August 8, 2010

Asshat of the week - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass)

From The Hill:
Markey: Deniers of global warming should 'start their own country'
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) suggested a novel use Saturday for a 100-square-mile ice sheet that has broken off Greenland.

�An iceberg four times the size of Manhattan has broken off Greenland, creating plenty of room for global warming deniers to start their own country," Markey said in a statement. �So far, 2010 has been the hottest year on record, and scientists agree arctic ice is a canary in a coal mine that provides clear warnings on climate."

Some scientists have attributed the breaking off of the ice sheet to abnormally warm temperatures this year.

Markey, who chairs the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, co-authored the House version of the climate change bill that's currently stalled in the Senate.

He said it was "unclear how many giant blocks of ice it will take to break the block of Republican climate deniers in the US Senate who continue hold this critical clean energy and climate legislation hostage."
Talk about a target rich environment... First off: 2010 is not the hottest on record. In the past fifty years, 1998 was the hottest and each year after has been cooler. Second: "scientists agree arctic ice is a canary in a coal mine that provides clear warnings on climate Bzzzzztttt!!! The Arctic Ice is one of the primary drivers of the planet's climate and not the other way around. The Sun as well as wind and ocean currents are what drive the ice. The system is very complex and only now being figured out. Third: "Republican climate deniers in the US Senate who continue hold this critical clean energy and climate legislation hostage" It is not just Republicans. There is a Democratic majority in Congress and if it was just those nasty Republicans, the bill would have been voted in a long time ago. The truth of the matter is that the bill is a blatant power and money grab and does nothing to help the environment. It is all about subsidizing stupid alt.energy ideas -- ideas that would not stand a chance of succeeding in the marketplace if they were not bankrolled with our tax dollars... If I were King - nuclear all the way. liquid-fluoride thorium reactor specifically. Posted by DaveH at August 8, 2010 8:14 PM
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