Thursday, August 24, 2006

Well, the latest word from people who give a damn about such things is that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has stopped widening. I have to ask myself, first, is the "green revolution" that's been so notably forced down the throats of everyone in creation for the last ten years really working, or is this all just a cyclical thing that does expand and contract, with no reason to think that we could ever bloody well control it, any more than we do the will of God? I'm not even going to pretend I know, although if you really do, leave a comment here. I remember with relative fondness the hellacious snowstorms of my childhood, the ones that were supposedly abated by "global warming." Well, speaking now as an adult, a lot of snow doesn't mean a snow snow day, it means you damned well couldn't do anything in the winter even if you DID want to. The return of such rampant, ravaging snowstorms means that a regular cycle of little August and September baby booms could be lurking in our future. The regular need for tire chains and studs (remember studded snow tires?) is also a possibility. Listen, I always liked "White Christmas," and Bing Crosby just as much as the next guy, but let's not over-romanticize what being buried in such snow drifts really means, okay? And as for the concept that oceans would rise, and rip the coastlines off every country in the world, if the real carrying capacity of the planet is threatened by over-population, don't assume that God is powerless to do anything about it! He can, and He will! The only plus I can see is the possible return of the tourist industry to Antarctica, now that all the sunbathers will deem it safe again. Nah, scratch that.

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