Posted on 06/05/2008 11:48:38 AM PDT by PROCON
WELLINGTON: The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said global warming was becoming the defining issue of the era and will hurt rich and poor alike.
"Our world is in the grip of a dangerous carbon habit," Ban said in a statement to mark World Environment Day, which is being marked by events around the globe and hosted by the New Zealand city of Wellington.
"Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, makes us deny important truths and blinds us to the consequences of our actions," he said in the speech to reinforce this year's World Environment Day theme of "CO2 Kick the Habit".
"Whether you are an individual, an organization, a business or a government, there are many steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint. It is a message we all must take to heart," he said.
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Does this mean we should stop exhaling?
What a load of crap.
yep, we all die and the world can breathe a sigh of relief.
Of course, I’m advocating that the UN members die first.
Ping!
No.
It means we should chop down all the trees.
Trees and plankton are the highest producers of CO2 in the world.
“World Environment Day calls for end of CO2”
Oh, I agree.
Step One: Curtail the oxygen supply to all environmentalists.
Then the rest of us can decide on any future measures....if any...
That's the first step in CO2 sequestration.
The second step is for all Greenie Weenies to "
EAT SH!T
Calling ALGorged! Your dinner is ready!
Reason number 567,982 why the UN is useless.
Those so concerned about it should.
No more CO2. Excellent!
.....Does this mean we should stop exhaling?.....
How about beer?
Beer drinkers should be required each year to purchase carbon credits to offset the atmospheric carbonation from each and every beer they drink.
To expand this thought, think carbonated beverages. Carbon is the root descriptive. Each and every Coke or Pepsi or Dew emits a substantial amount of atmospheric carbon. Some is direct as fizz and some is emitted as burps or belches. Every consumer of carbonated soft drinks must be required to purchase an annual carbon credit for the amount of estimated consumption. Any unused credits can be carried over or redemmed at the end of the year.
The severe magnitude of the carbon based beverage fizz has escaped notice but in the interest of fairness and carboniferous diversity, must be addressed. McCain being tied closely to the beer industry can be excused from his opposition, but there must be a pronouncement from Obama on his position on beer carbon emissions.
Only those who believe in AGW!
I thought trees absorbed CO2?
Agreed.
In fact, I have a simple solution. Those who buy into this garbage should just pay twice as much to offset those of us who don’t. Afterall, paying a tax solves everything, doesn’t it?
No, I’ve never understood how purchasing the right to pollute solves anything. But that’s liberal idiocy for ya.
These people are kooks, pure and simple...
I just changed out my single bulb light fixture above my dining room table for a 5 arm chandelier and loaded it with incandecent light bulbs. Good enough?
Energy independence idea:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MGIxMzViMDNjOWY0MTQ1Y2ViNzdiMDJlOWFlMzNhZWI=
we have an addiction to global government. How to get off of that?
But we should definitely plug the world's volcanoes right away.
Abolish the UN
You mean like your addiction to false god of global warming?
The NWO nuts want everybody to quit breathing.
But the way God set it up, the trees breathe in what we breathe out, and vice versa. What’s wrong with that, Big Brother?
The man is as silly as his name!
If we get rid of all the CO2 then all the plants will suffocate and die.
This is another example of “Club a Seal to Save a Whale” Environmentalism.
Is this the day I’m supposed to go buy charcoal and burn it in the grill? Maybe I”ll let me two SUV’s idle in the driveway while I sit in an air-conditioned house with all the windows open. If I’m going to have a carbon footprint, it might as well be a BIG ONE!
For those of you who do buy into it, denigrate means "to put down."
“This is another example of “Club a Seal to Save a Whale” Environmentalism.”
Yep - except - this version is “Club a Seal WITH a Whale” - or is it “Club a Whale with a Seal”...hmmm
Brings to mind my favorite bumper stick of all time -
“Nuke a Gay Whale for Jesus!”
I still get a laugh out of that one.
Do not open that Beer! It will release carbon dioxide!
I heard catalytic converters stored a lot of carbon... so I removed them. And my car can only run on Premium Unleaded. Premium means good, right? I mean if I ran regular or mid-grade there is no way I’d ever be able to obtain the 9 mpg I get now.
I thought about getting an “eco-car” that runs off fuel made from corn, but wouldn’t that hurt the corn? We already are trying to “save the trees,” who is looking out for corn? I am. I say “SAVE THE CORN.” Dinosaurs and whatnot are already dead.... lets use them.
Just doing my part to “go green.”
Since all life on earth is carbon based it's a habit of about 3 billion years.
You are correct.
In photosynthesis green plants fix CO2. But ALL green plants ALSO undergo respiration, just like animals, breaking down the glucose to produce C02.
Photosynthesis goes on in the daylight. At night respiration continues.
Does the amount of C02 fixed in photosynthesis offset the amount released in respiration?
Anyway, the comment was made in a sarcastic manner to poke fun at tree hugging global warming nuts.
Yes, they are modern day alchemists turning carbon into gold.
Click on POGW graphic for full GW rundown
New!!: Dr. John Ray's
GREENIE WATCH
The Great Global Warming Swindle Video - back on the net!! (click here)
Ping me if you find one I've missed.
Do the trees get to vote on this?
I really think this has gone too far and we are in big trouble.
If you don't believe me, the fact that both the RAT and RINO parties have both accepted this on faith and are right now in the Senate scheming to implement socialism and tax us all into the soup line.
Goodie. I always wanted to live like Charles Ingles from LIttle House on the Prairie.
BAN Ki-Moon. What an appropriate name.
The only thing we should ban is Ban. :-)
No kidding, like Rush says, visiting the UN is like the "Bar" scene in Star Wars!
Gidouddamycountry!
Ban ALL CO2??? Think of the trees, man!
And we should go in there, hack Robert Mugabe's arm off, and tell Mr. Moon "Sorry about the mess."
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