"Think Of Yourself As A Pea": Koch Funded Study Says Climate Change Is "Good For You"

[kpete]

Climate change is good for you, says ultra-conservative Heartland Institute
New study by thinktank funded by Koch brothers aims to debunk authoritative UN climate change report




For those concerned about climate change, the ultra-conservative Heartland Institute offers up a calming solution: try thinking of yourself as a pea, instead of a human. Peas in a lab sprouted faster with extreme concentrations of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas mainly responsible for climate change than under normal growing conditions, Heartland said.

“Which pea shoot would you rather be,” asked Craig Idso, the lead author of a new Heartland publication meant to debunk the authoritative new climate change report released by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

What's good for a pea pod isn't necessarily good for the planet, of course. Idso did not mention how rising temperatures and growing water scarcity might affect plant growth under climate change. It was just one of many lapses by what claimed to be a serious scientific examination of the threat of climate change from the thinktank funded by the Koch oil billionaires and anonymous donors.

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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/09/climate-change-report-heartland-institute-debunk-ipcc

[ananda]

1. Ermm.. maybe human-caused warming and climate disruption cause ..

.. some people's brains to shrink to the size of a pea.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Peas also grow well when fertilised

I propose we dump copious amounts of manure on the Heartland Institute until they shut up and grow, like good little peas.

[Yavin4]

3. Think of yourself as a "pea-brain"

Congrats. Now you're a conservative.

[Junkdrawer]

4. "Think Of Yourself As A Pea"...Trying to grow in this...

Fat lot of good extra CO2 does without water.

[Javaman]

5. in other news: the koch brothers are buying up tracks of land in the northwest territory

in anticipation that this will be the farm land of the future.

when asked about the pea analogy, charles koch said, "what the fuck are you talking about?" then promptly hit this reporter in the face with a solid gold brick.

[Johonny]

6. I eat peas so is this an advertisement for Soylent Green?

Think of your neighbors as a food reserve.

[MisterP]

7. reminds me of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association's anti-"Lorax"

that said extinction can't be all that bad if it's what we want for diseases

heck, Mexico's "canonize-St.-Borlaug" "we're-gods-and-may-as-well-get-good-at-it" PRI technocrats said that pesticide overuse could only harm species so widespread they were assumed to be pests