![]() “I thought it must be true until I found out what it cost. Maybe they’ll come help you shovel.” With probably thousands of articles out there now explaining the simple fact that weather is not the same thing as climate, this joke gets dumber every time it’s made.ħ. ![]() See also the igloo that James Inhofe’s family built on the National Mall (they called it “Al Gore’s new home”) or the ad from the Virginia Republican Party, aired before the same snowstorm, advising voters to call legislators who supported climate actions and “tell them how much global warming you get this weekend. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) in reference to President Obama’s 2013 inauguration speech, is part of a long, confused tradition: The conviction that anecdotally observed cold weather of any kind debunks the science of climate change. “The President was wearing a trench coat it was so cold, but he’s talking about global warming.” “God has buried those treasures there because he loves to see us find them.” And everyone knows it’s bad manners to turn down a divine treasure hunt.Ħ. “That’s kind of how we’re treating God when he’s given us these gifts of abundant and inexpensive and effective fuel sources,” he observed. God buried fossil fuels “because he loves to see us find them.”īryan Fischer, a director at the American Family Association, compared efforts to burn less fossil fuels to telling a friend that you don’t like their birthday present. “Man will not destroy this Earth.” Well, that must be nice to know.ĥ. “The Earth will end only when God declares it’s time to be over,” he declared. John Shimkus (R-Illinois) cited God’s post-flood promise to Noah as evidence we shouldn’t be worried. “The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous.”Ī close runner-up in this category: In 2009, Rep. “My point is, God’s still up there,” he told Voice of Christian Youth America. James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) contended that acceptance of climate science was at odds with Christianity – never mind that many Christian leaders and institutions take climate change very seriously. Climate change is impossible because “God’s still up there.” But it’s got to be an especially appealing fiction when you’re the CEO of a coal company – this statement is from a tweet by Don Blankenship, then the head of Massey Energy.Ĥ. The “global cooling” myth is another favorite of climate deniers, despite broad scientific consensus that the planet is in fact warming. “We must demand that more coal be burned to save the Earth from global cooling.” “If global warming ‘only’ damages agriculture, the rest may not matter much.”ģ. “It’s nice to have microelectronics it’s necessary to have lunch,” wrote McKibben. RS contributor Bill McKibben lambasted this analysis in his 2007 book, Deep Economy. The Fossil Fuel Resistance: Meet the New Green Heroes
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