Green superstitions

Reporting on a carbon capture project, a Today reporter referred to

Carbon dioxide, which is officially said to be responsible for climate change.

Since no one, as far as I know, has claimed that concentration of carbon dioxide causes cooling, we are back to our old hobbyhorse, anthropogenic global warming - the BBC are smuggling it in under a blander label. But -

1. Atmospheric CO2 is rising, global temperatures aren't keeping pace

2. So the whole carbon capture project is an expensive red herring

3. In science there is no "officially" - only truth.

Meanwhile, the greenie Independent has plucked up its courage to report the view of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors that solar panels are one of the least cost-effective ways of combating climate change and will take 100 years to pay back their installation costs. The Telegraph's Jeff Howell had made a similar point a few weeks before.

Another superstition to add to carbon capture.