Swimming Pools For Everyone
The writing’s going well so my thoughts tend to loosen up. Wander through the jungles of cyberdom and you start to see funny linkage. Here’s a connection I found humorous in a macabre sort of way. Broken into Acts as I experienced it.
Act I:
The Artic glaciers are melting (first link). This is, in large part, because of human behavior. It will have real world consequences. The IPCC reports that the earth will warm between 1.4C-5.0C between 1990-2100. A 2C uptick would have devastating consequences. A 3C increase would be catastrophic. As for the “scientists” who says otherwise, they’re either lying or incompetent (David Bellamy, paging David Bellamy) or both. The evidence is incontrovertible. In a review of 928 abstracts on climate change written in referred scientific journals between 1993-2003, a whopping zero, that’s none, disagreed with the consensus position on climate change.
Act II:
However, in a bit of good news, a few states have taken to implementing more stringent rules for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and others appear inclined to follow. Not nearly enough, but a welcome step that should be applauded and mimicked.
One would think reducing car emissions is a good idea. I mean, who really wants more car emissions right? Apparently our elected leader for tucked inside the new federal fuel efficiency standards is this little nugget (second link):
[A] state may not impose a legal requirement relating to fuel economy, whether by statute, regulation or otherwise, that conflicts with this rule. A state law that seeks to reduce motor vehicle carbon dioxide emissions is both expressly and impliedly preempted.
Act III:
When progress is codified as illegal you know the civilization in question has serious issues. But maybe someone can explain to me the sunny side of this, although I doubt it.
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