Climate Gulag
Well, they're right out in the open now.
David Suzuki has called for political leaders to be thrown in jail for ignoring the science behind climate change.
At a Montreal conference last Thursday, the prominent scientist, broadcaster and Order of Canada recipient exhorted a packed house of 600 to hold politicians legally accountable for what he called an intergenerational crime. Though a spokesman said yesterday the call for imprisonment was not meant to be taken literally, Dr. Suzuki reportedly made similar remarks in an address at the University of Toronto last month.
The proposal has lit up many conservative blogs since it was first reported by the McGill Daily on Monday.
Addressing the McGill Business Conference on Sustainability, hosted by the Faculty of Management, Dr. Suzuki's wide-ranging speech warned against favouring the economy to the detriment of the ecology — the tarsands in Northern Alberta being his prime example.
"You have lived your entire lives in a completely unsustainable period," he told students and fans. "You all think growth and [climate] change is normal. It's not."
Toward the end of his speech, Dr. Suzuki said that "we can no longer tolerate what's going on in Ottawa and Edmonton" and then encouraged attendees to hold politicians to a greater green standard.
"What I would challenge you to do is to put a lot of effort into trying to see whether there's a legal way of throwing our so-called leaders into jail because what they're doing is a criminal act," said Dr. Suzuki, a former board member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
"It's an intergenerational crime in the face of all the knowledge and science from over 20 years."
Green jackboots are still jackboots. The current departure from normal snow cover for the entire northern hemisphere is here . Note the blue areas and how large they are. Here is the current southern hemisphere sea ice anomaly . Note that is is quite a lot higher than "average." Here is the current northern hemisphere ice. Here's a comparison of northern ice areas with historical records for February 6, 1980 and the same date this year. Pay particular attention to the west coast of Greenland.
Environment | Gaius February 7, 2008
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Don Singleton — February 8, 2008 @ 7:10 am
By NortonPete, February 7, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
Good post, I followed all the links, which were enlightening, but I did not find anything that addressed the west coast of Greenland. Maybe I goofed.
Something that must be added to the logic of this equation, northern sea ice, is only 1-3 meters thick. We are talking about the same polar ice that the Nautilus submarine surfaced through in the 60’s. One would expect ice that thin to change greatly with minor current and sunlight variations.
During August, the North Pole can reach 60+ degrees Fahrenheit and 23 hours of daylight. A few sunny days can have enormous impact, as would a long cloudy stretch in August.
By Gaius, February 7, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Look at how far to the south the ice extends this year compared to 1980. It is significant.
By N. O'Brain, February 7, 2008 @ 6:41 pm
Scratch a lefty, find a fascist.
By terrence, February 7, 2008 @ 9:48 pm
The fruit fly guy (he is a biologist) has had fascist tendencies for a long time. He must be getting desperate to make such a public display of them.
By syn, February 8, 2008 @ 6:16 am
guys, given the choices now available our next President will be another Global Greenie jackbooter.
Scratch a Greenie find a fascist.
By terrence, February 8, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Correction – The fruit fly guy has a PhD in zoology.