Wilful blindness

Steve Kates, one of the "brains trust" at Catallaxy (excuse me while I snigger), wrote just today:

For me, belief in global warming is as clear a sign of anti-capitalist ideologically-driven wishful thinking as I would care to choose. It may be a reality, but it is one for which the evidence is virtually non-existent....

which is good for either a laugh, or some serious head shaking, depending on one's mood, given the wide publicity this graph is getting today:

 Of course the monthly peak will drop again within the year, but it's a mighty impressive peak, and the trend of that red line is in danger of growing steeper.