It’s been awhile since I posted this feature, Climategate got into the mix and there was so much going on I simply forgot to look for interesting quotes.
This week’s quote is prescient and entertaining at the same time. I predict it will be repeated on the blogosphere hundreds if not thousands of times.
Comment left on Lucia’s Blackboard by Kusigrosz:
“Climate doesn’t kill people. Weather kills people”.
Seen on Dr Clam’s accidental blog.
Shortened, it flows better:
“Climate doesn’t kill people. Weather does.”
so then what does Chuck Norris do?
That is just perfect…
People didn’t kill climate change. Weather did.
Chuck (19:32:34) :
That’s not a hurricane. That’s Chuck practicing a roundhouse.
While the quote is generally true, one could say that climate kills the unprepared. Certainly, weather is less discriminating and more devestating in the short term.
I’ve often made similar statements. The statement is true though can appear funny out of context 🙂
I prefer the longer, original, quote.
“Climate doesn’t kill people. Weather kills people”.
The reiteration of kill(s) people has a greater impact.
Climate change doesn’t kill people, cold weather does!!
Actually, I kinda like the rhythm of the original version better.
Climate doesn’t kill science; Mann-made hockey sticks kill science.
Whenever I’m asked (or told) how climate change will affect me and my business I always say, as a farmer, that climate change isn’t important, it is the weather that determines how well my business runs. Any climate change, up or down, is just another of the myriad of things we adapt to as we go along.
The other point i always make, when asked about these things, is that my business has much more to fear from climate change policy, than from climate change itself.
I saw the same comment, it caught me as well.
Climate doesn’t kill people, weather kills people.
Climate doesn’t kill people, fighting climate change kills people…
Actually… climate does kill people (consider the Little Ice Age), so the quote does not stand up and could even be counter-productive in the education of those fearing (and those promoting) AGW when this is pointed out (particularly in a jeering kind of way).
So weather is to blame. Since the main driver of weather is the Sun, can we have a tax on the Sun instead of CO2?
Off topic for the sake of non-US citizens.
Brown, a conservative, just won (by a significant margin) a special election senate seat in one of the most progressive states in the US.
While not directly tied to global warming, it signals a huge shift in public sentiment from a year ago, and a “referendum” against the socialist agenda driven by Obama. It is more related to the socialization of health care, but it sends a clear message for economic policy, including the advancement of the AGW agenda.
Yah, and when climate change is outlawed, only outlaws will change climate.
Except.
If our demented government gets its way & power generation is 20% wind…
Anyone got central heating that doesn’t rely on electricity?
DaveE.
“Climate doesn’t kill people. Weather kills people. That’s how you know that weather is what is more important, not some abstract mathematical notion of climate.”
People don’t change climate. Nature does.
You can have my weather when you pry it from my cold, dead climate…..
People didn’t kill climate change. Weather did.
Thread winner.
cute?
Reuters India: Himalayan glacier meltdown: gospel truth?
But is the latest controversy over the Himalayan glaciers just a case of foot-in-mouth or are there more skeletons hiding in the cupboard?
Media reports say mystery surrounds the financial affairs of The Energy and Resources Institute, which is headed by Pachauri, known for his “$1,000 suits”.
Does this raise questions about the merit of scientific reports?
At the moment though, it’s not just the critics who feel the 2007 IPCC report may have exaggerated.
http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2010/01/20/himalayan-glacier-meltdown-gospel-truth/
Here we go…
This is your climate. This is your climate on a GCM. Any questions?
Climate change didn’t kill anybody, world government did.