The latest in a long line of alarmist reports threatening a flooded coastline and roiling heat waves, this one seems to be the result of a few too many late-night viewings of The Day After Tomorrow.
"We have to adapt to the environmental changes that have already taken place, or that we can reasonably expect will occur because of climate change," Bloomberg said. (Emphasis mine)
The panel will begin its work by studying the city's infrastructure to better understand the city's preparedness for possibilities such as more catastrophic storms, hotter temperatures and a rising sea level.
Politicians and scientists have demonstrated time and time again over the past five years that they obviously have absolutely no idea what to "reasonably expect will occur because of climate change." First it was all about global warming. Now the key phrase is "climate change," which is so nicely applicable to basically any sort of fluctuation in the weather. Less snow in the winter? Climate change. Unseasonably cool in mid-August? Climate change. Hurricane? Climate change. Less hurricanes than usual? Climate change.
If they can't even agree on whether it's getting hotter or colder, why should anyone put any credence in anything else that these people predict?
And now, Mayor Bloomberg, in the midst of what the Governor recently described as officially a recession, wants to find money in the budget to replace the city's entire taxi fleet with hybrids, and to enact new "green" construction regulations that will only serve to stifle building and economic growth. Way to go Mike. I cannot wait until this guy is gone. He needs to take a mistress or something, or perhaps some kind of crime wave needs to start, anything to keep Bloomberg busy. The man is so concerned with his "legacy," in getting his name out there in preperation for his failed presidential run, that he's going to leave the city bankrupt and stagnant.
Hey, maybe that'll bring back Guiliani!
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