In honor of the current visit from Jens-Petter and Oystein Jorgensen from Oslo Norway, I am giving the August Al Gore Global Warming Chicken Little Award to scientists in that pristine and beautiful land of the fjords. The following news story will tell you why.
"Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos [4,630 pounds] of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting," reports Der Spiegel:
Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year.
So not only do humans and their evil machines but animals cause global warming. Are the Norske scientists suggesting that the only way to preserve life on earth is to wipe out all life on earth?
I have a better idea: Start a campaign against animal belching and farting. We could call it: Fathers Against Regurgitating Together. The international symbol could be the Moose and annual benefits and awards given to animals that reduce their gas emissions.
(PS. It is actually encouraging to see that we Christians are not the only people who are gripped by angst and fears over the end of the world. Global Warming fanatics remind me of the "Jesus is coming soon" preachers of my childhood who had "Gog and Magog" identified as Russia along with charts showing the exact dates and times when the world would come to a bloody end. Maybe Hal Lindsey has gone to work for Al Gore.)
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Of course my post was intended to make fun of some of the ridiculous and Chicken Little fears of people, some of whom are Global Warming Alarmists. I think it is prudent to plant trees, and conserve our natural resources as well as reduce our relience on gas and oil. However, when people start discussing the fact that Moose farting is the cause of the global crisis I have to respond by saying, "Get a life!"
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