Saturday, December 27, 2008
Ma'am? Sir? Would You Kindly Shut Up? Just Shut Up
People are idiots. There. I said it. You probably had no idea I felt that way but I’m glad it’s now out in the open for all to see. If you want any indication of just how stupid people are, click on your t.v. and watch the news or one of those stupid sitcoms on your local channels. Better yet, tune in to ANY talk show. Or, just wait until later this month when our new overload, chosen simply because of his skin color gets sworn in to office. Then go buy yourself a plate and coin, morons. Just this morning I about threw up my breakfast as I watched a local news anchor cream herself over the idea of making The Messiah’s sandwich, oh how lucky those people are in Hawaii!!!!
But I’m not here to talk about all the reasons people are idiots...this would be the world’s longest blog/journal/whatever this is post. I’m going to narrow it down to one topic today and that topic is the issue of so called “Global Warming”.
Every once in awhile I get some douche bag on tour asking stupid questions like, “Don’t the airboats scare all the animals away?” Hey! Einstein! Why yes they do and yet, here you are, ON the fucking thing! So don’t get all uppity with me when you’re the ass who purchased the ticket....and now, towards the end of your tour you want to get self righteous about the whole thing?
This is typically the same douche bag who asks what effect has global warming had on the Everglades. Why am I not legally allowed to smack people? I cannot believe that people are falling for this tripe. Does anyone read anymore? Does anyone study history anymore? What the hell are they teaching in those science classes in school these days? How to make paper mache solar systems? (And are we still including Pluto anymore? God, seriously.)
Before we go any further, of course I think we shouldn’t be littering or throwing oil and such in to rivers and I’m still one who believes in recycling regardless how many tell me it “costs too much”....dude, fuck off. What a selfish thing to say. But this whole global warming crap and purchasing carbon footprints to make ourselves feel better is one of the biggest hoaxes this decade. (Second to the dog and pony show that got St. Hope and Change elected and third to the whole housing bullshit.)
Check out this article that I stole from GOC:
Like Stealing Candy From A Baby
"Environmentally conscious travelers flying out of San Francisco International Airport will soon be able to assuage their guilt and minimize the impact of their air travel by buying certified carbon offsets at airport kiosks."
So if you’re not too stupid to fall for this it means you don’t care about the environment? Love the spin, SF Gate.
"The experimental program, scheduled to start this spring, would make SFO the first airport in the nation - possibly the world - to offer fliers the opportunity to purchase carbon offsets.
“We’d like people to stop and consider the impacts of flying,” said Steve McDougal, executive vice president for 3Degrees, a San Francisco firm that sells renewable-energy and carbon-reduction investments and is teaming up with the airport and the city on the project. “Obviously, people need to fly sometimes. No one expects them to stop, but they should consider taking steps to reduce their impacts."
The impacts of flying mean, “how much fuel is being burned” and “how much ethylene glycol is used to de-ice planes”. Ok, let’s start with the first bit. How much pollution is being used and the impact on the environment. People enjoy carrying on about how CO2 causes global warming.
Oh hell, let’s not let facts get in the way here.
Now, about that ethylene glycol, seems you can find that in “automotive antifreeze, hydraulic brake fluids, inks used in some stamp pads, ballpoint pens, solvents, paints, plastics, and solar energy systems” as well. (emph mine, source: ASTDR.)
I don’t really have to spell this out, do I?
"San Francisco’s Airport Commission has authorized the program, which will involve a $163,000 investment from SFO, but is still working out the details with 3Degrees. Because of that, McDougal said, he can’t yet discuss specifics, such as the cost to purchase carbon offsets and what programs would benefit from travelers’ purchases."
I have to agree with Denny here, they’re still trying to figure out just how much they can swindle out of people. How far can they push that envelope, what’s the very edge that people are willing to pay to “assuage their guilt”? Find out where the line is and take one, teensy, tiny step back and set the price there. “A fool and his money are soon departed.”
But the general idea, officials said, is that a traveler would approach a kiosk resembling the self-service check-in stations used by airlines, then punch in his or her destination. The computer would calculate the carbon footprint and the cost of an investment to offset the damage. The traveler could then swipe a credit card to help save the planet. Travelers would receive a printed receipt listing the projects benefiting from their environmental largesse.
The carbon offsets are not tax deductible, said Krista Canellakis, a 3Degrees spokeswoman.
“While the carbon offsets purchased at kiosks can’t be seen or touched, they are an actual product with a specific environmental claim whose ownership is transferred at the time of purchase,” she said."
You mean, can’t be seen or touched by the suckers who put their credit card in to the machine. It apparently will be seen and touched by those scam artists who will be lining their pockets every night. In other words, you give money to some random machine, get nothing to hold or even look at, except a receipt, (made of paper, which comes from trees...think of the TREES!!!!) and it’s not considered a donation? You’ll have to excuse my cynicism but if I donate money to an organization and it’s not tax deductible, that’s a big, gigantic red flag for me. I may as well just drop money on the ground at random points--I’m sure I’d get pretty much the same result. Oh, it’s not an organization? That flag just got bigger and brighter.
"Mike McCarron, airport spokesman, said the projects offered will be chosen by the mayor’s office, in conjunction with 3Degrees, from a list certified by the city’s Environment Department. Airport Director John Martin told the commission that projects could include renewable energy ventures in developing countries, agriculture and organic waste capture, coal mine methane capture, and sustainable forestry.
Nathan Ballard, a spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom, said a portion of each offset purchase would go to the San Francisco Carbon Fund, which supports local projects such as energy-efficiency programs and solar panel installations for low-income housing, as well as efforts to convert waste oils into biodiesel fuels."
Solar panel installations for low income housing. Excuse me a minute, I need to die laughing now.
Ok, I’m back.
Not that you’ll ever ‘see or touch’ the evidence that this ever happened. And when they say, ‘portion’, just how much are they talking? For every dollar, what amount goes to this “worthy cause”. A penny? Two pennies? Where does the rest of it go? Let me take one guess, pockets, right next to all that lint.
"The cost of offsets for SFO travelers is still being negotiated, McDougal said, but figures on the company’s Web-based “carbon calculator” suggest that a two-hour trip uses about 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per person, and the cost to offset that would be about $4. Offsetting a trip to Europe would cost $36."
Eeeeerrrccchhh! Hold the phone. I thought they were all up in arms over us producing CO2, not USING it. Isn’t that the argument? That we emit far, far too much CO2 in to the atmosphere thus causing global warming? Now they’re here saying we are USING about 1000 pounds per person? So, according to that statement, air travel should be viewed as a good thing for the planet and there is no need for this ridiculous carbon kiosk. Right? They can’t even keep their own lies straight.
"It’s definitely not going to double your ticket or anything,” he said. “It’s going to end up being a small percentage of your total airfare."
Actually, twat, it won’t be any percentage of my airfare because I’m not stupid enough to fall for this bullshit. But, again, here we go with the spin: “Look, polluting, horrible children! You are destroying the world! Feel the shame! FEEL IT! It doesn’t feel good at all, does it? Well, for the low, low price of $19.99, you can clear your head of any worries, (pat, pat, pat). If you don’t, it means you don’t CARE about the planet! Pay us, I mean, Mother Earth, Gaia, pay her for your filthy ways, HEATHENS! Or go to your grave, WRACKED WITH GUILT! You disgust me! Give me your credit card now, imbecile! Oh, by the way, would you like to register as a Democrat? It doesn’t matter if you’ve already done so....you can do it again and again.”
"Under the agreement, the airport will provide the kiosks and 3Degrees will supply the software and the certified carbon offsets being sold and will operate the program. Kiosks will be placed throughout the airport, with locations at the customer service desk in Terminal 3 and two wings of the International Terminal. 3Degrees will get 30 percent of each purchase, with the rest going to carbon-reduction projects. The agreement calls for a one-year program, with a possible extension.
“The carbon kiosks will not only reduce global warming,” Ballard said, “they will serve an educational function. It’s something interesting to do while you’re killing time at the airport."
Translated: “The carbon kiosks will not only do nothing to reduce non existent global warming, hahahahaha, ahem, (damn, how will I say this with a straight face? Keep serious, they’re watching.) They will serve an educational function on how to spot a scam from a million miles away. It’s something interesting for us to do; watch how many fucking idiots we can count in the airport. Er, I mean, while you kill the planet, kill time, too! Wait, I mean, uh...this interview is over.”
"Given the innovative nature of the venture, airport officials said they don’t expect 3Degrees will turn a profit - at least not at the outset. McDougal said it’s impossible to predict how many passengers will want to make what is essentially a voluntary contribution to compensate for the impacts of their air travel. But he hopes the program takes off.
“Hopefully, it will be successful,” he said. “But if we just have a lot of people stop and read the information and think about it, that’s something we’ve accomplished."
So, they just admitted it. They are in this to turn a profit. “Hey, Barry, what’s the quickest way we can screw people out of their hard earned money?” “Well, Al, just tell them they are acting like insolent children and that they need to give us money to make all the bad go away. If we turn a profit, we can buy the whole world a Coke, unicorns and lollipops.” “Brilliant, Barry, let’s build a kiosk and put it in the airport.” “Al, I like the way you think.”
Here’s some more facts to check out if you’re still not convinced:
From the left’s own bible, the UN: There is NO Global Warming
Don’t worry, America, the Aussies and Brits got it all wrong, as well: Top 10 Dud Predictions
A few, miniscule facts about plane pollution, buried in the middle: EHP
Or, if you would rather, here’s a video on what Al Gore has done for the planet: (also stolen from GOC
