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Being a broadcaster, one of my favorite TV shows ever was WKRP in Cincinnati. Readers may recall some of the highest forms of stereotypical comedy that came from the sales manager, Herb Tarleck, seen at right, who had the schtick of a used car salesman down pat.
So, when I saw this latest headline sales pitch from Joe Romm over at Climate Progress, with the key words “act now” and “super cheap” I couldn’t help but think of Joe Romm channeling Herb Tarleck.
Here’s the pitch (with my embellishment added):
Problem is, Joe is pushing a product few people seem interested in. The latest sales figures show a significant decline.
Pretty soon, Joe won’t even be able to give it away.
As Paul H notes in comments (with apologies to WKRP’s “Big Guy”):
“As God is my witness, I thought CAGW could fly.”
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Yes, but if you throw it from a helicopter.. will it fly?
“As God is my witness, I thought CAGW could fly.”
😉
Paul H,
+1
Romm could get more click if he updated to more modern internet tactics like “Save the Earth with this one weird trick!” The accompanying thumbnail could feature a beautiful model or perhaps some bizarre-looking food.
But wait, there’s more…
In case some readers don’t get the references made in the first 3 comments…
Throw in some Joe Isuzu for good measure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIcjfWvNYw
Fire sale…
Which English town is it which is alleged to have been inundated by “sea level rise”? If he’s referring to somewhere in Somerset then the failure of government is to blame in abandoning river dredging, resulting in floods caused by rain (from above, you know) not the sea (lower down, big wet thing). Just wanted to make the point. Conclusion – he’s an idiot. Thank you.
Not available in stores!
Gotta love the “only 0.06%” of annual growth. By 2100, that’s “only” about 5% of the global economy. Didn’t WGII say that the high end of negative impacts was only in the range of 2%?
I’d love to save the world, but I’m too busy buying a Sham-WOW.
“And for a limited time, if you act right away, you can save the planet TWICE!. That’s right – we are including a second opportunity to save the planet AT NO EXTRA CHARGE! Just pay separate shipping and handling.
Offer void where prohibited. Only 97% of respondents will receive this DOUBLE OFFER, so act now!”
I had a crush on Bailey Quarters.
<3
As the
used car salesmenclimate scientists wind-up to a fevered pitch trying to save their cushy jobs, Al Gore has cashed in and left ‘Greentown’ to join in financing the natural gas pipelines. (I wonder if his kiddies protesting Keystone know that.)Al Gore Walks Away From Green Energy
l like it
As the
used care salesmenclimate scientists disparately try to save their jobs. Al Gore has already abandoned Green Energy for natural gas pipelines. I wonder if his keystone-kiddies know that.(sorry for the double comment, first did not show for about 10 min.)
@Mark and two cats, me too…:)
Lonnie Anderson got the headlines, but Bailey Quarters was HAWT. She (Jan Smithers) ended up marrying James Brolin.
some guys have all the luck.
One would expect their economic analysis of the cost of avoiding “climate catastrophe” to be every bit as honest and rigorous as the “science” underpinning said catastrophe. The gambit is to vastly understate the true costs in order to sucker in the “mark”, and then use the bogus idea that what we are buying, for such a “paltry” sum is “climate insurance”, whose price will only go up tomorrow, and each day thereafter. In other words, we can buy now, or fry later. Our choice.
wws
That must have been when he when he was more discerning.
50% off on all Hockey Sticks and Climate Models.
Lost Our Hold On Public Opinion. Everything must go.
Science NOT Settled. Going out of Business Sale!
Given that the forecast of a rise, following the only information available to date, means that the warming will be entirely in winter. This reality, derived from the temperature data available, seems to more than slightly undermine the claimed disaster which boils down to roasting summers. There is no trend upwards we can count on to predict warmer summers. I find that at least slightly inconvenient when I don my CAGW-testing hat.
“Act now to prevent warming in winter.” Gee – that is going to be easy to sell in Minnesota.
/sarc
Well at least it’s out in the open now.
I’ve been saying for some time in comments that all this “we must act now” crap is just basic sales technique: create urgency.
It’s even more urgent because the longer pause continues and the more the models diverge from reality the less credible the whole game becomes.
So thanks to Joe Romm for making it even clearer what a bunch used car salesmen they all are.