Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUMB...
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:10 pm
by Lord Jim
(I hate to throw rubato a fat pitch, but this was just too absurd to pass up...)
Republican Calls Climate Change A Hoax Because Earth And Mars Have 'Exactly' Same Temperature
In a condemnatory speech last week against the Obama administration’s new Environmental Protection Agency carbon emission regulations, Kentucky state Sen. Brandon Smith (R) claimed that man-made climate change is scientifically implausible because Mars and Earth share “exactly” the same temperature.
Smith, the owner of a mining company called Mohawk Energy, argued that despite the fact that the red planet doesn’t have any coal mines, Mars and Earth share a temperature. Therefore, Smith reasoned, coal companies on Earth should be exempt from emission regulations.
During a Natural Resources and Environment Committee meeting Thursday, Smith, the Senate majority whip, said:
As you [Energy & Environment Cabinet official] sit there in your chair with your data, we sit up here in ours with our data and our constituents and stuff behind us. I won’t get into the debate about climate change but I’ll simply point out that I think in academia we all agree that the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here. Nobody will dispute that. Yet there are no coal mines on Mars. There’s no factories on Mars that I’m aware of.
[Here he is, actually saying it:]
According to NASA, the average temperature on Earth is 57 degrees Fahrenheit -- 138 degrees above Mars' average of -81 degrees.
I have to admit, it really doesn't get a whole lot dumber then that...
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:22 am
by Long Run
But to his credit, if you are going to go for dumb ass, go all the way.
And I thought we had some loonies here in Montucky
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:16 am
by BoSoxGal
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:02 pm
by Lord Jim
I have to say that in watching that video, what struck me most wasn't the mind bogglingly ignorant assertions he was making...
It was the calm, condescending, faux scholarly way " I think in academia we all agree that the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here. Nobody will dispute that" that he used to make his "point"...
A complete ignoramus trying to sound like he knows what he's talking about...
I have some acquaintance with that type...
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:31 pm
by Joe Guy
Lord Jim wrote:It was the calm, condescending, faux scholarly way " I think in academia we all agree that the temperature on Mars is exactly as it is here. Nobody will dispute that" that he used to make his "point"...
That's what jumped out at me also. The guy is a moron.
yrs,
Joguyto
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:44 am
by Lord Jim
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:44 pm
by Beer Sponge
The stupid is strong with this one...
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:55 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Now old on..... there are moments when the temperature at Mars' equator might be 70 deg F. And the rest sounds like Cleveland so no wonder the convention is coming here.
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:18 am
by TPFKA@W
The temperature here isn't even the same as it is here.
Re: Okay, I have to admit this is really, really, REALLY DUM
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 1:58 am
by BoSoxGal
Beer Sponge wrote:The stupid is strong with this one...
Yet there are no coal mines on Mars. There’s no factories on Mars that I’m aware of.
