Friday, May 02, 2008
i have to get this off my chest
Cold days in April are not a repudiation of global warming. Global warming is a rise in the AVERAGE temperature of the planet's surface air and oceans. If you're going to snort and scoff when the mercury drops down below forty in April, then I have to ask - when we had those 50 degree days in January, did you suddenly believe in global warming for a day?
I realize a lot of people who've taken up the global warming banner have done so in a way that has damaged their credibility - and the credibility of the cause. It's a politicized issue, and the minute politics enters an equation it brings a certain degree of corruption and demagoguery with it. But even if scientists are only 10% right about the effect of pollution on the planet, what's wrong with working now to figure out and fix future problems?
I'm not sold on every statistic I hear about the health of the environment, but I'm also not so blind that I'm going to ignore the observable harm we've already done. Being concerned and conscientious about the environment isn't the same thing as falling lock-step behind every hypocritical politician who says one thing and does another. And being belligerent about the issue just make you look like a tool.
That's all. Sorry. As you were.
looks like someone forgot their meds this morning.
No back to driving my SUV while drinking my coffee in styrofoam cups on my way to club baby seals.
You are a part of the problem. Not the global warming problem, though. You're a part of the "People I want to kill" problem. Luckily, there's a solution.
It's killing.
Just be sure you properly dispose of the Colonel once you solve "the problem".
If you just leave him lying around, the decomposition process will create large amounts of methane gas- which will contribute to global warming.
Or so I've heard.
By the way- well said in your post.
I always like to imagine that when the Colonel dies an evil spell will be broken somewhere and his dead body will turn into the body of a noble prince who is the Colonel's opposite in every way.
Then I'll kill that Prince too. Just out of spite.
Thanks Freddo.
in reading about how your column feels forced nowadays, you should include some stuff like this in there.
it's way more interesting of a read when I can tell you're passionate about it. just a thought.
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I realize a lot of people who've taken up the global warming banner have done so in a way that has damaged their credibility - and the credibility of the cause. It's a politicized issue, and the minute politics enters an equation it brings a certain degree of corruption and demagoguery with it. But even if scientists are only 10% right about the effect of pollution on the planet, what's wrong with working now to figure out and fix future problems?
I'm not sold on every statistic I hear about the health of the environment, but I'm also not so blind that I'm going to ignore the observable harm we've already done. Being concerned and conscientious about the environment isn't the same thing as falling lock-step behind every hypocritical politician who says one thing and does another. And being belligerent about the issue just make you look like a tool.
That's all. Sorry. As you were.
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looks like someone forgot their meds this morning.
No back to driving my SUV while drinking my coffee in styrofoam cups on my way to club baby seals.
You are a part of the problem. Not the global warming problem, though. You're a part of the "People I want to kill" problem. Luckily, there's a solution.
It's killing.
Just be sure you properly dispose of the Colonel once you solve "the problem".
If you just leave him lying around, the decomposition process will create large amounts of methane gas- which will contribute to global warming.
Or so I've heard.
By the way- well said in your post.
I always like to imagine that when the Colonel dies an evil spell will be broken somewhere and his dead body will turn into the body of a noble prince who is the Colonel's opposite in every way.
Then I'll kill that Prince too. Just out of spite.
Thanks Freddo.
in reading about how your column feels forced nowadays, you should include some stuff like this in there.
it's way more interesting of a read when I can tell you're passionate about it. just a thought.
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