Are You Sitting Down?

[Ansley]

I received this email today and thought I would post it here.


"All of you out there in America and across the globe who have fought so hard to tackle the hideous enemy of our planet, namely carbon emissions, you know ....that bogus god you worship of "Climate Change" or "global warming" ....well, I feel it is necessary to inform you of some bad news. It really does pain me to have to bring you this disappointing information.


Are you sitting down?

Okay, here's the bombshell. The current volcanic eruption going on in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash a couple of weeks ago, has, to this point, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet.



I know, I know.... (group hug)...it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of: driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up til midnight to finish your kid's "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, going on vacation to a city park instead of Yosemite, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your $1 light bulbs with $10 light bulbs ...well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days!


The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in four days has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon.


I'm so sorry. And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud but the fact of the matter is that the brush fire season across the western U.S.A. will start in about two months and those fires will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two years.


But hey, grab a Coke, give the world a hug and have a nice day"

[Willen]

And his point is?

This posting may be factually accurate, but even if true the logic is nonsensical. All this means is that we'd be significantly worse off than we are now had no efforts been made to restrict carbon emissions.

By the way, I love my Prius, as do the dozen other folks I know who own them.

[pjorourke]

Ever heard the expression "pissing in the ocean"?

[nevergaveitathought]

i loved the superbowl eco/green police commerical

[Doove]

Pretty disheartening to find out that if i don't gain 20lbs and then gain 20lbs, i'll be no better off than if i gain 20lbs and gain 20lbs.

[pjorourke]

Originally Posted by Doove

Pretty disheartening to find out that if i don't gain 20lbs and then gain 20lbs, i'll be no better off than if i gain 20lbs and gain 20lbs.

Less disheartening if its 20 milligrams

[Doove]

Originally Posted by pjorourke

Less disheartening if its 20 milligrams

Unless you're Mr Creosote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk

"It's only waffer thin."

[pyramider]

Where does the bubbling goo in the Gulf come into play?

[Marcus Aurelius]

The planet will be here after we're gone and some kind life will be abundant no matter what we do.

Keep the water and air clean while we're here.

[pjorourke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

[atlcomedy]

Did this come to "Ansley" or your real world email?

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by atlcomedy

Did this come to "Ansley" or your real world email?

It came to me from the real world.

[atlcomedy]

Originally Posted by Ansley

It came to me from the real world.

I was just curious...we all get nut job emails

I was just wondering if you have nut job suitors as well

[Ansley]

Originally Posted by atlcomedy

I was just wondering if you have nut job suitors as well

Well, they are seeing me....

[Doove]

Originally Posted by pjorourke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

My video was funnier.