Want to know the fate of humanity? Why pick up a copy of Rolling Stone, of course. There you'll find the latest eco-extremist prediction designed to scare the world into global warming action. Gaia theory creator James Lovelock is in the latest issue predicting mankind will almost be wiped out by 2100 from global warming.
Lovelock told Rolling Stone that predictions of the earth's warming will be "nearly double the likeliest predictions of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." Rolling Stone summed it up by saying "The human race is doomed," in a story posted on its site October 17. Only as few as 500 million will survive "with most of the survivors living in the far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin."
But Lovelock wasn't a typical Gorean nutbar. The aging scientist didn't advocate for conventional eco-solutions but did push for nuclear power. "To Lovelock, cutting greenhouse-gas pollution won't make much difference at this point, and much of what passes for sustainable development is little more than a scam to profit off disaster," wrote Jeff Goodell. "‘Green,' he tells me, only half-joking, ‘is the color of mold and corruption.'"
The predictions arrive just in time for the media awash in post Nobel Prize climate change coverage. CNN is devoting a huge effort to promote its two-part show "Planet in Peril" that will be shown on the network Oct. 23 and 24 at 9 p.m.
Lovelock isn't even the first eco-extremist this year to say the earth is over-populated by billions of people. In May, Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society warned mankind was "acting like a virus" and 5.5 billion would die.
—Dan Gainor is director of the Business and Media Institute.
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we're doomed - heard that
October 23, 2007 - 14:18 ET by TruthMongerwe're doomed - heard that from Jesus
Partner with Islam!
Did the report say whether
October 23, 2007 - 14:19 ET by Free ThinkerDid the report say whether or not Keith Richards will survive?
LMAO! I'm sure Keith is
October 23, 2007 - 14:25 ET by drillanwrLMAO!
I'm sure Keith is well-preserved ...
Hey, I wouldn't sweat it, folks.
We'll either be hit by a rogue asteroid or comet, or the real Aliens will finally figure we're ripe for the picking and invade Earth (warm or cold) ... before AGW has a chance to ignite us all into flames.
LOL
October 23, 2007 - 15:40 ET by HypocriteHaterYes, Keith Richards and cockroaches will survive to rule the world!!
Between the two, I'm not sure who would become supreme leader, though. Maybe by then Hillary will have learned how to clone herself for all eternity to provide Hillarycare for the survivors.
Keith Richards' skin will
October 23, 2007 - 18:03 ET by balboaKeith Richards' skin will survive, serving to protect future generations from harmful UV rays. That stuff's impervious to everything.
The most favorite story in Human History...
October 23, 2007 - 14:24 ET by nnptcgradWe love scaring the crap out of ourselves about the world ending.
Every culture and religion has their own end of the world story. Every century has had a different one. I rank AGW right up there with the nuts who claim the world is going to end in 2012. There will be a lot of flailing and angst, to be forgotten when a new story is produced.
Mother nature is a bitch - Ninth Corollary of Murphy's Law
"We love scaring the crap
October 23, 2007 - 15:46 ET by taznar"We love scaring the crap out of ourselves about the world ending."
Well, I know I love a good (or even bad) disaster movie. But then I understand the difference between reality and fantasy.
Its interesting that the places on earth with the greatest diversity and density of life tend to be the hottest, yet some people believe a global temperature increase of degree or two will destroy life on the planet.
Evil humans must go!
October 23, 2007 - 14:27 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsThis is good news according to the weekly 'Science News' in a recent article lamenting the evil humans use of resources.
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survivors living in the far
October 23, 2007 - 14:36 ET by dscottsurvivors living in the far latitudes - Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia, the Arctic Basin.
I want all the econuts to move far North. Sorry my Canadian friends, but you Snowbirds do have place with us here in the South every winter anyways. Then let Global Cooling come and we will be rid of these idiots. The best part will be as things get cooler as it always does in the climate cycle, the econuts will be telling themselves the thermometer is off while the polar bears make snacks of them.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
They should be for it
October 23, 2007 - 14:47 ET by mattmGlobal Warming could make it possible to grow Maui Wowee in New Brunswick. The RS heads should be happy. ...man.
Please pass the hooka...
October 23, 2007 - 14:48 ET by CTDRULESNo doubt the comment was between bong hits.
What will kill this world is the weight of all the crap spewed by nuts like this.
Rolling Groan: grumpy old men
October 23, 2007 - 15:12 ET by Jack BauerAnyone remember those wild eyed guys, needing a bath, who used to stand on street corners with sandwich boards proclaiming...
Didn't we used to laugh at them. And not just because we were cruel callow youths mocking grumpy old men.
Global Warming
October 23, 2007 - 15:14 ET by tymanThe best thing that could happen would be the the left coast and the northeast coast goes underwater. That way they would have to come live with us uneducated, racist conservatives, Where's my moonshine?
In May, Paul Watson,
October 23, 2007 - 15:24 ET by taznarI'm always amazed that "naturalists" seem to have the biggest fear of letting nature take its course. The only reason to worry is if you have no faith -no faith in God, no faith in nature and no faith in man's ability to adapt. Their only faith seems to be in man's ability to predict his own destruction -and what a great track record we have with that!
The human race is doomed
October 23, 2007 - 15:25 ET by GothampcI don't understand how these liberals can say the human race is doomed because of global warming, but when it comes to abortion, something that really will doom the human race, they don't bat an eye.
Suicide is the answer
October 24, 2007 - 07:05 ET by fosstenIt's actually a paradox if you think about it. We're the problem, so we're scaring ourselves...for what purpose? So we can survive? But if we're the problem, why should we try to survive? If we want to save the planet, we should all commit suicide together like some big global Jonestown. It's all for Gaia.
Forget 911, I dial 9MM.
oh that wacky Rolling Stone
October 23, 2007 - 15:27 ET by JnobleThings Rolling Stone magazine is useful for:
1: Lining the cat box 2:Lining the bird cage 3: Using for laughs if the latest copy of The Onion is unavailable 4:Seeing what latest band is deemed cool to like and following suit 5: Living proof that you don't have to have any kind of degree in journalism or real-world experience in any field to write columns for a major magazine.
And yet....
October 23, 2007 - 15:52 ET by c5thenLovelocks ancestor's were able to live and thrive a few thousand years ago when global average temps were a nunber of degrees C higher and CO2 was almost double what it is today in a period called the medievil warm period, or also known by climatologists as "the climate optimum".
Wolf! Wolf!...The sky is falling...The end is near!
Hey! Everybody look at me!
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Fred08.com
Roam wasn't concurred in a day.
October 23, 2007 - 16:19 ET by CrashThat explains why so many aging hippies sit around and get stoned all day long. When you're lazy you have all the time in the world to sit around and hatch idiotic notions involving dystopic realities, as well as, bleak disastrous future scenarios. Get with the program freaks. Go to college, become an engineer or a scientist (if they really want a better future) ... anything but a do nothing blatherer with everything but a major. Masters in Fine Arts, what the hell is that? We need doers not dreamers.
Dooms Day
October 23, 2007 - 16:26 ET by pocomocoLovelock isn't even the first eco-extremist this year to say the earth is over-populated by billions of people. In May, Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society warned mankind was "acting like a virus" and 5.5 billion would die.
What am I missing here? Wouldn’t this actually solve Lovelock’s over-population problem? This certainly would help reduce the number of cars in Wal Mart's parking lot. I say bring on Dooms Day.
Meanwhile, the ‘echo chamber’ of Global Warming continues to reverberate. Didn’t we hear this same prediction from noted climatologist Ted Danson 15 years ago who warned us that New York City would be under 20 feet of water by today?
What better case can one
October 23, 2007 - 16:32 ET by dscottWhat better case can one make for colonizing Mars? It's the end of the world, time to leave, build the rocket ships <<<<sarcasm>>>>
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
In Alaska we say...
October 23, 2007 - 16:37 ET by Army BratCome on Global Warming!!!
Happy Trails...
and minnesota:) rock
October 23, 2007 - 18:47 ET by TruthMongerand minnesota:) rock on
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...Thow in Montana!
October 23, 2007 - 18:49 ET by bigtimer...Thow in Montana!
and California
October 23, 2007 - 18:54 ET by botgwants rain
"The more I study science, the more I believe in God." Einstein
liberal Canadians are very
October 23, 2007 - 19:01 ET by TruthMongerliberal Canadians are very conflicted about this - but throw them in too - what the hell - they can rule the left when the blue American states drown
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Here's the best part of
October 23, 2007 - 18:07 ET by KevroyHere's the best part of being a gloom and doom predictor: you get to set a far-off date for the end of humanity (in this case the year 2100), and it doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong, because nobody reading this today will be alive in the yr 2100 to say, "Ha! What an idiot that guy was!"
nobody reading this today
October 23, 2007 - 19:19 ET by Jack BauerExcept Dick Clarke. And my cryo-head, of course.
Someone needs to check and
October 23, 2007 - 20:29 ET by MikeBSomeone needs to check and see if Lovelock owns or has options on a doodoo load of land in the far north or south. It sounds as if he is trying to generate a market for land in areas that are soon to become temperate, thereby making a pile of cash from the believers of Al "Chicken Little" Gore.
Followers of the good Dr. Malthus have been predicting major human die-offs from one source or another since Malthus first published. We're gonna die from global cooling, or global warming, or from the population bomb, or from running out of oil or water, or from running out of arable land, or an asteroid is going to hit us, or the Spanish Flu will make a comeback, or one or more super-volcanoes are going to erupt, or, or, or...
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Oh right
October 27, 2007 - 17:01 ET by 4arrowOh right "Rolling Stone" as if you had no part in the demise of the society that took centuries to develope.
Won't ask for names for you had no idea what you were doing except making yourself rich.
We will try to pick up the pieces. but as for you fo&ga