How Do You Know That Liberals Don't Actually Believe In Global Warming?

Because, if they actually believed that ocean levels were going to rise soon, they'd be buying beach front property in Kansas.

So many on the left argue that the trend is irreversible, or we've gone too far. How about betting on a sure thing then? They're missing out on the investment opportunity of a lifetime! But, then what do liberals know about investing?

I don't see liberals fleeing the coast in droves, either. I mention this because Fred is all hacked off at one writer who suggests that global warming might be a welcome plague upon conservatives.

You know something? I'll bet the whole global warming scare is just a massive left-wing conspiracy, to keep real estate prices low for democratic congressmen who want to own beach front houses.

Enough Already!

I'm all in favor of my car getting better mileage.

Just stop telling me that I need to shove my lunch in the gas tank.

How Was Your Evening?

Hopefully well. I spent mine in the bosom of Conservatism at the Heritage Foundation watching the fascinating
documentary "Mine Your Own Business" by Irish Journalist Phelim McAleer.

In it, Phelim points out how development in nations like Chile, Romania, and Madagascar has been slowed, or even stopped to a halt all in the name of "Environmentalism," and "Original Habitation."

That the intent of the natives is ignored, leaving them far below the poverty line, and a bunch of Liberals who've often never stepped foot in the place get to feel good about themselves.

I'd advise you all to check it out if you can.
Also, one word couldn't help but keep popping in my head as I watched it: Crandon. Admittedly, it's a completely different situation up there, but subject brought it to mind.

Bessie is Tooting Too Much

It's stories like this that make me wish I could go into stand-up comedy.

Material like this is too good.

BARMY Euro MPs are demanding new laws to stop cows and sheep PARPING.

Their call came after the UN said livestock emissions were a bigger threat to the planet than transport.

The MEPs have asked the European Commission to “look again at the livestock question in direct connection with global warming”.

The official EU declaration demands changes to animals’ diets, to capture gas emissions and recycle manure.

They warned: “The livestock sector presents the greatest threat to the planet.” The proposal will be looked at by the 27 member states.

The UN says livestock farming generates 18 per cent of greenhouse gases while transport accounts for 14 per cent.

The Urban Dictionary defines "parp" as the noise made when farting whilst tightly clenching buttocks.

PeTA has also attacked cows -- in the name of environmentalism of course -- saying that less cows (since we'd all be vegetarians, thus fewer cows being kept for human consumption) will also heal the Earth.

One thing I've often wondered in this assault against cows for being, well, cows is what will become of the farmers (both dairy and livestock) in this cow-free world. Or have the environmental socialists not fully thought that out yet?

Green Bay Georgia Pacific Workers in Fear for Their Jobs

With Sheryl Crow proposing to limit toilet paper usage to one square per visit. Riiiiiigggggghhhhhhhhtttttt.

Re: Mercury?

Nice work, Jib! I've cross-posted the following:

I've said once or twice that I have concerns about the actual environmental impact of compact fluorescent light bulbs. In particular, I've noted that the bulbs contain mercury, which is definitely not something to be taken lightly!

Now, it would appear that actual scientists (in lab coats and everything) have caught up with me. They're questioning whether a safe disposal method can be made practical.

One problem with recycling is that it isn't cheap.

Larry Chalfan, executive director of the Zero Waste Alliance environmental group, said the value of the metal, glass and mercury reclaimed from recycling fails to offset the cost of the process. "Someone has to pay," he said.

Costs can range from 20 cents to 50 cents per bulb -- not a paltry sum when some CFLs sell for less than $2 at Wal-Mart.

But, compared with the overall lifecycle cost of buying and using a bulb, recycling would be less than 1 percent, said Paul Abernathy, executive director of the Association of Lighting & Mercury Recyclers, "a small price to keep the mercury out of the environment."

Alternatively, another way to keep mercury from CFLs out of the environment is to not buy them!

Another obstacle lies in the fragility of the bulbs and their mercury content.

"People who are going to accumulate these things from the public are going to have to address the fact that breakage will happen," Abernathy said. "There's the potential for contamination, and I think right now people are a little hesitant to volunteer to take on this liability."

The U.S. government has no single recycling plan in mind, said Matt Hale, director of the EPA's Office of Solid Waste.

Among the alternatives are special curbside collections by municipalities, mail-back programs by manufacturers and drop-off programs at various places, including retail stores that sell CFLs, he said.

Cool! A mail back program! How do I get my four-foot fluorescent tube into a letter sized envelope? Will it blend?

Noble Savagery

Michelle Malkin picks up on a Manhattan couple trying to minimize their environmental impact.

Michelle passes on the following from the Q&A section of the couple's website:

Have you considered the climate/waste/energy input associated with eating diary?

Please don’t try to make us give up our milk and cheese and homemade yogurt. I’m begging you. Since we’re eating only unpackaged local and seasonal food, that would pretty much leave us with nothing but apples a la cabbage and cabbage a la apples. Besides, we buy our milk from the local Ronnybrook Farms, where the cows are fed grass and homegrown corn.

I think I have found a mission! Apparently the motive is to write a book on the experience. Of course, those who worship the Goracle will buy it. Could we possibly bully this couple into giving up dairy? Don't worry they don't consume WI dairy products. However, come to think of it, it is mass production dairying that allows them their "pure" dairy.

This is real interesting. My mother has been sending me notes from our ancestors who took up residence in Door County. These notes relate writings for some historical society. The privation was real back then:

One winter there was no sugar, tea, or coffee to be had. But up to a couple of hundred years ago those articles were totally unknown, at least in Europe. Charred bread was used as a substitute for coffee (at least it was black) and hemlock leaves for tea. If you think those were palatable drinks just try them. In spring when maple sap began to run everyone made maple syrup and sugar, and a too generous indulgence in those sweets, after so long an abstinence, caused many to become ill.

Organic food and experiments like the above are nothing but romanticized noble savagery. Read Michelle's blog, there is even a highlighted Q&A about environmentally friendly feminine hygiene.