I was going to make this a “Friday Funny”, but there’s really nothing funny about it.
Really, you can’t make this up. Eric Holthaus, the guy who said he’d get a vasectomy to solve climate change, cried about it after reading the AR5 IPCC report and gave up flying to save the planet, because that would somehow prevent hurricanes, is now hoping the Caribbean will get whacked by one.
His rationalization?
It will solve the drought.
From the Slate article titled: Folks in the Caribbean Should Be Hoping for a Hurricane
Most Caribbean economies are closely tied to the tourist trade, and hurricane season is traditionally the time when the influx of beachgoers slows.
So while the tourists are at home, folks in the Caribbean are welcoming a deluge. As Atlantic hurricane season enters its peak August-to-October phase, the best bet for relief at this point is a direct hit by a tropical storm or hurricane.
Let’s see…what’s easier to manage and less destructive to an island economy?
a. water shortage
b. massive hurricane damage
The stupid from this guy, it burns white hot like magnesium.
Graham Green put into one of his characters in the Comedians to reflect that hurricanes helped to reduce illiteracy among the islands of the Caribbean. Of course, Green was a humorist, very dead-pan.
This fellow who got a vasectomy to save the world had his heart in the right place. If only other global warmers would follow suit then maybe the breed would die out.
Is the Caribbean really drought stricken?
In the 90’s NC had a lot of tropical systems pass through each year thus increasing the “normal” then when we got into the “hurricane drought” and annual rainfall was suddenly below normal even though it was only the missing tropical systems everyone was screaming drought (due to climate change) whenever water sources were taxed due to development and even the slightest of dry spells (well within normal variation).
So he wants a wet BJ. Probably the best he can hope for after his vasectomy.
They do love their flights, these guys, don’t they? I see Cook claimed he was too busy flying between Colorado and Sydney to respond to Tol’s simple request (like that’s true, and no-one ever does any work on their laptop on long-haul flights).
Then again, perhaps those in the climate business really don’t do any work on their flights. I remember sitting close by – oooh, I can’t quite recall his name – in first class on a BA LAX-LHR flight some while before his “No Pressure” video exploded (sorry) on to the scene. It was clear from his conversation with the fawning purser that this was far from being his first time travelling this route in such luxury. Besides the obvious fact that he clearly – and supremely hypocritically – wasn’t prepared to cut his own emissions by 10%, a glass or few of the excellent claret saw him off, and his next environmentally-conscious moments were spent with the cooked breakfast in the morning.
Give him a break, I say. It’s a tough job, saving the planet, and when you’re in the frontline, you need to look after yourself.
Is Obama becoming a dictator ?
DanDaly says:
August 1, 2014 at 11:13 am
Perhaps someone should suggest to him that he can help save the planet by getting a prefrontal lobotomy.
After all, this was the medical consensus to treat many mental disorders not too long ago.
Well I might burn up soon.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/493781/SHOCK-WEATHER-FORECAST-Hottest-August-in-300-YEARS-on-way-as-jet-stream-BOILS-Britain
In the Slate article, Holthaus is actually complaining that Bertha as a storm is NOT STRONG ENOUGH. That’s got to be a first. A quoted Caribbean forecaster says in the article that the islands are hoping for Bertha to be a mild tropical system when it hits so they can get some rain (1-3 inches is forecast). Holthaus claims they need more rain than that, and that a hurricane would be better than just a heavy rain. And he casually dismisses any damage a hurricane might cause, saying:
They’ve got it covered. Isn’t that lovely. I know a lot of people around me here in S. Florida that have hurricane insurance, and I’m pretty sure they would prefer NOT to be filing claims. I’ve been pretty snarky in my comments of late, but dammit there have been so many stupidities from the Climate Scientologists, lately. May a hurricane go up Holthaus’ shorts and solve his vasectomy problem.
From John West on August 1, 2014 at 12:35 pm:
There was an online hotel review where a guest noted they limited the number of free frozen drinks and were told by the servers there was a shortage of ice, so yes, they are drought stricken. What more proof do you need?
DanDaly, Rob Turner
An old 1970’s students’ graffiti favourite was to prefer a full bottle in front of me to a prefontal lobotomy ……
A nice Tropical Depression or two probably would be extremely beneficial to the Caribbean Islands.
Tropical Storm/Hurricane may more do more damage than be helpful.
40+ years ago people in the ZPG (Zero Population Growth) movement were vowing to not have children as well. The overpopulation movement never went away, it just eventually morphed into the CAGW movement we have today. Underneath, the main goals are still the same, with actual facts and correctly practiced science as completely optional components.
And, yeah, there are a lot of useful idiots out there
Jimbo says; “If they get a hurricane, blame global warming.”
Oh no, now it’s :if they get a hurricane, claim for damages against the devoloped world, because any exteme weather event EVAH, that ever happens in the future is the fault of CO2 emitted by developed nations.
PS don’t sue China because a) they are not stupid enough to listen to that kind of crap ; b) their main assests are american debt, and who wnats a slice of that that as reparations?
Is there a way I can donate money for vasectomies for alarmists.
I think it’s a sound idea.
They deserve a clean conscience.
Holthaus: “Well, increasingly, the Caribbean has that part covered. An innovative risk-pooling scheme called the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility has recently secured a $30 million catastrophe bond from the World Bank, the first one it’s ever issued specifically for hurricane risk. The idea is being held up as a possible model for climate change adaptation, … “
Well, what was I saying , it’s already here, and the green slush fund is not even agreed yet.
I think it is nice that Eric is looking out for the future by having a vasectomy. However, if he REALLY wants to help out, there’s more he could do in the present by making his “personal sacrifice” a little more all encompassing. These people DO believe in population reduction, but “potential population” reduction wouldn’t be nearly as effective as the real thing. Come on all you greenies, lead by example!
Okay, I am just being sarcastic. However, I don’t think it would bother them at all to use “deniers” as reasonable choices for population reduction.
I haven’t spent a lot of time on here lately, but from a quick glance below – no one should be surprised at how nasty some of these people are. A number are misanthropes, and self-loathing comes with that.
It’s in their nature to act they way they do. And, yes, typically people in rich countries like the US are immature. I still submit that an illiterate uneducated 19 year old farmer who lived 200 years ago was far more mature than the typical US adult today. There is no positive correlation between raw intelligence, education, wealth, and maturity level. If anything it’s an inverse relationship between those things and maturity.
70 percent of Americans take prescription drugs (http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/06/20/70-percent-of-americans-take-prescription-drugs/56275.html) 13 percent were taking antidepressants and 13 percent were on opioids.
No wonder “climate” is changing!
“Where the hell do these fruitloops get their funding from?”
I got bad news for you, the $$$ comes from you and me via taxation
Well… Where I live, pretty much all the water we have comes from the few cyclones we get near us each year. When one hits directly it is devastating, but that’s just the rough with the smooth.
He does actually have a valid point, but he’s putting it badly.
RobRoy says:
Is there a way I can donate money for vasectomies for alarmists. I think it’s a sound idea. They deserve a clean conscience.
Yeah, great idea. Set up a site called SkepticalVasectomy.com and add a donate button.
Well, I have been through a bunch of hurricanes. Most of them are not too bad. Had to truss up my boat from all directions. BUT occasionally we get an Ike which destroyed my condo on Clear Lake (I know, should have been on higher ground). So a mild ‘cane might be just what the doctor ordered.
Paul Homewood says:
August 1, 2014 at 11:47 am
“Don’t want a vasectomy?
Have smaller children instead!
I kid you not. Some Professor of Bioethics (whatever that is!) at New York University is seriously suggesting we need to look at ways to make humans smaller “to fight climate change””
Ah, that’s Liao. I bookmark off-the-rails ethicists and I noticed a pattern – after they have outed themselves as wannabe shapers of a newer better future against the will of everybody else they tend to never update their blog again; or alternatively, block all comments and continue writing only about the most inconsequential of affairs. It’s too bad – I’m always hoping for one of them telling us how he really feels.
Ah yes, the vasectomy man who apparently gained some fame for reporting on NYC weather and, in particular, TS Sandy:
I was actually in Wisconsin when Sandy hit NYC
If all the greeners get a vasectomy, the subject of “climate everything” will eventually pass.