

A political cartoonist's take on the 'Gore Effect'



I don't know whether to laugh or cry. What happened? 







Climate Sensitivity





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Mission Accomplished
By reader1 on 12/30/2008 5:36:47 PM , Rating: -1
You say science trumped the alarmists but where's your actual proof?

We're still creating "green" technology and still trying to come up with alternative sources of energy. We're still cutting back on pollution. Oil demand has plummeted. That appears to me that the environmentalists accomplished their goal.

The opposition, on the other hand, doesn't appear to be accomplishing anything. They wanted to keep doing the same thing as we've been doing but I think it's obvious that we aren't going to.

I've always sided with the environmentalists because I knew they couldn't be stopped. Just as I didn't oppose the Iraq War because I knew it couldn't be stopped.

RE: Mission Accomplished
By grenableu on 12/30/2008 6:07:38 PM , Rating: 2
Are you really trying to say we're cutting back on gas because of global warming? Seen the economic news much? Seen the sales of SUVs lately, since gas prices tumbled for that matter?

You're right about one thing though. When Yo-Bama gets in office, we're going to see a whole lot more of these "save da enviroment" laws.

RE: Mission Accomplished
By reader1 on 12/31/08, Rating: 0
RE: Mission Accomplished
By onelittleindian on 12/31/2008 2:09:24 PM , Rating: 2
ROFL, that's rich. People were against the auto bailout because they don't want their money wasted. They would have been just as against a bailout of the toilet paper industry, or the blue jean industry.

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RE: Mission Accomplished
By Ringold on 12/31/2008 6:19:18 PM , Rating: 2

Ah. So in China, you'd be a government dog? In Afghanistan, you'd be a Taliban sympathizer?

In other words, you're spineless. Is this what you're saying? ;)


As the other guy pointed out.. Global demand has shrank -- apparently in contrast to your ego, which may soon begin to have a substantial gravitational pull. In developing countries, where the big new marginal demand has been in the past several years, I hate to break this to you.. in fact, you'd better sit down before you read this. But they could absolutely not care less about what you or environmentalists say. They see the developed world has cars, so they want cars. When the economy was still decent in those places, they bought more cars and drove more miles. When it turned sour, they cut back. Pure economics, if you're familiar with economics (other posts suggest not).

