People send me stuff. This was in my Inbox this morning:
Hi Anthony, My name is Wren and I’m a physics and applied math major at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, which is notoriously supportive of CAGW (they hosted Michael Mann a couple semesters ago for the “New Hockey Stick” something or other). We have a new coffee shop on campus called Argo Tea and all of their products have links to StopGlobalWarming.org. It sounded like a good laugh, so I checked it out and found some hilarious stop global warming jewelry (pretty much consisting of multiple items picturing the planet on fire). It’s very funny!
Here’s the link:
http://www.coolplanetjewelry.com/viewCategories.asp
My dad showed me this site [WUWT} two or so years ago and now I check it out most every day just to keep myself sane! Keep up the good work!
–Wren
Thanks Wren.What they say on the webpage at the main page is interesting:
Stop Global Warming Recycled Green Jewelry
The heat is on – and it’s getting hotter.
Cool Planet Jewelry invites you to join us in the campaign to Stop Global Warming. We are proud to partner with StopGlobalWarming.org to present the Stop Global Warming Collection of fine jewelry. Each piece is made from recycled precious metals using entirely eco-friendly manufacturing techniques. They are cool, responsible, and a beautiful reminder that we must all work together to stop the potentially catastrophic consequences of climate change.
Join Sheryl Crow, Laurie David, Daryl Hannah, Terry Tempest Williams, Kathy Mattea, Bill McKibben, Simone, Kristin Cavallari, Gretchen Bleirer, Michael Franti, David Henrie, and people across the globe to take action and make a difference. Take action and make a difference today.
100% of all net proceeds are donated to StopGlobalWarming.org and the Natural Resources Defense Council (N.R.D.C.).
Um, no thanks.
OTOH, add an olive wreath and it could just as easily pass for the United Nations logo on fire. I might actually buy that one.
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I was an Ordnance Corp officer in a previous life and it looks a lot like the insignia we wore on our lapels. https://www.google.com/search?q=Ordnance+corp+insignia&rlz=1C1LENP_enUS540US540&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=fHlhUsSdBpeo4AOmm4CIBg&ved=0CDEQsAQ&biw=1202&bih=754
By the way, it was affectionately referred to as the flaming piss pot.
Their ‘globe’ has lines of ‘latitude’ that are not treu East-West lines. You have to wonder what they might look like on the Far Side where they intersect obliquely – perhaps somewhere near Gary Larson’s house?
“Join Sheryl Crow, Laurie David, Daryl Hannah, Terry Tempest Williams, Kathy Mattea, Bill McKibben, Simone, Kristin Cavallari, Gretchen Bleirer, Michael Franti, David Henrie, and people across the globe to take action and make a difference.”
I see they pulled out all the stops and lined up the scientific heavyweights behind this project. I note that the prestigious Professors Crow and Hannah have contributed their expertise to this effort although Dr. Crow’s papers on the topic are notably brief; typically only one page.
Rumor has it that it was Bill McKibben’s idea to have the plastic merchandise bags imprinted with the 350.org logo, but that’s unconfirmed at this point.
Nice one Wren!
The hypocrisy never fails to amaze me. I don’t give a tinker’s cuss how eco friendly the production process of this jewellery actually is; it still produces unnecessary CO2, which although I don’t have a problem with this, the people marketing it clearly do!
Totally off-thread, but today’s Daily Telegraph had an article saying that AGW is hitting the UK worse than anywhere else, we have had and, will continue to have hotter than average summers (they didn’t mention our four much colder winters) and the south coast will be particularly hit by the rising sea levels!
I thought that sea levels all rise or fall by exactly the same amount unless the sea is cut off from other masses of water, eg the Dead Sea?
The lack of science and logic is perfectly balanced by the excessive hypocrisy!
Had a good laugh, thanks for it!
But the best I think is the UN logo. As I pass most of my time in Geneva I would love to make stickers of it and stick them on my cars. I know the UN business pretty well and I’m sure it would please a lot of people down there, specially on my Range Rover.
So I ask kindly if I can do that or if there are any copyright to pay…
Sorry “best thing” excuse my english…
Look on the bright side, Wren. Anyone wearing one of those things might as well be wearing a neon sign flashing “I’m an idiot”. Probably someone to steer clear of.
No no, Global Warming is not a religion
How is it responsible to use recycled material which could be put to better use in manufacturing useful products rather than creating tacky jewelry?
Aha! We need our own bling!
Seriously. A discreet but readily identifiable WUWT lapel pin to identify ourselves to one another in public.
“OTOH, add an olive wreath and it could just as easily pass for the United Nations logo on fire. I might actually buy that one.”
Wow, stop everything, that is gorgeous. (:
Sure left a lot of room at the top of the World Empire emblem. Is that for the NGOs of your choice, maybe Malthus?
Well, crud. I could have got in the bottom of this vast market by selling global warming jewelry in my Etsy shop. Stooopid me.
Andrew Harding.
Here is the Met office record known as Central England Temperature. This version dates back to 1772. There is an older version to 1659
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadcet/
The Telegraph is wrong, temperatures have been dropping sharply in Britain for a decade as you can see.
As for sea level, they vary in each ocean basin, some are rising and some are falling but the biggest factor is often whether the land itself is rising or falling relative to the sea level.
tonyb
That “planet on fire” motif is very similar to the lapel badge of the Grenadier Guards. Nothing to do with global warming, just saying, like.
davidmhoffer says:
October 18, 2013 at 11:48 am. and a secret handshake as well? 🙂
Maurice R says:
October 18, 2013 at 11:19 am
Had a good laugh, thanks for it!
But the best I think is the UN logo. As I pass most of my time in Geneva I would love to make stickers of it and stick them on my cars. I know the UN business pretty well and I’m sure it would please a lot of people down there, specially on my Range Rover.
So I ask kindly if I can do that or if there are any copyright to pay…
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Please Anthony, say Maurice can use the symbol (or licence the copyright, if it’s yours to sell). His idea for a car sticker is a great idea! Or put one together and sell them through your blog. We could use some humorous ones, too. That image would be good on a t-shirt, as well, as would some more of Josh’s cartoons.
Just saying! 🙂
“excessive hypocrisy!” (Andrew Harding 11:18am)
Envirostalinist Hypocrite Necklace Seller: Capitalism is e-vil! (buy my stuff).
EH: Corporate Greed! (buy my stuff made in China).
EH: CO2 will kill the planet! (buy my stuff made by emitting lots of CO2).
EH: Okay! I see your point! (frownie face) JUST BUY MY STUFF!
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@ur momisugly Bruce Cobb — lol, yup, “a sucker born every minute.” (P. T. Barnum)
and ” a fool and (her or) his money… .”
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@ur momisugly David Hoffer – “bling” — LOL.
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Good luck with school, Wren. It is great to know there are people under 30 who are still THINKING. Thanks for sharing.
I think WUWT should host a contest to find other useful products for the StopGlobalWarming store. I’ll kick it off with:
* An energy saving ring tone for cell phones. A 30 second MP3 of silence. Only $4.99.
davidmhoffer says:
October 18, 2013 at 11:48 am
Aha! We need our own bling!
My thought exactly.
But what are we “for” that would make a good symbol?
Maybe “Truth in GW”?
Something showing a warm, happy faced smiling planet?
A “CO2” insignia?
Sounds like a great marketing gimmick, all the eco-friendly jewelry. We do it with almost everything else, so why wouldn’t the greenies get in on it. Nice to know that Wren recognized that bit.
sean2829: I think the flaming pisspot is a much better device. I was ripped out of the Artillery, detailed to Ordinance, took the officer’s advanced course (via box tops) and liked it much better than the brass I wore being a larry lunchbucket staff puke for a general. Wore OC brass when they noticed the crossed cannons.
Mike Smith says:
October 18, 2013 at 12:31 pm. How about aline in the heads of Bald Eagles ( there’s plenty lying around) mounted on a plaque with the inscription, “Stop Global Warming – I Did.”
Anthony, You are overlooking the possibilities! WUWT should follow their lead and sell diamond jewelry! 🙂 Think of all the carbon we could sequester in the form of diamonds displayed with reckless abandon by followers of your blog!
You can’t make this up.
JohnWho;
But what are we “for” that would make a good symbol?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nothing. Just “WUWT” on a lapel pin.
@grumpyoldmanuk
LOL.
@davidmhoffer
That’ll work.
I’ll take a few.