Look at that polar bear! His home melted around him while he was sleeping because you drive your car too much, fly on planes too much, and buy from those nasty factories too much. Shame on you.
At least, that's what the politically-driven scientists and politicians want you to think. They want you to look at pictures like this and get all worked up, but why? So they can tax the hell out of us and get away with it. Some people are even asking them to tax us!
Take, for example, recent attempts at regulating air-traffic. Last year, the Chief of Treasury in the U.K. increased taxes on air travel in order to help fight global climate change. When asked what the money would be spent on, Michael O'Leary, CEO of Ryanair, couldn't get an answer. It would seem the new tax is just another reason for government to reach inside people's pockets, a practice that's become a little more than habitual. After all, air-traffic adds up to only 2% of carbon dioxide emissions globally.
It's obvious that the politicians aren't really after saving our friend Mr. Polar Bear up there, but are instead after your pocket book. Consider good ol' Al Gore, the high priest of global warming hype, and his own energy consumption. Last year, his house used a shocking 213,210 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, is enough to power 232 average American households for a month. In fact, his personal energy consumption has INCREASED since the release of "The Inconvenient Truth." Whoopsie.
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Shame on you, YOU WILL NOT MOCK MY FUZZY POLAR BEARS!
Sacré bleu! A talking bear!
Typing, rather. Or commanding! My apologies Monsieur Bear.
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