Do NOT tell him things like this; as it only encourages him...
Posted on 02/27/2014 7:10:06 AM PST by Sub-Driver
February 27, 2014 10:04 AM Climate Change Will Cause Rape and Murder and Assault and Robbery and Larceny and Make People Steal Your Car By Charles C. W. Cooke
This, from Mother Jones, is what people who are losing the argument look like:
Study: Global Warming Will Cause 180,000 More Rapes by 2099
Global warming isn’t just going to melt the Arctic and flood our cities—it’s also going to make Americans more likely to kill each other.
That’s the conclusion of a controversial new study that uses historic crime and temperature data to show that hotter weather leads to more murders, more rapes, more robberies, more assaults, and more property crimes.
“Looking at the past, we see a strong relationship between temperature and crime,” says study author Matthew Ranson, an economist with policy consulting firm Abt Associates. “We think that is likely to continue in the future.”
Just how much more crime can we expect? Using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s warming projections, Ranson calculated that from 2010 to 2099, climate change will “cause” an additional “22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny, and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft” in the US.
Americans, who are apparently tired of everything being blamed on climate change, are beginning to tune out. A quick look at Gallup and you’ll see that the environment doesn’t register as an issue that voters especially care about, and, too, that the number of people who say they are convinced by the endless claims of Science! has diminished dramatically in the last few years. And so, instead of toning down the eschatological predictions, we’re starting to see even more ridiculousness. Have we really reached, ”Hey, pay us some attention or your car will be stolen!”?
This is somewhat reminiscent of last year’s gun control debate, during which the advocates of stricter regulations became increasingly manic as they lost the public’s interest and trust. It’s classic and predictable stuff: When your campaign is based upon scaring people into acquiescence, the temptation when losing is always to throw out more monsters and more special effects. Or, as the NOAA’s Martin Hoerling put it, to recruit to the cause “some spell conjured upon us by great external forces,” like “the monster flicks of Universal Studios fame!”
As I wrote earlier in the year, if the Left really wants to regain some ground on this topic, it’ll try some humility.
Global warming already causes over 93% of all babies to be born NAKED!
Yah...when the upcoming ice age starts they will be targeting all those who promoted global warming.
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Great list - Thanks.
No; that will be called the Rebound Effect.
Mother Gaia over-correcting what Man has done.
Har!! Good one. Thank you.
It is always nice to start the day with a great laugh. Thanks again.
(at some point, I am going to steal that line)
You are on fire. That is some funny stuff.
I highly doubt it...
It's called 'jumping the shark'... having a tantrum... drama queening... being hysterical... losing it... holding your breath 'til you turn blue, stomping your feet, being petulant. Taking your ball and going home if you don't get your way. Lying to get more attention... Putting girl's pigtails in ink wells, Being a spoiled brat. Being a liberal elite... an elite who 'feels' rather than thinks...
If somebody steals my Honda Civic because of Global Warming (TM), I’ll use the car insurance payout to purchase a Ford Mustang. :-)
It will also cause jungle rot and fallen arches along with the glunk.
Mother Jones: Study Shows Global Warming May Cause More Rape
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Well, I find it funny considering that the FBI has been reporting a declining murder rate? Is the person claiming this a dolt or something?
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