Well, OK, but what did Mr. Dicks say that was so objectionable? I can imagine, but letters to the editor really don’t flesh out what he said to the graduates.
Well, OK, but what did Mr. Dicks say that was so objectionable?
Here's an excerpt:
The second environmental challenge you and all of your generation will face is the “Inconvenient Truth.” My friend Al Gore has done an incredible job with his slide show and the movie to explain to the world that the planet is at risk and how carbon dioxide emissions not only cause global warming but also result in dangerous changes in the oceans, particularly acidification. Over the last century, the oceans rose between four and eight inches, ten times the average rate of the last 3,000 years. This alarming trend threatens all of the nation's coastal communities, where more than half the U.S. population lives, and obviously it threatens coastal populations and communities all across the globe. In my Committee this Spring we have studied the issue; we have consulted with experts such as the Climate Impacts Group run by Professors Ed Miles and Ed Sarachik here at the University. And we conducted hearings to assess the impact of climate change on public lands and wildlife in the United States … and the evidence was sobering: we see increased wildfires, changing precipitation and water availability patterns, increasing evidence of invasive species, severe bug infestation in our forests, changing migratory patterns for many animals and birds, and significant loss of habitat. It’s just not possible, anymore, to deny that climate change is real … it’s happening … and our challenge now is to find ways to deal with the impacts that these changes have on our lives and on our environment. We also have to move forward to begin solving the problem … as a nation and as individuals we must work to dramatically reduce greenhouse gases. The hybrid car I drive today emits far less carbon dioxide than the one I drove ten years ago and in your lifetimes it’s entirely possible to imagine “zero emissions” automobiles, along with other new and creative ways to reduce the so-called carbon footprint and thus reduce one of the root causes of global warming...blah, blah, blah.
One of the letters to the editor linked the original article. Apparently, Mr. Dicks talked about environmentalism and how we have to “save the planet” from the destructive forces of man. It seems that even in Seattle, the envirowhackoism preached by the Goracle so widely accepted in DC doesn’t sell.