Much of what was available for public consumption at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancún could easily be dismissed as nonsensical or bizarre. The “Climate Change Village” exhibit was so full of patently ridiculous ideas that it seemed more likely that The Onion was sponsoring the event rather than an international organization that we’re supposed to take seriously when it comes to matters of science. The only remotely believable thing in the entire exhibit was the fact that the “House of the Future” didn’t have any human beings in it, which seems to be the real end game here. (The “House of the Future” was also stocked with products from the Village’s corporate sponsors, whose goods are apparently granted “eco-friendly” status upon the writing of a large check.)

One of the more perplexing exhibits was a geodesic dome that featured a dirt floor covered in palm fronds, several flat screen TVs and a steady pulsing of some of the worst techno music ever heard. Even the more uncritical among the visitors were shaking their heads upon exiting this glimpse into an eco nut’s drug hallucination.

While most of the public exhibits were fairly laughable, there was one very disturbing aspect that had some of us more skeptical types buzzing for a couple of days: the concerted effort to indoctrinate school children with the gospel of climate change.

Speaking at Americans For Prosperity’s “Hot Air Tour” on Thursday night, Andrew Breitbart said that the climate change battle being waged by the left is really more about controlling the narrative than serious science. And it’s a battle they have been winning handily until very recently.

What better way to control the narrative than to define it early on to unquestioning school children?

Busload after busload of kids were dropped off all day long at Climate Change Villlage. Once inside, they got to see things like “The Climate Wall”. On this wall were several small video monitors with headphones where the gullible youth could watch bad performance art pieces (many featuring other gullible youth) telling them unequivocally that climate change is real, it’s our fault and the clock is ticking.

In other words, “Panic, kiddies! Mom and dad are killing Earth but you can save it! Of course, saving it would probably be easier if mom and dad weren’t around. Or you either for that matter.”

Sound a bit over the top? Let’s take a walk over to an exhibit that translated loosely as “What The Children Are Saying”. Here we have adolescents offering their view of the current “crisis” and the solution via papier-mâché globes.

The doomsday vision of the present was represented by a globe that featured such exquisite detail that one could see Domino’s (apparently not a corporate sponsor) boxes floating in our pollution choked bays. The only thing missing from this post-apocalyptic nightmare were polar bears floating through the streets of Omaha. I may have missed those, though.

The brainwashed little darlings then proudly showed off their vision of the rescued, thriving planet, again in great detail. There was lush vegetation, animals frolicking in an almost Eden-like environment and, of course, icecaps aplenty. Completely missing from this enviro-Utopia were people and places for them to live. When pressed for an explanation about this by some bloggers in attendance, the kids’ eyes just sort of glazed over as they pointed to the Happy Earth model. You see, we were just supposed to understand.

Some of us adults may have been amused by the vegans who wore tall pastel chiffon hats and passed out literature about the icky carnivore Earth killers or the “House of the Future” that celebrated the living standards of the 1800s. We were also stumped by a large display that featured native bead crafts that were somehow integral to the ending of the crisis. But it was easy to see that, to the kids from “What The Children Are Saying”, it all made perfect sense.

Liberals have known for generations that the easiest sell for their message is to younger minds that don’t pay attention to things like logic. That’s why they keep trying to convince people to send their kids to school practically in utero. Whatever ground the climate change fanatics have lost at the Big People’s Table in the past couple of years they’re more than regaining with the wholesale indoctrination of young people.

There was a lot of lamenting on the left leading up to the Cancún conference about how little might be accomplished this year. Up until now, the IPCC crowd has largely defined success by how much developing countries could extort from developed nations. Naturally, it’s never enough. Using that as a standard, skeptics might take heart at how ineffective the past two IPCC conferences have been.

If, however, we look at who is controlling the narrative, a much different picture emerges and not just at this conference. Schools (public and private), Hollywood and the mainstream media are taking the “Climate Change Village” message to our kids every day of the year and they get to make the whole thing up.

And everybody knows how much kids love a good scary story.