More Moonbat Madness!
May 7 2008
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/gassy_dreams/
Global warming catastrophist George Monbiot demands the return of the
Zeppelin:
Though the designs have changed, their disadvantages have not
disappeared. While a large commercial airliner cruises at about 900
kilometres per hour, the maximum speed of an airship is roughly 150kph.
At an average speed of 130kph, the journey from London to New York would
take 43 hours. Airships are more sensitive to wind than aeroplanes,
which means that flights are more likely to be delayed. But they have
one major advantage: the environmental cost could be reduced almost to
zero.
Hmm. Two days to fly across the Atlantic - provided the winds are right.
Sounds.... stupid. Yet Monbiot is not the only one of his breed
demanding the impractical for the sake of the unbelievable. Here's Sea
Shepherd boss Paul Watson:
The big clippers were the finest ships ever built and sufficient to our
needs. Air transportation should be by solar powered blimps when air
transportation is necessary.
Yes, that's the same Paul Watson who sails around not in the clippers he
demands, but in this:
The hypocrite is oily proof of the impracticality of what he demands.
Global warming may not fry the planet, but it's sure frying brains.
--
Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"Every year they recalibrate their computer model and put in the
observed temperature. So, as they go along, the curve that trails behind
is perfect. It's like predicting the morning's weather at six-o'clock in
the evening.." Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology,
Western Washington University
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