It's really scary what you hear on the radio.

I heard an interesting quote this morning from a man the ABC described as a ‘leading’ climate change sceptic.

“…voters will not tolerate the largest tax increase in the history of humankind in the name of saving a planet which was successfully saved two thousand years ago and does not need to be saved again.”

Presumably, that was a reference to the Christian Messiah.

So those on the left are accused of religious zealotry in their opposition to continued carbon pollution, while those on the nutty right are permitted to use fairytales to justify their cause.

But I will play their game, for a minute, and attempt to apply cosmic logic to the creation and workings of the Judeo-Christian Almighty. I reckon that when She created Venus, gave it a 96.5% carbon dioxide atmosphere, allowed its atmosphere to reach temperatures of more than 400 degrees, and placed it closer to Earth than any other planet, that She was actually leaving us with a giant, cosmic warning buoy. And you know if I pray hard enough, I can hear Her echo across the sky every time I watch our fiery yellow sister traversing the sky… “Emulate this planet at your peril.”

But out of fairytale land, and back to reality. The man I originally quoted is a delegate to the Copenhagen Conference. And if there are other people like him there, hindering progress on a global agreement on climate change we will, in fact, need Super Jesus.