To Bee or Not to Bee
I (and others) have been saying that as anthropogenic global warming -- having been exposed as yet another hysterical fraud -- slinks off into the dark recesses of history, the enviro-nuts would find something else about which to moan, grumble, rave and complain. The Next Big Doom, as it were. Well, it appears they've found it: Bees.
In case you've not heard the escalating ruckus from the nattering ninnies over the past few months, there are an increasing number of increasingly gullible people who have decided that a sudden decline in the population of honey bees represents The End of World as We Know It. That's right: all the honey bees are going to die off and then the flowers won't get pollinated (and then something vague and undefined but Really Really Bad happens) and... WE ALL DIE!!!!1
A group of hippies and tort lawyers going by the grandiose name of the Natural Resources Defense Council wants the EPA to release proprietary data about pesticides made by Bayer. Presumably a little leftist angel came and sat on their shoulders and whispered "Bayer is killing the poor honey bees! Sue them now!" I can't imagine what else it might be, as the "reasoning" that led to their conclusion and subsequent lawsuit has more holes in it than a screen door.
In other words, nature is compensating for an over-population problem, since we've been raising them for commercial purposes and produced an unsustainable density. Exactly the same thing happens with an unsustainable population density of any animal: diseases and parasites spread to thin the population. It's an exceedingly common event in nature, and is by far the most reasonable and simple answer, since it follows Occam's Razor perfectly.
If, however, the drooling legions of gullible alarmists accepted such a reasonable explanation, they wouldn't have an impending shadow of doom over which to wring their hands in self-flagellating emotional anguish. Thus, it must be the fault of an evil corporation.
Enviro-nuts are laughably transparent. It stems from being a lot less bright than they think they are; deluded dumb people are ridiculously easy to predict.
In case you've not heard the escalating ruckus from the nattering ninnies over the past few months, there are an increasing number of increasingly gullible people who have decided that a sudden decline in the population of honey bees represents The End of World as We Know It. That's right: all the honey bees are going to die off and then the flowers won't get pollinated (and then something vague and undefined but Really Really Bad happens) and... WE ALL DIE!!!!1
A group of hippies and tort lawyers going by the grandiose name of the Natural Resources Defense Council wants the EPA to release proprietary data about pesticides made by Bayer. Presumably a little leftist angel came and sat on their shoulders and whispered "Bayer is killing the poor honey bees! Sue them now!" I can't imagine what else it might be, as the "reasoning" that led to their conclusion and subsequent lawsuit has more holes in it than a screen door.
In the last two years, beekeepers have reported unexplained losses of hives - 30 percent and upward - leading to a phenomenon called colony collapse disorder. Scientists believe that the decline in bees is linked to an onslaught of pesticides, mites, parasites and viruses, as well as a loss of habitat and food.
In other words, nature is compensating for an over-population problem, since we've been raising them for commercial purposes and produced an unsustainable density. Exactly the same thing happens with an unsustainable population density of any animal: diseases and parasites spread to thin the population. It's an exceedingly common event in nature, and is by far the most reasonable and simple answer, since it follows Occam's Razor perfectly.
If, however, the drooling legions of gullible alarmists accepted such a reasonable explanation, they wouldn't have an impending shadow of doom over which to wring their hands in self-flagellating emotional anguish. Thus, it must be the fault of an evil corporation.
Enviro-nuts are laughably transparent. It stems from being a lot less bright than they think they are; deluded dumb people are ridiculously easy to predict.
Labels: hysteria
posted by Jar(egg)head at 14:49
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Apparently you haven't read the synopsis to the latest M. Night Shyamalan movie, "The Happening". The story of the movie is that all the bees are dying off and the unseen evil in the movie killing all humans? Plants. That's right the plants have turned against us (don't know how we got singled out, but there ya go) and are killing off all the humans with pollen or some wierd smell, not sure. They show this "evil" by a wind blowing. The mere fact that this turd got made tells you where Hollywood comes from ( the planet Nutball). So you can see where Libs and Enviro-Nazi's would get the idea we need to stop all bad companies before the plants turn on us and kill us all.(except them of course because the plants will know they tried to save them) Morons.
Good lord... so now a cheap b-rate horror movie is an accurate prediction of changes in the biosphere? I was speaking partly tongue-in-cheek when I said they were deluded, but apparently I'm not far off the mark.
If the world is gonna end in a bad horror flick, couldn't we at least have some zombies to shoot at? Plants are so... boring. I mean, I could start a fire and kill millions of 'em. But stopping zombie hordes, now that requires accurate head shots. Real skill involved there, I tell you.
Zombie hordes are more plausible than the plants turning on us and killing us. I'm ready for both what with my large store of ammo and bottle of concentrated round-up.
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