During an interview with Thomas Friedman David Letterman launched into a rant about global warming and the lack of leadership needed to take action. Funny and earnest.
“We are dead meat,” said David Letterman last night in the midst of a lengthy rant on global warming. He blamed a lack of leadership over the last several decades. He also said he didn’t think that little steps like reusing party toothpicks or turning lawn clippings into mulch could possibly help.”
WATCH the clip: David Letterman on Huffington Post
BC_EE
September 11, 2008 | 10:51 pm1
My point exactly Dave, we are screwed. Let me introduce you to a little physical law called Inertia. The thermal inertia of our atmospheric system is huge and if we put on the GHG brakes now, it would take 60 years to slow the temperature increase stop.
Although highly Politically Incorrect, this is why I roll my eyes at all the GHG, carbon reduction activism going on. I really think a basic course in physics and thermodynamics ought to be a prereq for any environmentalist. As I see it, we have words without understanding (aka, religion).
I would have to put together the numbers, but I don’t think I’m far off with; for all the carbon reduction we may accomplish in one year China will trump in one week with their electrical generation expansion. We can tax the hell out of it, and it won’t matter a pinch of coon shit.
“I drive a hybrid!”, “I recycle”, “I’m purchasing carbon offsets”, “I’m green!”, ya whatever… o.k., recycling is good so long as it doesn’t end up in the dump anyway (oh, you should see the numbers!). This drivel drives me nuts. It’s like listening to cheerleaders that never grew up.
Do people really want to know the environmental plan for this day and age? I have one and it will also replenish our dwindling fossil fuel resources at the same time. I call it “The Lottery”.
Every person on the planet will be given a slip of paper with the number 1 or 2. Then we’ll toss a coin - heck! let’s do it at the Superbowl, kick off or receive. Then, if the people with the losing number could be so kind as to move along one of ten or twelve preselected and well marked geographically favorable areas and politely expire. If we pick the areas right, in about 150 million years or so we should have a new supply of oil. And there you have the solution to pollution, food shortage, carbon emissions, depleting resources, and long lines at the check out counter. Brilliant!
Absurd? Then let’s start making the hard choices that don’t sound so ridiculous…