The business year is heating up, and so is the debate on climate change. After a period of media coverage giving basically one view on global warming, we have suddenly gone from purported unanimity among scientists and commentators to a breakdown in any consensus whatsoever, with scores of articles appearing every day debunking what only a few months ago was accepted truth.
Here’s one such piece from today’s edition of the European edition of the Wall Street Journal.
So, what does any of this have to do with The Good News Blog? Only that the blog began during a time when there was a virtually media consensus that all was doom and gloom, that the world was about to experience another Great Depression. Anyone who begged to differ was considered a bit odd.
But here we are in early 2010 — and the sky hasn’t fallen in. In fact, by most measures, the worst of the downturn is over. Business opportunities abound.
Could it be that the economic coverage from early last year was itself a little odd?
As the Journal notes in respect of the U-turn on climate change consensus, those who want to persuade others of the truth as they see it need to make their case as transparently as possible. “This is inconvenient for those who want to claim unequivocal truth without having the evidence. But that's the way it is.”
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