Thursday, August 05, 2010

Modest Proposal of the Day

Apparently, Pat Sajak isn't just a game-show host. He's moonlighting as Jonathan Swift on Ricochet:
Manmade global warming, like so many other social and economic issues, has become hopelessly politicized. Each side has dug in its heels and has accused the other of acting irresponsibly and dishonestly. For the believers, the other side has become the equivalent of Holocaust deniers; and for the doubters, the other side has become a cult intent on manipulating mankind to remake the world in some sort of natural Utopian image.

The divide has become so great, it seems virtually impossible to bridge the gap. However, . . . I’m here to offer real solutions. And I’m not just blowing carbon dioxide.

Let’s assume that a third of the world’s population really believes mankind has the power to adjust the Earth’s thermostat through lifestyle decisions. The percentage may be higher or lower, but, for the sake of this exercise, let’s put it at one-third. Now it seems to me these people have a special obligation to change their lives dramatically because they truly believe catastrophe lies ahead if they don’t. The other two-thirds are merely ignorant, so they can hardly be blamed for their actions.

Now, if those True Believers would give up their cars and big homes and truly change the way they live, I can’t imagine that there wouldn’t be some measurable impact on the Earth in just a few short years. I’m not talking about recycling Evian bottles, but truly simplifying their lives. Even if you were, say, a former Vice President, you would give up extra homes and jets and limos. I see communes with organic farms and lives freed from polluting technology.

Then, when the rest of us saw the results of their actions--you know, the earth cooling, oceans lowering, polar bears frolicking and glaciers growing--we would see the error of our ways and join the crusade voluntarily and enthusiastically.
I like it--starting with Federal bureaucrats. Though I'll stick with my favorite warming refutation.

(via Planet Gore)

1 comment:

A_Nonny_Mouse said...

What I believe I saw here was a very, VERY, polite way of saying "YOU FIRST, BUD."

I like it.