It’s The Environment, Stupid

Plus, It’s the Stupid

November 25, 2018

“Carbon dioxide has a strange property. It transmits visible light but it absorbs the infrared radiation which is emitted from the earth. Its presence in the atmosphere causes a greenhouse effect [….] It has been calculated that a temperature rise corresponding to a 10 per cent increase in carbon dioxide will be sufficient to melt the icecap and submerge New York. All the coastal cities would be covered, and since a considerable percentage of the human race lives in coastal regions, I think that this chemical contamination is more serious than most people tend to believe.”

Hungarian-born physicist Edward Teller joined the Manhattan Project after emigrating to the United States.  He was the guest of honor at a gala celebrating the 100th anniversary of the oil industry in America in New York City.  The November 1959 event was organized by the American Petroleum Institute.  The opening quote is Teller’s from this event.

Teller advocated excessive nuclear force, and also advocated controversial technological solutions to both military and civilian problems.  He devised a plan to excavate an artificial harbor in Alaska using thermonuclear explosives, and later vigorously advocated Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (known as Space Force…I mean Star Wars).  Okay, so no one is perfect.

Full disclosure: Edward Teller believed in science

Earth Last!

Shortly after the most recent devastating hurricane – Michael – to demolish parts of Florida, the dehydrated, diminutive, demented Marco Rubio, one of many Chrump haters that became Chrump lackeys, said of the accelerating warming of the Earth’s climate, “No matter what we do with laws – let’s say we went to all solar panels and did all that stuff, which is not realistic – this trend would still continue.”  Spoken like a true oil-soaked mental midget.  When Chrump called him “Little Marco”, I always assumed he was referring to his limited height, who knew he was referring to his diminutive intellectual capacity.

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report, warning that the world is on a path toward catastrophic climate change if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t cut dramatically by 2030.  The report, made public in early October of this year says the world needs to decrease emissions by 45 percent by 2030 to avoid catastrophic consequences.

Chrump’s newest financial wise-guy, ex-Reagan administration official, ex-Wall Street analyst Larry Kudlow responded thus, “The issue here though is magnitudes and timing. [whatever the hell that means] Personally I think the U.N. study is – is over – way, way too difficult. I won’t say it’s a scare tactic, but I think they overestimate.”  But you did say scare tactic Larry, you did.

Once again, Republican’ts show they will not be dissuaded from their colossal idiocy by a bunch of egghead experts.

Now, the Toxic Orange Gas Cloud we call prezident offers this outstanding bit of stupid:

 

Donald Chrump was forced once again to act presidential by touring some of the devastation on the heels of the horrendous and deadly November California fires.  Chrump twice referred to the town of Paradise as Pleasure, finally corrected by California Governor Gerry Brown.  The following exchange took place…

Reporter: Does seeing this devastation, though, change your opinion at all on climate change Mr. President?” 

Chrump: “No. No. I have a strong opinion.  I want great climate and we’re going to have that.”

Not-So-Fun Facts

Researchers estimated that humanity has destroyed as much as 60 percent of the world's animal population since 1970, and a study found that oceans have retained 60 percent more heat each year than was previously thought.

A dead sperm whale that washed up in a national park in Indonesia had about 13 pounds of plastic waste in its stomach.  Rescuers discovered a large lump of plastic waste inside the 31-foot mammal’s carcass.  The mass included 115 drinking cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, two flip-flops, a nylon sack and more than 1,000 other assorted pieces of plastic.

After inspecting the devastation from the latest historic California fires, inferior Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told reporters, “it’s not the time for finger-pointing” on the causes of the fires.  Several breaths later Zinke, an avid anti-environmentalist who is under multiple investigations for abusing his office added, “I will lay this on the foot of those environmental radicals that have prevented us from managing the forests for years. And you know what? This is on them.”  How can you argue with someone who constantly claims to be a geologist?  

Zinke has claimed to be a geologist at least 40 times in public settings, including many under oath before Congress.  He studied geology, “as a result of closing my eyes and randomly pointing to a major from the academic catalog, and I never looked back.”  He has clearly never looked forward either.  Zinke has never held a job as a geologist.  He is a professional piece of shit. 

Speaking of the environment and the stupid, lest you think the Republican’ts staggering stupidity around the environment is anything new…

He may look stupid, but don’t let his looks fool you… 
Quayle is much dumber than he looks.

Or, in the inimitable words of Fredonia President Rufus T. Firefly…

 

Lost, But Not Least

The Chrump administration hid the release of an alarming report on climate change behind Thanksgiving.  They made the damning study public on Black Friday hoping no one would notice their HOAX.

The Hoax-in-chief says everything is just fine

According to the report, the U.S. is on track to lose hundreds of billions of dollars due to climate change-related costs, see its most vulnerable populations decimated by extreme weather events and face the specter of a contaminated water supply.

The report concludes, “While Americans are responding in ways that can bolster resilience and improve livelihoods, neither global efforts to mitigate the causes of climate change nor regional efforts to adapt to the impacts currently approach the scales needed to avoid substantial damages to the U.S. economy, environment, and human health and well-being over the coming decades.”

I. Mangrey reporting. Oy.