So, a bunch of scientists (who apparently aren't part of the "consensus") have discovered, or, rather, have just noticed that that planet is... Well. It's getting BETTER! (Yes, I'm linking to a blog, but it also contains relevant links to the articles and research (if you bother to read them), so you can't argue that it's just blogger drivel.)

They found that over a period of almost two decades, the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%. About 25% of the Earth’s vegetated landmass — almost 110 million square kilometres — enjoyed significant increases and only 7% showed significant declines.

WHY is this happening? Because we're cutting CO2 emissions, of course! We're slowing global warming! BZZT! WRONG! They say this is BECAUSE of increased CO2 levels. The planet is flourishing because there's an increased amount of CO2 that is increasing plant growth that, in turn, increases both plant and animal diversity and growth. Now, we all know that massive amounts of CO2 is bad for anything, and I don't think a single person is saying that... What we ARE saying, however, is that a catastrophic failure of the entire planet's ecosystem due to human industry over the past several years is a FARCE. They have satellite photos to prove it, so there's no predictions or "inconvenient truths" involved here.

But let's recap, shall we? In the last 20 years, Earth GREW by 6.2%. 25% of green land expanded and only 7% decreased. It's obvious that the planet isn't dying. On the contrary! And what have we been doing over the last 20 years? Polluting the globe, I think is what the liberals keep saying. It hasn't been until these last few years that they started actually enforcing their silly little emission plans. This isn't a result of our capping emissions, it's a result of our wanton "destruction" of the environment. Now, like I said before, pollution is nasty stuff... Dumping waste and not disposing properly and all that. I'm totally for that... But for people to say that all our cars and power plants are actually DESTROYING the environment on a global scale? I think not.

Plus, a comment on the blog I linked to mentioned something about a polar bear death being linked to global cooling. I was skeptical... But I clicked the link, and was a New York Times photo gallery showing two hunters over a dead polar bear with the following caption:

Far from home. A polar bear that showed up in Iceland was shot and killed by a team led by police officers, on the grounds that it posed a threat to people. The animal's journey may have been facilitated by the unusual abundance of pack ice between Greenland and Iceland this spring.

Unusual abundance of ice? But everyone KNOWS the ice packs are MELTING! Maybe... Just maybe? They're actually not and someone's lying to us. But let's believe Al Gore, who got caught investing in carbon credit companies... We all know he's genuinely interested in saving the planet and we all know he's not in the least bit pushing that stuff so he can make money. Such a noble fellow. (Here ends the sarcasm.)

This entry was posted on Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 1:05 pm and is filed under Politics.