By Douglas V. Gibbs
The apocalypse is upon us. The consequences of man's pollution, according to the United Nations, and various international leftists, are making their mark. The evidence is surrounding us. It's bad, they tell us. Really bad. But, by allowing the centralized control of your energy usage and the other aspects of your lives, plus lots of money, we may be able to stop it from getting worse. All you have to do is let go of your freedom, and the worldwide statists promise they will only use your contributions to save the planet from you.
The experts are calling the latest string of natural events a direct result of man's environmental carelessness, and are labeling them as "catastrophic," "widespread," and "consequential."
The United Nations has doubled down with a 32-volume, 2,610 page report (wow, it even rivals Obamacare!) that is considered by many to be a "call for action." Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that issued the report said, "Without reductions in emissions, impacts from warming could get out of control."
Maarten van Aalst, a co-author of the study and a top official at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said, "If we don't reduce greenhouse gases soon, risks will get out of hand. And the risks have already risen."
Recent worldwide disasters of killer heat waves, wildfires, droughts and deadly flooding are being blamed on climate change, and the report's authors claim if we don't let government take away your rights to energy and property, it could get worse.
Our food supply, water supply, and worldwide peace are all at risk because of our SUVs, factory created pollutants, and industrial advancements. And according to the authors of the report, which has already been accepted by over 100 nations, everything is even worse than they thought it would be.
If only they could shut up those dang man-made global warming deniers that just won't accept being forcibly silenced.
Never mind that the natural events being referred to occur naturally, and have been historically, through cycle after cycle, in line with sunspot activity, and basic natural weather cycles.
Global Warming clowns. . . I mean "scientists," say that the worse affected group are the poor, and call "Climate Change" a fairness issue.
"Rich people benefit from using all these fossil fuels," University of Sussex economist Richard Tol said. "Poorer people lose out." Tol, however, removed himself from the report, calling it too "alarmist."
Study co-author Patricia Romero-Lankao of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, in line with the report, said "We have a closing window of opportunity. We do have choices. We need to act now."
If the environmentalists behind the mythical hysteria over global warming could go back in time, I am sure they would find the caveman that discovered how to create fire, and stop him.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Global Warming Dials Up Our Risks, UN Report says - Association Press
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