An N & O letter writer doesn’t seem to agree with me in a letter I recently wrote to the paper. Specifically, while he doesn’t challenge my claim that drastic cuts in carbon emissions would devastate the economy, he does argue that if we don’t cut emissions, it also will have an impact on our economy.
My thoughtful response: Please show me where cutting emissions will have any impact on global temperature and therefore have an impact on the catastrophes the author discusses in his letter. He won’t be able to point to anything because cutting emissions will have no impact on the dire consequences he predicts.
Here’s what he describes as some of the catastrophes that would occur if we don’t make drastic cuts:
– Outer Banks will be underwater
– The Gulf will be submerged
– New Orleans will be lost (Maybe Atlantis was lost due to carbon emissions)
The appropriate response: When people claim they see Bigfoot, we tend to think of them as a little off-balance (except for my uncle who really did see Bigfoot). If nothing else, we are a little skeptical. When people say they were abducted by aliens, we have our doubts.
Yet, when it comes to global warming, the media has no doubts. They ignore the significant evidence showing that it isn’t a problem. Maybe they are lazy and assume that since there has been warming over the last century (yes, there has been warming), it must be a problem. Maybe it is the “perfect storm” of environmental extremists, left-wing foundations, immoral scientists, and rent-seeking companies (e.g. GE, Duke Energy) that makes this sham stay alive and not a joke as it should be.
Even when there’s tons of evidence showing how data has been manipulated by the alarmist scientists, the media doesn’t act as a watchdog and investigate. Instead, it goes out of its way, without any expertise, to defend the message of global warming alarmism.
When people talk about the lost city of New Orleans or whatever silly catastrophe they want to make-up, those with common sense need to tell the truth and call these claims “nutty.”
It may be politically incorrect to use common sense when it comes to global warming hysteria, but people need to start doing so, before it is too late.
These claims are nutty and deserve to be mocked. When did we decide to allow the alarmist inmates to run the asylum?
Or, just maybe, we should come up with nutty claims of our own. For example, if we make drastic cuts in CO2 emissions, millions of people will lose their jobs. If we make the cuts that are desired by some, we would have a 19th century standard of living. Wait a second, that is all true.
We should let the nuts make the nutty claims, and those with common sense need to speak up. When an alarmist asks me about the lost city of New Orleans, I’ll simply respond: Let me consult with Bigfoot first. At least then we’d be on the same wavelength.
