There can be...Only ONE. Remember the Ozone layer?
The Montreal Protocol fixed that, Right? Well, now it's the Ozone layer or cook, there can be....only one. by Michael Stahl
(libertarian)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Ever wonder why you no longer hear about the "Ozone Layer"? Think back ten years, if you believed the rhetoric, we should face a cancer epidemic of Hirosima proportions, without sunblock 1000 of course. Why not? Well according to the EPA, here, it is a case of problem solved by the glorious Montreal Protocol-whereby "Rich" countries eliminated CFC production, and "poor" countries, such as China,had less immediate requirements. And they cheat, of course. But, more importantly, what does Highlander have to do with this?
According to the "experts" the repair of the Ozone layer is expected to take much longer than expected. In other words, they were, to be generous, wrong. But never fear, evil trade is still to blame. The EPA does at least mention the MT. Pinatubo eruption in its review linked above. Seems to me that there have been a few other Volcanic belches since 1991, but that's just me and I am, thankfully, no "expert".
The Montreal Protocol, even with its dubious success, and the almost certain forthcoming "global warm...uhhh cool..uhh climate change" legislation is not comforting to those who wish to avoid a creeping, all intrusive global bureaucracy by any means. That being said, there is some humor to be found amongst the Commumentalists, if you are willing to have a Margarita, and go searching for strange connections. The Margarita is requisite.
I was a tepid fan of the Highlander movies, if you don't know what they were look here . Part of the plot of Highlander II is a huge shield that Connor MacLeod constructed to save the world from UV ray death, such was the Ozone hysteria back in '91. Apparently the idea is not lost on these "experts" .
The man credited with the hydrogen bomb, and possessed of a personality so screwed up as to inspire Dr. Strangelove, supposedly came up with the cure for global warming sometime before he died. Pumping the atmosphere full of gunk in order to cool it off. Of course, according to the above article, this will eat up the ozone layer(the one that's not getting better, but that we no longer have to hear about due to Montreal) meaning, Taadaa, Ladies and Gentlemen, the crisis can continue....the watermelon dream of the Commumentalists.
When I saw the article, I thought of the Highlander tie in mostly because of the picture in the sidebar, which looks like it could be from the movie. My guess is that's where the idea actually came from, rather than from Teller, but either way, it's a pity they didn't watch the rest of that, admittedly bad, movie to see the fascistic nightmare that resulted in allowing that much power in the hands of a self-appointed elite. The rest of us will simply get to pay.
I recommend the movie to them, since a History book would require too much effort, and its all oil industry lies anyway.
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