Petroleum saved the whales!

The cult of global warming has replaced the doomsday cults. According to the religion of the irreligious, polar bears will disappear in 2040. Hmm.. Social Security is going to self destruct in 2040 as well. What is it about the year 2040? It could be the partial solar eclipse and major planetary alignment scheduled for 2040. Sounds like plain old folk tales and pagan gobbledy gook to Miss C.

Miss C's not too bent out of shape by the thought of rising sea levels. In the year 2040, Miss C is going to need the gently lapping waves of the ocean to hold up her bosoms, which if it were not for global warming, would certainly drop below sea level. The plus side is she will finally be able to see her polished toes, while standing on dry land, if any remains.

Another positive side is that the whole world be be a kind of Venice. Gondolas will abound, very romantic. Water pets will be popular. Otters and dolphins for every little girl and boy. I just don't see a down side here. I'm going with it. Of course I am a Pisces, a water baby.

Here is a sensible voice on the global warming issue;

Weigh costs, benefits
We humans should curtail, of course, any practices deleterious to the environment . . . wherever it is possible to do so without incurring unacceptable human and economic consequences. However, any climatic effects we might cause by our consumption of fossil fuels, and the resultant emissions of CO2, are trivial by comparison with Nature's inexorable forces.
The phenomenon of global temperature change has become an international concern of quite extraordinary magnitude.
Despite objections from many reputable scientists, both individually and collectively, this has generated a popular media-driven controversy . . . with consequent proposals for economically disastrous measures to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), in order to maintain the status quo for worldwide temperatures.
Apart from the notable disregard for scientific findings in many fields of endeavor, this is hubris in the classical Greek sense of arrogance that would challenge the gods.
A retired University of Florida agricultural scientist, Dr. William Grierson likes to apply his knowledge of science to his lifetime interest in history and archaeology.
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