San Jose Mercury News: Global Warming Could Ruin Surfing

NewsBusters ^ | February 24, 2015 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

In an article chock full of "could" and computer model projections, the San Jose Mercury News speculates in the headline, "Climate change may flatten Santa Cruz's famed surfing waves." Key word is "may" since it also may not. However, this doesn't prevent reporter James Urton from engaging in extreme conjecture about surf conditions in a century while computer model projections are often unable to correctly project the weather for the next day.

Let us now join Urton in the midst of his Chicken Little mode concerning the future of Santa Cruz surfing:

[PJ-Comix]

Lousy surf conditions right now on the Great Lakes because Global Warming has caused them to be 84% frozen over.

[BenLurkin]

Nonsense. Everybody knows that Global Warming means bigger waves. REEALLY big waves!

[afraidfortherepublic]

That’s OK. Everyone should be figuring out how to make a living anyway, instead of bobbing around on a surf board.

[Uncle Miltie]

Global Warming causes Toe-Jam.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I guess the Mercury News is unaware that a high ranking UN administrator told the world that global warming is a political movement, intended to destroy capitalism.

[Vendome]

[Scrambler Bob]

Well, HELL!

NOW we have a REAL crisis!

[rightwingcrazy]

“Climate change may flatten Santa Cruz’s famed surfing waves.”

And if it doesn’t, or if the opposite happens, will that shut them up? I didn’t think so.

[9thLife]

That’s OK. Everyone should be figuring out how to make a living anyway, instead of bobbing around on a surf board.

Contraire, Pierre. Didn't you hear that we're all supposed to be artist and poets now? And what is a surfer if not an artist and poet combined?

[tpmintx]

...and the sky may fall...

[iowacornman]

There is no “global Warming”. The untampered with data shows the opposite. The “scientist” that support the lies are all on federal grants!!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Is there ANYTHING that can’t be blamed on globull warming?

[Tax-chick]

If the ocean rises to cover the entire land surface of the earth, there won’t be any surf.

[afraidfortherepublic]

OMG! I stand corrected!

[Doogle]

[nascarnation]

LOL excellent analysis.
Any publicly traded surf board manufacturers? We can buy “put” options.

[El Cid]

The last good movie that Spignoli (sp?) made. I forget his real name...

[ßuddaßudd]

Shaka brah . .

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

What of bowling?

[Tax-chick]

There may be a brief window in which one could capitalize on the falloff in demand for surf items ... before even the most stoned of dudes realize the waves are still breaking.