Upset that he didn’t get his way on the White House Solar Panel fiasco, Bill McKibben makes a threat. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Times is an accessory by giving McKibben a platform from which to launch it.
From his guest editorial here:
Actually, I’ll be surprised if the White House doesn’t put up solar panels within a year. But even if they do, that would just be the barest of beginnings. Which is why, with other environmental leaders, we recently issued a call for ideas about a campaign of civil disobedience next spring — at power plants and coal mines but at White Houses too, if they don’t turn at least a little green.
So tell me Bill, what then after that if that doesn’t work?
On the plus side, it will probably be another farce like the power plant rally NASA GISS’ Dr. Jim Hansen last attended. There, Bills buds made a delusional claim to have “shut down” the Washington DC power plant.
Actually the truth is, they were “shut out”. They never got past the gate, and the power plant ignored them and went humming along much like the Eaarth does.
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Hey, at least the climate justice folks have a theme song:
a campaign of civil disobedience
That we know it, that phrase is from JJ “Trains”
Sooner or later these Klowns will get hurt or hurt someone in the process. I suggest trying to shut down the North Slope Oil production on Jan.20,2011.
“oh look! a Polar bear “group hug!”…
Tsk, tsk, tsk … it is so unseemly when a public figure throws a hissy fit
BTW Would you please pay more respect to madness?, this is not, this is simply FOOLISHNESS.
Bill just wants to support Chinese jobs and manufacturing.
Bullies
If the technology, value or economics are there, products to conserve energy can sell. If the aesthetics are not there, they have a right to not see this stuff on the roof.
My town has a new McDonalds with a dumpster and oil well behind it. Both have strong economic results.
Problem with the lefties, they believe the ends justify the means. And because they have been drinking the cool-aid for so long, and they believe their cause is so noble, that they are willing to do anything for it. Were is it going to end?
More like the “Quote of the Weak”.
These people are eco-terrorists. The power plants and coal mines they plan on attacking should be armed and guarded with sufficient force that interruption of their operations isn’t a possibility. Get law enforcement out to protect these critical assets, then have internal security forces as a backup. Train the operators and miners in the proper use of self defense and asset protection, if necessary.
Then by all means, throw these eco-terrorists in jail and throw the book at ’em. As part of their repatriation into society, apply service hours in which they are required to assist those without heat and electricity make it through the coming cold winter. And if that doesn’t work, let them spend a winter in a facility without electricity or heat just to see how stupid their terrorist ideas really are.
Maybe they should start protesting at The Goreacle’s house(s). Maybe He Himself should “turn at least a little green”?
Gee, looks kind of cold out there. Wonder what they’d do for warmth if the power plant actually did close? Nice jackets too – most appear to be made from petroleum products.
It saddens me to see my high school classmate, Bill McKibben, someone who is an essentially decent, intelligent, educated and well-meaning person, become not only a true-believer, but a leader in the climate alarmism movement. There is a certain kind of person whose desire to do good in the world, to look beyond himself at the larger picture, and to belong to something larger than his own life, is so strong that once it finds satisfaction in working for a cause, all objectivity is lost. Intelligence, beneficence and ability is no protection from this vice, rather they are the levers by which some of our best and brightests have been turned to all manner of destructive political movements or cults.
Jackie says:
September 17, 2010 at 7:41 am
Bill just wants to support Chinese jobs and manufacturing.
That is serious, because if everything is manufactured outside your country and worked abroad, where will you work?
Something that perhaps you don’t know, the US currency has devaluated, in LA countries, in an average of 17-20%, in spite of the fact that treasuries try to “defend it” by buying US currency on a daily basis, but it has become increasingly difficult to stop its local devaluation, affecting export goods paid in this currency.
THE GREENER THE POORER
Why?…
http://www.green-agenda.com/
This dude should try going commando for some relief from his obviously too tight shorts.
The blood circulation to his brain is being severely restricted.
He covered himself – he is not in trouble – note the letter s at the end of House.
strange? these people arent removed??as terrorists? yet anyone else wanting to shut a powerplant down or damage it would be on the suspect list PDQ.
even parking and taking photos gets pommy tourists in trouble..it could be for an ulterior motive doncha know…
And it’s guys like McKibben who say the tea partiers are violent, threatening and dangerous?
The calls for civil disobedience seem to be growing. From a British columnist: a government advisory agency calls for public demonstrations.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100054012/global-warming-is-dead-long-live-er-global-climate-disruption/
Todays view of the “Ice-free North pole” via NASA’s “North Pole Camera.”
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/webphotos/noaa2.jpg
Maybe not ice-free, but I’ll bet you can get ice for free up there.
Which is why, with other environmental leaders, we recently issued a call for ideas about a campaign of civil disobedience next spring — at power plants and coal mines but at White Houses too, if they don’t turn at least a little green.
We’ve run out of spare decades to deal with climate change — the summer’s events in the Arctic, in Russia, in Pakistan proved that with great clarity. We know what we need to do, and we must do it. Enthusiastically.
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and this is exactly why people are thinking they are the lunatic fringe………
The sad part, at least for them, is that people have time to be liberal when they have money, jobs, spare time, etc
From Greek mythology:
Erysihitheon went insane with hunger. In desperation, he turned upon to himself. He sank his teeth into his own limbs until the death relieved him from his torture.
No doubt Dr. Hansen himself is busily preparing the Giant Paper Mache’ Puppets for Climate Action’s much feared display of
infantile acting-outcivil disobedience. After all, NASA’s audacious new primary mission is ~”to help the Muslim Nations feel better about their historic acheivements in math, science, and engineering.”Bill just wants to support Chinese jobs and manufacturing.
And sell books.
Books that will be printed on the bodies of martyred trees. Trees are our fellow planetary inhabitants, living in far better harmony with nature than we do. They clean up the atmosphere we pollute with our foul carbon dioxide, and McKibben wants to tear them apart to make paper pulp.
Oh, the Humanity!