Scott Adams says through Dilbert what we have all been thinking lately…
Scott must read Climate Progress, where else would he get ideas like this?
h/t to WUWT reader Ian
The Sunday March 20th comic was also relevant:
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I recently went to a comedy festival where a well known comedian (an american) was making fun of the environmental movement. The basic thrust of the joke was that we will end up so laden with guilt that we wont be able to drink a glass of water without hiding from the trees outside and apologising to them for needing it more than they do.
Obviously the delivery was a lot better than my summary!
The crowd did laugh, but I notice there was a bit of nervous laughter and shifting eyes to see whether it was socially acceptable to laugh at ridiculous green jokes.
I always knew the end would come when the comedians started taking open shots at the madness. When you see a sketch show openly mocking someone, you know that group has fallen from grace. Comedians are numbers people – they have to choose targets that they know most of the people are with them on.
Kind of typical of the rejectors mind set, one post heralds a new green technology ie sea-freshwater electricity generation then a link saying that there are no green developments in technology ie Dilbert, how is it possible to hold onto such conflicting, contradictory thoughts?
steveta_uk says:
March 29, 2011 at 11:24 am
Roger Longstaff (7:32 am)
I recently had to change a light fitting for the mother-in-law, as the old one had burned out and exploded…
Sorry to hear of the awful fate of your mother-in-law; what a horrid way to go. /humor off
Turns out the bulb didn’t need changing, it’s just that someone had hidden it.
Is the lightbulb in a unionized workplace?
How many Al Gores does it take to change a light bulb?
Only one. He just grabs on to the bulb and waits for the whole world to revolve around him.
Rich (March 29, 2011 at 10:44 am), that was hilarious!
jcrabb says:
March 29, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Kind of typical of the rejectors mind set, one post heralds a new green technology ie sea-freshwater electricity generation then a link saying that there are no green developments in technology ie Dilbert, how is it possible to hold onto such conflicting, contradictory thoughts?
jcrabb: I think the point here is that these new green technologies are not “real” in the sense that they are cost prohibitive (thousands more per KW(e) installed, take tremendous taxpayer support (sometimes in excess of 95% of CAPx), have other unintended consequences (frequency control/environmental), require substantial real estate (sf/power density) and generally do not live up to the hype surrounding them.
They are sold based on future cost reductions (wind, solar and digesters) but have tremendous O & M costs not originally calculated initially. Sometimes it is a wee bit of research that shows a hint of production (leaf solar) but data and scalability is often not mentioned in the article (sea and fresh water battery). Most of us in the engineering community have grown to be skeptical because we have been burned one too many times.
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pebkac – Hum, Problem between Keyboard and Chair?
Dilbert gave me my best and biggest laugh in weeks!
pebkac – problem exists between keyboard and chair.
Close cousin to Identified ten tee with numbers.
Dilbert is so accurate its painful…
Re light bulbs: in my local UK supermarket – a few incandescent ones left at 25p/40c each.
A HUGE pallet-mounted display of CFC lamps – 10p/16c each….
How long, I wonder, before the store decides it requires the sales space and they finish up in landfill..?
Today’s strip is equally interesting. The “emerging green technology” field is a thriving source of scams.
Dilbert is truth.
I have a couple friends in H.R. (i.e. Catburts) who’s boss refused to allow any Dilbert strips or paraphinalia in their building.
Check out his blog as well, he’s not afraid to throw stuff up on the wall to see if it will stick.
http://dilbert.com/blog
He’s getting even more cantankerous in his old-ish age.
“Actually have 3 dead CFLs sitting on my desk that lasted less than a year in my office light. Sure didn’t see any savings here.”
All of ’em I’ve had like that have been made in China. Some Chinese incandescents I’ve purchased have lasted a whopping 6 weeks.
Methinks the real problem is that slave labor doesn’t give a damn about doing a good job.