Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Investor's Business Daily -- The Late Great Planet Girth
Earth Day: We are now told that obesity causes global warming. Maybe that's why belief in human-caused climate change is at an all-time low. That and the fact that Antarctic ice is growing, not melting.
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So enjoy your burger and fries, and chill out. It's the warm-mongers who are endangering us with their whoppers. And Happy Earth Day.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Hypocrites - Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Remember when Harrison Ford pulled that stunt of getting his chest hair waxed for the sake of the environment?

Well, the erstwhile smooth-chested spokesman for the rainforest has a new gig. He's pimping for the CO2-spewing, environment-killing, private jet and airplane industry. New York Post
Engineer Schwarzenegger, Day Two - Henry Payne - Planet Gore on National Review Online
Detroit, Mich. — The weather here and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the main pre-occuations during the second day of the Society of Auto Engineers annual convention, themed “The Race to Green Mobility.”

In January, the organizers of Detroit’s International Auto Show wrapped their event in green to impress Washington that they were serious about tackling global warming. Outside, temperatures hit a bone-chilling 12 degrees below zero. This week, the SAE has also preened green, inviting enviro-governors Jennifer Granholm and Schwarzenegger to the podium, while trumpeting its commitment to save the planet. Outside, spring temperatures dropped into the 30s and the sky hailed buckets.

If no one wanted to talk about the inconvenient weather, everyone was still buzzing about Schwarzenegger, who had jetted into Motown yesterday (on a plane guzzling 500 gallons of fuel an hour) to complain about Detroit gas-guzzlers.
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Move over automakers. Sacramento pols have this auto thing all figured out.

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