Heh.  I’d been working on a long and thoughtful post concerning the global warming fiasco, but it somehow deleted instead of posting.  Thinking it a quirk of fate rather than some cosmic commentary regarding my take on the future of mother Earth, I will likely resurrect those thoughts one day in the future (assuming we have one).

In the meantime, I think this Dilbert panel pretty much captures the gist of what I wanted to say:

Well, there is also this little treatise on the hypocrisy of those attending the Copenhagen climate conference:

The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.

Taking a private jet to a conference on stopping global warming is a bit like traveling in a sedan chair carried by indentured servants to a summit on stopping human trafficking. Except we’re the ones they want to enslave. If they get their way, they’ll crush us with taxes, make our energy bills skyrocket, and otherwise cut our standard of living back to 19th-century levels.

Hmm, it does seem that actions speak louder than words.

You know, the funny thing is I’m pretty much agnostic on the warming issue.  But I never quite bought in to the whole “the science is settled” screed, because the science is never settled. I can accept that the Earth may be experiencing a warming trend, but that’s not to say the cause is man-made.  And even if it were, the proposed cure strikes me as being just as harmful as the “disease” and clearly unlikely to be effectively implemented.

So, if the problem is burning fossil fuels why aren’t our green friends advocating for building more nuclear power stations?  And parking their f’n limos and private jets….

Oh, and I had a mostly friendly discussion with another blogger in Korea (K-blog as we say in the parlance), ROK Sojourn. You should follow the link to read his views and our exchange in the comments. His basic premise was if you don’t believe the Earth is warming, you should just “shut the hell up”.  Seems to me that pretty much means you’ve lost the argument.  Akin to putting your hands over your ears and yelling “LA LA LA LA I can’t hear you!”.

So, if the science is so settled what are they afraid of?

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…albeit below the fold.  Yes ladies and gentlemen, Stars and Stripes has a fascinating story concerning the length of civilian tours in Korea.  Although the guy they quoted sounds like a complete tool.

Ah well.  Exposure or being exposed, what’s the difference?

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