The Nature blog Climate Feedback seldom has posts of value, but it often has posts cheerleading the dimmest of political arguments.

“If someone’s basement floods and they lose their job on the same day, it is certainly an unlucky day. But they would not wait until they found a new job before pumping the basement and fixing the leak.”

EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Ditmas channels Joe the Plumber in an open letter to Obama on climate policy (h/t Green Inc.), the day before the EU unveiled its pre-Copenhagen proposal.

No, but they would wait until they had something better than a cracked, leaky teacup to bail the basement. There are no pumps. It isn't just that the poor fellows with the flood don't have them, it's that they don't exist.

The leaks can't be fixed. There are so many of them that the "fix" is to replumb the house. The unemployed flood victim can't afford that. When you consider that the "victim" isn't actually a person but the whole planet then there is no one to come to the rescue and pay for it.

What these political arguments really advocate is that massive amounts of money and power be granted to bureaucrats who will then ride around in luxury clucking about the terrible flood and bad mouthing any and all who point out the waste and fraud the bureaucrats perpetrate. The advocates and their cheerleaders aren't concerned about the flood. They use it as an excuse to exploit society.

P.S. I realize that Climate Feedback isn't a serious commentary blog - it's mostly sophomoric snark from narrow minded journalists and I should ignore it like any other political blog. Ignore this post and it evens out.