March 23, 2007
Daring to disbelieve
Commenter Ron says:
You're out of your freaking mind..
While it might be that increases in the sun's output is having some effect, you disregard the reality that carbon dioxide levels haven't exceeded 300 ppm in 600,000 years!!!
With carbon now over 400 ppm - and rising daily - and the clear correlation of carbon with temperature - idiots like you will be the reason for a major devolution of human life on the planet.
Fortunately, Jonah Goldberg has already written the best response to this kind of criticism.
[What to make of] Gore’s relentless talk of “consensus,” his ugly moral bullying of “deniers” and, most of all, his insistence that because there’s no time left to argue, everyone should do what he says.
Isn’t it interesting how the same people who think “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” when it comes to the war think that dissent when it comes to global warming is evil and troglodytic?
“If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor,” Gore said this week. “If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don’t say, ‘Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it’s not a problem.’ If the crib’s on fire, you don’t speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.”
True enough. But if your baby’s crib is on fire, you don’t run to a politician for help either.
You can tell that Gore’s schtick is about something more than the moderate and manageable challenge of global warming when he talks of sacrifice. On the one hand he wants everybody to change their lifestyles dramatically. These are the sacrifices the voracious energy user Al Gore won’t have to make because he can buy “carbon credits” for his many homes and his jet-setting.
But when asked this week about the enormous and unwise costs his plan would impose on the U.S. economy (according to the global consensus of economists), Gore said that his draconian emissions cuts are “going to save you money, and it’s going to make the economy stronger.”
Wait a second. This is the gravest crisis we’ve ever faced, but if we do exactly as Gore says (but not as he does), we’ll get richer in the process as we heal Mother Earth of her fever? Gore’s faith-based initiative is a win-win. No wonder so many people think it’s mean to disagree.
Fascinating, isn't it? Disagree with the Prophet Al'Gore and his acolytes, and suddenly shrieking, wild-eyed zealots chase you through the streets, shrieking "BLASPHEMER!"
Science my ass -- more like science fiction, with a dose of religious fanaticism. Global warming is the new Scientology.
Posted by Mike Lief at March 23, 2007 06:44 AM
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How are the Martians dealing with their own global warming issues without the Bore's assistance?
Posted by: The Little Coach at March 23, 2007 09:45 AM