In 2007, the populist potentate of eco-theology, Al Gore, declared, “The North Polar ice cap is falling off a cliff. It could be completely gone in summer in as little as seven years. Seven years from now.” Now that it’s seven years later, let’s check in on Gore’s prophecy, shall we? For the second year in a row, the Arctic ice cap has expanded, and covers 1.715 million square kilometers more than two years ago – that’s an area the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, changing our economy to account for this “settled science” could cost just as much as doing nothing at all. That’s assuming the science really is settled, and climate change would cause costly changes to lifestyle. It should be obvious that ecofascists’ efforts to “mitigate” climate change with onerous regulations and bigger government are merely a means to gain more power for themselves. More…