Lizards Aren't Cute Like Polar Bears

Forget about Polar Bears. What about these poor reptiles that went extinct up in Antarctica, when their once mild habitat completely froze over? Talk about victims of climate change! Now, I've never been really good at math, but according to the article below, this happened way before we started driving around in SUVs...

New Fossils Suggest Ancient Cat-sized Reptiles in Antarctica

According to research, the now frozen tundras of Antarctica were once home to reptiles "the size of cats" Really...

"Cat-sized reptiles once roamed what is now the icebox of Antarctica, snuggling up in burrows and peeping above ground to snag plant roots and insects."

Last time I checked, reptiles don't like ice, so I'm not sure what conclusions to draw here, but believe it or not Antartica wasn't always the frozen wasteland we know today.

"At the time the ancient animals presumably were excavating their subterranean homes, Antarctica would have been ice-free, with a cool temperate climate, Miller said. And Antarctica and southern Africa could have shared residents, since during the Triassic, the two regions were connected as part of the supercontinent Pangea."

So for all those people running around worrying about glaciers receding and ice sheets melting away, don't forget that the climate is always changing and believe it or not, most (if not all) of it has nothing to do with you or your SUV.

It Slices, It Dices.

OK, for those of you who are already subscribing to the theory (despite emerging science that indicates otherwise) that increased green-house gas emissions (namely C02) are the chief cause of a warming climate, I've got some intresting news. Let's say for the sake of argument that you are right and that we do need to keep a close watch on man-made CO2 levels in order to keep the climate in balance. Just how do we go about doing that? Well according to those on the socialist side of the house, man-made CO2 emissions can be reduced by a carefully implemented plan of punishment and control. Better known as tax and regulate. So far, it seems that this has been the only proposed solution for this yet to be verified crisis. But as luck would have it, a new idea looms on the co2-choked horizon... Don't like so much CO2 in the atmosphere? No problem... just suck it all out. Like a big giant vacuum...

Machine to clean up greenhouse gas is breakthrough in war on global warming, say scientists

That's right folks, free enterprise and the spirit of innovation strike again.

According to the article however, this kind of non-oppressive approach to a potential problem has many environmentalists on the climate-change-vegan-gravy-train in a bit of an uproar...

"The idea is bound to be controversial, with environmentalists seeing so-called technological solutions to global warming as undermining attempts to promote greener lifestyles and industries"

Translation? "Greener lifestyles and industries" = only those that can be taxed and regulated by the heavy hand of Big Government.

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