Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Earth Day - Bleh
Earth Day always sounds so noble. How can one be against the Earth? If Earth Day was about teaching people how to save money through conservation or if it was about cleaning up litter and teaching people not to throw trash out their window, it would be a day worth celebrating.
Unfortunately, it has been created and co-opted by anti-capitalists and is just another politically correct avenue to bash capitalism. That is why we get articles from Time magazine on fighting the "war" against global warming. There is only one problem with this meme. The Earth is no longer warming. In fact the temperatures in the last decade have plateaued. Looking at the cool temperatures from this year, it could even be said that the current trend is towards cooling.
Not exactly what one would expect if the green house gases were driving Earth's temperatures. But that hasn't stopped the haters of capitalism. They continue to call for more drastic measures to save our planet. Fortunately, as temperatures drop their credibility will fall somewhere near zero. As Maximus from Gladiator would say. "The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end".
As far as this so called "War on Global Warming", my thoughts are best summed up from the computer Joshua from the 80's movie War Games. "The only winning move is not to play."
