So what if Earth's climate decides to cool down instead of warm up? Will the "experts" then suggest that we must produce much more carbon dioxide to try and offset the cooling?

"Of course not - they are so committed to their present "Global Warming" prediction that that would NOT be an option.

β€œBut, sadly, it looks as if that is what IS happening. IF Global Warming has been just a temporary blip and we are now heading relentlessly for the next (inevitable) Ice Age, any reductions in CO2 emissions will have precisely the OPPOSITE effect to that which is intended.

β€œAnd all the fancy calculations of carbon trading, the "benefits" of which are highly doubtful anyway, will be completely pointless.”

, a fierce critic of the European Union, also doubts that global warming is caused by human activity.

So does , and we had quite a discussion about it when we met last year. I was interviewing him, yes you guessed it, about his scepticism towards the European Union.

What is the connection between and doubts about man-made climate change ?

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