By With the recent Climate-gate scandal exposing the man-made Global Warming fraud and with past eco-frauds such as global cooling from the 1970′s debunked; after reading this Slate article I have determined where the eco-faithful will turn to next:
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday, three days after a 6.5-magnitude quake rocked the extreme north of California. In total, there have been 270 earthquakes worldwide in the last week. Can humans affect the frequency of earthquakes, just like we’ve affected the global climate? [Slate]
I can just see it now 15-20 years into the future some failed politician like John Edwards becoming an evangelist of stopping man-made earthquakes. A tax will be put on companies that digs minerals from the ground all in the name of stopping earthquakes. Earthquake computer models will be trumpeted showing that if we don’t stop digging into the Earth it is only a matter of time before California falls into the ocean. Will the media call this a going mineral neutral lifestyle?
Heck maybe I should be the one to start promoting this and making all those tens of millions of Al Gore dollars? Before John Edwards steals my idea, remember you heard it here first!
It is the sad reality. No mistake...
11:32 am on January 16th, 2010 1
" Remember you heard it here first" Ah geez, now you've started something. "Tax" the disasters. Who will be the first politician to ask the world for forgiveness.
On the other hand, maybe California could be blamed for all the earth quakes, and congress could pass a tax.
12:39 pm on January 16th, 2010 2
It's the whole Gaia thing. That bullshit was well represented in Avatar. I enjoyed the movie but one must always be prepared to ignore the "message". I could go on and on about Hollywood and its representations and ideology. But I will attempt to refrain. Suffice to say a no talented hack like Whoopi Goldberg is celebrated and considered an intellectual in those circles.
1:20 pm on January 16th, 2010 3
I'm starting to buy more and more the late, great Michael Crichton's premise from his book, "State of Fear," that natural disasters will become/are man-made by those scientists/politicians looking to profit/keep their funding rolling in from the FEAR they are creating by causing bigger and more devasting earthquakes, tidal waves, and hurricanes/typhoons than even nature could conjure up.
1:23 pm on January 16th, 2010 4
Who exactly profitted from the over-reaction to the latest world-wide pandemic?
1:43 pm on January 16th, 2010 5
The pharmaceutical industry of course. Not to mention the Eco-Terrorists who will use any vehicle to promote their agenda. "It's Mother Earth reacting, blah blah…"
7:45 pm on January 16th, 2010 6
It never ceases to amaze me just how goddamn stupid people are.