Endangered Specious

IBD ^ | May 22, 2008

[Kaslin]

Environmentalism: Alaska says it will sue to challenge the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. The designation could block vital oil and gas development. But that was the whole point in the first place.

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The state's challenge was announced Wednesday by Gov. Sarah Palin. She argues there isn't enough evidence to support such a listing. And there isn't. She also maintains that polar bears are well-managed, noting that their population has increased dramatically in the last 30 years. She's right on that as well.

Fact is, the world polar population is at a modern-day high and growing. Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist with Canada's Federal Provincial Polar Bear Technical Committee, puts the current population at about 24,000, up 40% since 1974.

In winning the listing, environmentalists essentially argued that even if the number of bears isn't declining, their environment is being degraded as global warming melts the Arctic ice they live on. It's the environmentalists, however, who are on thin ice.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne made the ruling last week based on three findings: "First, sea ice is vital to polar bear survival. Second, the polar bear's sea-ice habitat has dramatically melted in recent decades. Third, computer models suggest sea ice is likely to further recede in the future."

Fourth, he's wrong.

On April 24 the World Wildlife Fund published a study, based on last September's data, showing Arctic ice has shrunk from 13 million square kilometers to just 3 million.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Who here thinks that Governor Palin wil be Senator John McCain’s running mate?

[TLI]

In winning the listing, environmentalists essentially argued that even if the number of bears isn't declining, their environment is being degraded

Once again… “fake but accurate.”

[pnh102]

And besides... I heard polar bear tastes good when cooked medium rare.

[MrB]

Try the liver.

[goldstategop]

The liberals and 48 staters want to throttle Alaska's development. They love polar bears more than they do Alaska's human inhabitants. That's says it all. A very gutsy move from Sarah Palin to prevent the Feds from interfering with Alaska's state interests.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[GourmetDan]

"Environmentalism: Alaska says it will sue to challenge the listing of polar bears as a threatened species."

The whole approach to 'endangered' and 'threatened' species is backwards because of evolutionary teaching. This is one of the biggest costs imposed on economies in the name of evolution and it is a complete error.

While trying to preserve genetic diversity has value, trying to control environments to save species is exactly backwards. Were scientists able to think outside the 'evolution box', they would realize that hybridizing 'threatened' species is the answer; not trying to control environments (which is impossible).

Hybridizing species ensures that the genetic diversity of the 'threatened' species is preserved inside the population of the more generalist species. Just because the diversity is not expressed as that particular morphological-type does not mean that it isn't there. It is, it's just hidden from outward view.

When environmental conditions again favor the 'threatened' species particular sub-set of genetic diversity, it will re-appear from the parent population because the environment will filter it out once again. That's how it appeared in the first place and will happen again.

Unfortunately, 'science' tries to preserve the environment rather than the genetic diversity itself because it doesn't understand the biological-systems it is studying. The understanding is backwards and is an extremely costly step in exactly the wrong direction. Brought to you courtesy of evolutionary-thinking.

[girlangler]

Ping.

[YOUGOTIT]

The push by the anti-human environmentalist had nothing to do with the Polar Bear it is and will be to destroy the United States and as many humans as they can. They are scum and the idiots who listened to them and made this dumb ruling on the Polar Bear are even worse anti-American scum.

[hosepipe]

Theres probably too many Polar bears for the available food..

They should be hunted/culled..

[GodGunsGuts]

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[free_for_now]

The liberals and 48 staters want to throttle Alaska's development

I agree with the liberal part, but what the hell is a 48 stater. Does that include me just cause I live in NJ? Cause I gotta tell ya, I would like it just fine if Alaska developed like crazy.

Just sayin... no cause to be all paranoid about other conservatives. The paranoia about liberals is justified.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Rembrandt]

A funny thing occurred to me. If the Libs get their wish and the U.S. turns into a Socialist/pseudo-Commie utopia, the government at that time will disregard all this environmental bravo sierra and drill wherever it chooses.

Environuts be damned. The environuts’ best friends are the Conservatives who are afraid to ruffle green feathers.

[printhead]

One of those vital vitamins (A?) is in toxic abundance in polar bear liver. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing.

[Paleo Conservative]

pnh102:
And besides... I heard polar bear tastes good when cooked medium rare.

MrB:
Try the liver.

I'd rather eat a whole puffer fish. At least it would be a less painful death.

[Paleo Conservative]

One of those vital vitamins (A?) is in toxic abundance in polar bear liver. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth over-doing.

The side effects Vitamin A overdose are similar to Accutane. The cold dry arctic winds would interact with the side effects to make one extremely uncomfortable.