More on the ever-fun topic of global warming

First, ABC's "Good Morning America's" "weatherman" reported the astonishing claim that "the picture they're (500 'top' scientists) painting isn't pretty. We're talking about change that's not 100 years away, but within the next 10 years. This is not the future -- it's happening today."

Wow! A mere decade and the sky will fall. Need I remind everyone the sky did not fall 30 years ago when we were now supposed to be under ice. A friggin' decade. The merest picosecond in the Earth's age. Just how conceited are these "top scientists," anyway??

Next, Xrlq reports that global warming may also be a cause ... of suicide:

The global increase in surface temperature (known as global warming) was found to impact on mortality through ill health, particularly among the elderly and in summer. This study sets out to explore the impact of global warming on suicide mortality, using data from Italy.

First of all, ill health?? Who the hell gets the flu, colds and many other ailments in the summer? Then, I completely concur with Xrlq's reaction: "I always thought that cold weather led to increases in depression and suicide, with moderate increases in the temperature having largely the opposite effect."

Come on. Anyone compare their mental state in the dead of winter compared to the middle of summer. Which is better? Hitting the beach, playing golf, shooting hoops ... as opposed to be cooped up inside ... watching TV, surfing the 'Net, sleeping ... I'm more depressed during the former.

Cheeyeah, right.

Oh yeah, then there's John Kerry who said today "Every point of the planet between the poles is heating up."

Doh!

Posted by Hube at January 30, 2007 06:44 PM | TrackBack