Thursday, October 25, 2007

Well, that's good to know

I'd heard White House Spokesliar Dana Perino's blather the other day about how there were "benefits" to climate change, but I wasn't sure what she meant by it.

She clarified:
Q: And one more. You mentioned that there are health benefits to climate change. Could you describe some of those?

MS. PERINO: Sure. In some cases, there are -- look, this is an issue where I'm sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true that many people die from cold-related deaths every winter. And there are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals.


First of all, we don't really need studies to tell us that if it got warmer, it would be less cold, right? Secondly, go jump in a woodchipper.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So let's assume that in some cold climates the temperature would increase enough to make it less "dangerous." Couldn't one then also assume that the temp in some moderate/warm climates would increase enough to make it more "dangerous." The logic that these people employ is stupefying.