Chad Meyers apparently doesn’t know much about science. The CNN meteorologist, appearing on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on December 18th, stated that he believed the idea that man could be causing global warming is “arrogant”, and that mankind is at far greater danger of dying from other natural events than of global warming.
Myers seems oblivious to the fact that global warming causes disturbances in weather patterns and that it will continue to do so into the future as its effects accelerate around the globe. He could also use some education in the methods that scientists use to examine climate data from the past, as he seems to think we only have 100 years of data upon which to draw conclusions about global warming.
From the Business & Media institute:
“You know, to think that we could affect weather all that much is pretty arrogant,” Myers said. “Mother Nature is so big, the world is so big, the oceans are so big – I think we’re going to die from a lack of fresh water or we’re going to die from ocean acidification before we die from global warming, for sure.”
Myers also said “I think we’re gonna die from a lack of fresh water, or we’re gonna die from ocean acidification, before we die from global warming.”
Let’s see, here. According to this genius, the only effect that global warming has is warmer temperatures. In order to believe the drivel that has come out of this man’s mouth, you’d have to be ignorant of the fact that global warming causes ocean acidification, for one. Earth to Chad: Carbon dioxide turns oceans acidic. The same carbon dioxide that we humans are pumping into the atmosphere in massive amounts every single day.
The idea that it’s “arrogant” to believe that humans could have an impact on the climate is naïve at best. We have been altering the world around us at an unbelievably fast pace just in the past century. We’re filling the air with greenhouse gases, pouring chemicals into our drinking water supply, allowing millions of tons of polluting trash and lead-laden electronic waste to pile up around the world, overfishing our oceans, destroying natural habitats, disturbing the ecological balance of the earth in so many dramatic ways.
Chad, a little piece of advice: shut your trap about global warming, and stick with what you do best: pitching hissy fits for the amusement of millions of internet users.
Link [Business & Media Institute]




