Thursday, May 15, 2008

Polar Bears get protection . . . but not really

Environmentalists to me are, for the most part, retarded. First off, they are so often wrong about environmental issues. Particularly, what to do about things. Part of that isn't their fault. Like the human brain, for example, the environment is a huge complex subject. But like other scientists in other disciplines, they refuse to acknowledge either that they're wrong about something, or that they simply don't know.

Second, issues often become political.

And so it is with the polar bears. Recently the government put the polar bears on the endangered list. It was already a threatened species. The difference is that threatened can lead to endangered which can lead to going away.

The problem is that the government was pressured to put the polar bears on the endangered list by environmental groups . . . largely because of the push for global warming policies. What's strange is that the numbers don't add up. The polar bear population has actually doubled in the last 40 years from 12,000 to 25,000.

That's doesn't seem endangered to me. That sounds more like growth.

The other weird thing about the enactment is that the government made it clear that this listing is one of title only. It is not intended to lead to further regulation with regard to greenhouse gases, or restrictions due to the environment. The article is here.

In the end, the polar bear's fate will rest with the courts.

Perfect. Everyone loses.

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