Global Warming Weenie of the Week
May 27th, 2009 at 11:33 am by NigelPresident Barack Obama, the most intelligent President in recent history, evah, sure knows how to pick a brain trust.
To Joe Biden, Janet Napolitano and Timothy Geithner, add the name…Steven Chu:
President Obama’s energy adviser has suggested all the world’s roofs should be painted white as part of efforts to slow global warming.
Professor Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary, said the unusual proposal would mean homes in hot countries would save energy and money on air conditioning by deflecting the sun’s rays.
More pale surfaces could also slow global warming by reflecting heat into space rather than allowing it to be absorbed by dark surfaces where it is trapped by greenhouse gases and increases temperatures.
Now I’ve been sitting here for 20 minutes trying to think of something sarcastic to say (for you, Laurie Kendrick)…but this idea is so absurd I think we can laugh at it on its own merit.
You know what we need? We need a really GREAT photoshop right about now. Does anyone around here know anyone who can put together a photoshop on the stupidity of painting EVERY ROOFTOP IN THE WORLD WHITE in order to stem the tide of global warming?
In the meantime, I’ve got a better idea…
May 27th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
A Nobel Prize is the equivalent of a “People’s Choice” Award:
Arafaayyg, Gore-acle, Dhimmi Carter, L. Ron Hubbard, Koffi Annan, Mandela, Gorbachev, Tutu, Amnesty Int’l?? Add this nim-rod, Chu to the list… Makes sense to me.
May 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
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May 27th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Wouldn’t these throw all the homeowner’s associations with all their rules/codes into a tizzy!
May 27th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Beverly, that is a GREAT point.
You know what would look great? Spanish tile roofing painted white.
One more point I forgot to put in the post. If we painted every roof white, wouldn’t we also have to paint all other surfaces white? You know, parking lots, roads, the Grand Canyon…
And if white reflects all that heat, wouldn’t that make things kind of dangerous for airplanes? Wouldn’t a 747 be turned into a dutch oven?
Just askin’ questions here…
May 27th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
This has to be the most racist thing I’ve ever heard. Let’s start banning everything that’s black. Cars. Coffee. People.
It’s the Chu Klux Klan.
First they came for the Earth. Then the Wind. Then the Fire. But when they came for my Parliament LPs there was no one left to tear the roof of the mutha for me.
May 27th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Why can’t we just have an evil, Texas Oil Tycoon as our nation’s Energy Czar?! Someone that actually has experience in the realm of “Energy”, and not just another Ivy League Putz.
May 30th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Damn Brian you beat me to it. I would just add, I blame Bush!
OsamaHusseinIslamObama 2012′
(the terrorist/pirate/media choice)
-It’s never too early to campaign-