Patrick Moore seems to be a reasonable advocate for the environment (as am I, being one of those people who lives out in the environment.) He's talking sense on an issue where there doesn't seem to be a lot of that bandied about lately, and he has been increasingly vocal on the topic:

Moore is the co-founder of Greenpeace Canada and is currently directly of the CO2 Coalition, a non-partisan foundation that educates policy leaders and the public about the important contributions of carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy.

In 2013, Moore published Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout – The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist, which documents his 15 years with Greenpeace and outlines his vision for a sustainable future.

Of late it sure seems like voices like these are crying out in the wilderness. But Patrick Moore is making himself heard, and hopefully, this message will start to sink in with voters. This may have more effect as the trend to destroy the economy and make your life unpleasant in the name of climate change accelerates.

Here's the thing about climate, the earth, and especially models used to "predict" the climate for decades and centuries. 

First, and maybe foremost, it is the height of human arrogance to assume we know what the planet's "correct" temperature setting is. Through much of the planet's 4.55 billion-year history, it's been both warmer and colder than it is now. As recently as the Pliocene, between 4 and 10 million years ago, the earth was on average 2-4 degrees C warmer than now; in the Eocene Thermal Maximum, around 50-60 million years ago, it was between 12 and 14 degrees warmer. Temperatures ranging back that far are determined with indirect means, obviously, including such things as oxygen isotope ratios taken from the ocean floor and sedimentary rock samples, but the trends are very clear. Do humans have an impact on the environment? Sure. But it's not worth wrecking a modern economy over our effect when one good volcano can spew out more greenhouse gases in an afternoon than mankind can produce in a year.

Second, the Earth’s climate is a huge, chaotic system, and we've only been here for a tiny eye-blink of the geological time scale. The climate has always changed and will always change. So, “Put not thy trust in princes,” or in politicians, nor in guys in white lab coats pushing a political agenda, and especially not in autistic Dutch teenagers. They’re pushing an agenda, and it’s not one that will work out in your favor; meanwhile, regardless of what people do, the Earth will keep ticking along, following the old feedback loops and patterns it has followed for four and a half billion years now, regardless of what we tiny little humans do.

Third and finally, The leaders of the climate cult movement, both the politicians who push for “action” and the supposed scientists who push debunked data, for sure and for certain, have other motivations. Look at the number of politicians who regularly scold us for our pickup trucks and air-conditioning, while living in estates on the beaches they claim are disappearing. Then there are the Hollywood types, who fly off in private jets to attend climate conferences, during which they finger-wag at we peasants who have the temerity to defy them by driving SUVs and pickup trucks. Their motivation, as with pretty much their entire lives, is publicity – and it’s working for them. The foot soldiers of the climate movement are loud, loutish, and annoying. But the leaders – many of them, at least – wield power, and it is their agenda on which we must stay appraised.

As I’ve always said and will continue to say, I’ll believe there is a climate crisis when the people who keep telling me there’s a climate crisis start behaving like there’s a climate crisis.

Patrick Moore is one voice speaking in opposition, and when you consider his background, he is a voice that should be taken seriously.

The entire interview may be seen below: