2000-2009 Is Hottest Decade

4:17 am EST December 9th, 2009 | News | 11 Comments

The World, Maybe We Should Protect It. We Don't Have Another.

The World, Maybe We Should Protect It. We Don't Have Another.

Scientists, yes scientists and not a bunch of pundits in lockstep/paid by the oil industry, have reported that our current decade is the hottest ever since we’ve recorded such things. And here’s the deal: Let’s assume global warming is a myth designed by Al Gore and a bunch of test tube toting scientists to make them rich (how exactly nobody knows but James Inhofe and Matt Drudge need some kind of boogeyman), the worst that could happen is that the world becomes more ecofriendly and the planet becomes a cleaner, better place to live.

I’m the furthest you’ll get from a stereotypical liberal tree hugger and I can’t quite see the downside to this. “Oh no, clean water in the Chesapeake” doesn’t exactly keep me up at night in cold sweats.

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11 Responses to “2000-2009 Is Hottest Decade”

  1. jr says:
    December 9, 2009 at 4:24 am

    The deniers are only hurting themselves. Other countries are moving to green technology. This is the new Silicon Valley.

  2. mambochicken23 says:
    December 9, 2009 at 6:55 am

    But…but…but… the E-MAILS!

  3. El Cid says:
    December 9, 2009 at 9:02 am

    This study was all made up in secret e-mails. I heard it on the radio. Therefore it ain’t true, and if it is, god done it.

  4. SaveFarris says:
    December 9, 2009 at 9:18 am

    the worst that could happen is …

    * Unelected beaurocrats get to decide what you can and cannot do because you may use too much carbon.
    * Millions lose their jobs because industries become outlawed because “they emit too much carbon.”
    * The price of energy quadruples, sending the economy into an even deeper depression.
    * Everything that uses energy to be harvested, manufactured, or transported (i.e. every product on the market) will cost more, hitting the poor especially hardest.

  5. mambochicken23 says:
    December 9, 2009 at 10:27 am

    Translation: It’s going to be tough, so fuck the planet.

  6. mambochicken23 says:
    December 9, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Also, how do any and all of these scenarios compare with the potential results of climate change? I’ll answer for you: Favorably.

  7. Paul_D says:
    December 9, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Adapt. It’s better than whining.

  8. August J. Pollak says:
    December 9, 2009 at 11:21 am

    Yeah, those conservatives, always worrying about the poor.

  9. NCSenior says:
    December 9, 2009 at 11:52 am

    And what if we do nothing and we are wrong!

  10. Quaker in a Basement says:
    December 9, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    * The price of energy quadruples, sending the economy into an even deeper depression.

    What? Even the most aggressive proposed legislation makes only incremental changes over the next 10-30 years. How long do you think the Bush Depression is going to last?

  11. Quaker in a Basement says:
    December 9, 2009 at 2:12 pm

    * Unelected beaurocrats get to decide what you can and cannot do because you may use too much carbon.

    Haw! First it was ‘Death Panels’ and now ‘Carbon Panels’? Because the argument didn’t make you look ridiculous enough the first time ’round?