The Best Earth Day Jokes Of The Decade (VIDEO)

Many of us think of Earth Day as a humorless event meant to make people feel bad about drinking bottled water and beating up seals, but over the years our late night comedians and sitcom writers have found funny ways to promote green living and make us laugh at the same time.

We've compiled several such moments below...

Bergeson way off on global warming | Brian Stephens | Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

The primary debate isn’t over the existence of global warming, but rather over it’s cause, and what should be done about it. Global warming, as well as cooling, have been occurring every few hundred years for centuries. Most of this happened when far fewer humans occupied the earth and, therefore, very little human activity could be attributed to either warming or cooling.

Just because Al Gore and many other “global scientists” believe man is the primary culprit and draconian measures are needed to correct the situation, doesn’t mean the debate is over as the answer is obvious. And even if these sacrifices, i.e. Cap & Trade, etc., are partially successful in reducing carbon emissions in the U.S., they would be offset by the huge unrestricted increase in carbon emissions in the developing world, such as China and India.

Obama officials push carbon [scam] - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com

“We can neither let our planet get too hot nor let our economy grow too cold,” Chu said, in testimony before the House Energy and Commerce. “We must get off the sidelines of the clean energy race and play to win.”
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If the country “fails to seize this opportunity to lead,” Chu said, “the new clean energy jobs [you mean the solar panel installation/caulk gun expert jobs?] will be created overseas rather than in America.”
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“We are capping our economy and trading away our jobs,” said Texas Republican Rep. Joe Barton, the ranking member on the committee. “We are instituting a regressive energy tax on Americans already enduring high unemployment, lost 401(k)s, and rampant home foreclosures.”
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"You're talking about legislation that essentially amounts to a declaration of economic war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill," Pence said. "The American people are entitled to know how much that is going to cost them."