Josh writes:
With a certain amount of hysteria and hand wringing over the latest Heartland ads I thought a more pastoral cartoon might be a good idea.
I will update the cartoon if people suggest improvements but my aim is to express where we are in the debate over Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming – I think the catastrophists are on a small island of sinking sand out there somewhere cold, and, even though there are still arguments to win and vested interests to battle, I think the land is ours.
Here is the wonderful Shakespeare reference in full.
This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,–
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.
William Shakespeare, “King Richard II”, Act 2 scene 1
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Brilliantly done as usual, Josh, and thanks for the Shakespeare – we Brits don’t like to shout too much, but that is pretty much how we think of our home.
Brilliant. Just Brilliant.
And finally, their, “We’re doomed.” makes sense (as they sink out of sight).
The land may be ours, but the money is still all theirs. Until the spigot is turned off, no victory.
Josh & Mrs Josh,
Well, it is Josh with Shakespeare . . . . who woulda have thunk dat?
John
Josh,
surely you caught Andi Cockcroft’s Will Tuvalu Survive ‘Super moon’?? Or maybe that needs a new cartoon with all the alarmist dogs howling doom at the supermoon
You forgot about the Greenland ice sheet not accelerating as much as was thought, it’s below the most optimistic projections!
Leon Panetta Unleashes U.S. Army To Battle Carbon Dioxide
“Yes, sir. A ray of hope was provided by British Intelligence. They worked out a scheme in which soldiers would take to the field and capture the enemy in hand-held non-EM-blocking polymerized containment devices—”
“—What in the world…?”
“Plastic baggies, sir. The plan was to march to the enemy’s hot zone, open the baggies and expose them to the air and then, before they had a chance to escape, to close the baggies and seal the enemy within.”
“Brilliant!” Secretary Panetta marveled.
“No, sir; not brilliant. Futile. Oh, I’ll admit the plan worked at first. Analysis showed that after the first twenty-four hours, the enemy was actually reduced by 0.00000000000034%.” The general sighed.
“Then what’s the problem? You didn’t run out of ammunition?”
“Plenty of ammunition, sir. But we ran out of storage space. We’ve filled all our hangers, offices, barracks, cupboards, closets, every space we could think of, but there just isn’t anywhere left to put the prisoners. But, sir, to anticipate your thoughts, even if we could find a place to put them, we can’t capture enough of the enemy fast enough. And paradoxically, the harder the soldiers work at putting these vile molecules out of commission, the more of them appear. It’s almost demonic.”
The line was silent for a minute. Finally, Secretary Panetta spoke. “You’re not saying what I think you’re saying, are you, general?”
“Sir, I…I can hardly speak the words. But a good general knows when a battle is lost.”
“I can’t tell the press the battle is lost. Our dear leader has promised the seas would recede and the skies would clear. I’ll do the only thing I can do.”
“What’s that, sir?”
“I’ll ask for more money to study the problem.”
Very clever Josh! Thank you.
Excellent! But I might change the caption to “CO2 is plant food”
That was very funny and much needed.
I like the Dire Straits! Might I suggest a little trip ‘down to the waterline’?
http://youtu.be/Lz1TlJGLzqs
The island needs a money tree watered by government funding. And a name — “Hysteria”, perhaps?
And I wonder if you could work ‘Here be monsters’ into it somehow?
That’s my sense of the battlefield. Way too early to turn our backs to it, but under control and absolutely no need for desperate tricks like the Heartland billboard.
The warm and extreme weather events in the last couple of years from my point of view in New Hampshire is that very few people have wrung their hands over them wailing about global warming, a very welcome change.
The spell of alarmism hasn’t produced results – nature continues on her own path, one that may be heading back to some mostly forgotten events in the 1960s and 70s, and not experienced by most of the public.
As a certifiably old fogey, I’m going to have fun pointing out future weather events where I can say, why I remember back in 1962….
Dire Straights is appropriate. Money For Nothing.
Dire Straights is BRILLIANT!!
maybe a few shark fins circling around that island is the only thing I can think of that might contribute.
“sea is ice
is fine”?
Americans love to laugh. If HI has money to pay for billboard time, they ought to get Josh to draw a billboard cartoon aimed at the driving audience.
Nice job Josh! 🙂
“Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides,
Who covers fauls, at last with shame derides.”
Cordelia from King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1
[just happened to be reading the Bard last night]
Better tell NASA you’ve spotted one of their rubber duckies.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/09/24/rubber-duckie/
Beautifully drawn and very funny.
I generally like the idea but would prefere to have geographic location of climate skepticsm/ climate realism unstated. And besides, the cartoon image implies it is in Wales and not England as the quote would have us believe. Further, the depicition implies the Isle of Man to be the origin of climate alarmism. While I appreciate the hidden humour (Isle of Man(n) = climate alarmism) I feel we should have some concern for the sensitivities of the Manxians…
I took that as a palm tree on Sinking Sand, but then had a double-take. 😉
Very nice work, Josh!
NZ Willy says:
May 4, 2012 at 3:06 pm
The land may be ours, but the money is still all theirs. Until the spigot is turned off, no victory.
If the sustainables have their way, there will be NO money for anyone.
You really need a failed solar panel outhouse on the island. Maybe with a little thundercloud and lightning striking it… Call it Elton’s John.
(“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” by Elton John for those not musically inclined – no slur intended to the artist)