Today, 07-07-07, is the day of the Live Earth concerts, an effort by world scientists to instruct us in the coming doom and how, if possible, to prevent it. These scientists knew a Ross Perot-style chart lecture wouldn’t communicate bo diddley, so they are masquerading as rock stars. Their message, as you know, is the sky is falling.
The latest news to this effect is the refusal to resign by the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Some feel he has undermined confidence in the center’s forecasters. Also, a lake in Chile has run off into the sea due to global warming. The horror!
The Live Earth scientists want you to know that you are to blame, especially if you are an American. China can’t help it if they pollute the earth while trying to compete in your corrupted economy. Your keep-up-the-Jones greed forces them to produce cheap goods and ignore common sense environmental guidelines. You should be ashamed of yourself and thankful that righteous men and women will take time out of their busy schedules to educate your butt about your need to stop driving all over the planet and shopping at all hours of the day and night. The sky is falling, for pete’s sake.
Okay, let’s sing about it.
Who are we to say they’re wrong? It may be true — in their universe.
Well, it is clear from your post that you have contempt for this enterprise. I don’t know anything about it, but I looked at the link you provided and I saw no climate scientists there — plenty of tabs for other subjects, but none for science. I doubt that professional climate scientists are very aware of this event either, they are probably too busy working.
I did note Al Gore’s name on your link, which may be what has attracted your disapproval. However, he’s not a scientist (at least, not in the way I define it, which is someone who does orginal research.)
Thanks for the comment, Maxine. I meant to be satirical in this post, so I called the rock musicians “scientists” since it seems to me the loudest voices on an issue like this should be those in the climate science community. And I don’t have special animus for Al Gore, but I think his rhetoric is ridiculous.
Bravo, Phil.