George Carlin on saving the planet

Published on December 13th, 2009

Posted by Cherman in Scams, Video, science

Heard on tonight’s No Agenda and reposting here.

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# 1 Troublemaker said, on December 13th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

The only thing that will save the planet is the inevitable eradication of each and every piece of human garbage that exists on the planet.

# 2 Father said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Your suggestion will take care of Palin, but what about the plastic?

# 3 Jägermeister said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

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# 4 Alan G said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

The planet will survive us, but will we survive us?

# 5 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

Everything is toxic.

# 6 Animby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

The nicest thing my ex-wife did for me after the divorce was to take me to see Carlin in concert. The opening act was Leon Redbone. Afterward, we had a bit too much to drink and some post-marital sex. What a terrific night. Well, except the sex. That was still scary.

# 7 honeyman said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

Yeah environmentalism is just a big scam perpetrated by self loathing liberals. Who needs clean air, water and food? Best to just do nothing and let nature take its course.

/sarcasm

# 8 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:54 pm

I’m with George.

I’m tired of the left.
They lie.
They are fools.
They don’t think.
Their arguments are week.
Their premises are wrong.
They are a danger to my family more so than humans are a danger to the planet.

# 9 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Funny, liberals use the word clean a lot. They are the dirtiest people in the world.

My air is already clean. Same for my water and food.

# 10 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Sarah Palin is hot. She is the true cause of AGW.

# 11 RLF said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

George, if any part of your mind still exists—BRAVO-BRAVO!!!!!

# 12 raster said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

George is right: if you don’t mind the idea of human extinction, everything’s fine!

It’s off topic (sorta), but another great Carlin piece on The Ten Commandments:

http://tinyurl.com/cclnbn

# 13 sargasso said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

I am choking on my free range pro-biotic bio-dynamic yogurt.

# 14 Jägermeister said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

#8 – testtubebaby

You and your neocon friends seems so delusional nowadays.

# 15 nyc2malibu said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

nuke the whales !

we miss you george

# 16 deowll said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm

The planet has been hotter. The planet has been colder.

What we actually have to do with it is a bit a of a mystery. There are way to many things going on that aren’t in the modals. The modals don’t match up well with reality which is what the scandal is about. Making the numbers fit the modal because it’s to hard to to to it the other way and you might not get any money if you told the truth.

Anybody know how much greenhouse gas is produced and how?

Got the numbers for termite farts? Sounds silly like giving a person one grain of rice for the first square of a chess board and double that for every other square. Think you could afford that? Do the math.

A major chunk of the CO2 going into the system now is from draining swamps to grow oil palms as a green fuel. The U.S. did the same thing when it drained much of the Everglades and turned it into farm land and as much as 20 feet of peat across many square miles quietly rotted.

Passing Cap and Trade is expected to have almost no measurable impact on the level of CO2 in the atmosphere.

It will increase the number of people working in the power industry (green jobs) and a lot of people in China, India, and other countries will get jobs we offshore.

Of course I’m betting the dollar will tank in five to ten years and we won’t be able to afford to import fuels or anything else.

The dollar is already tanking so this is a pretty sure bet.

# 17 Save Your Self said, on December 13th, 2009 at 5:45 pm

I like how he mentioned that since it’s obvious we haven’t yet figured out how to take care of each other, how could we be so arrogant to think that we could manage to take care of the planet.

# 18 Awake said, on December 13th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35337_Michael_Steele-_The_Earth_is_Cooling

# 19 honeyman said, on December 13th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

Where has this ‘arrogant to think we can affect/destroy/warm/take care of the planet’ meme come from? What the hell does it mean? I suppose its arrogant to think humans could split the atom, fly to the moon, explore mars, clone animals, destroy forests etc etc etc.

Its arrogant to think we can keep polluting the crap out of the planet and not have to face the consequences.

# 20 ray said, on December 13th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Carlin is technically correct, the planet will survive, but we will not. However, we save the planet to save ourselves. Soon the earth will not have enough resources to sustain all human life. What then? Which is why we need to recycle, look for alternative energy, prevent the sea from rising considerably, etc.

Humans, society and what motivates our decisions is an interesting/problematic dynamic with no clear solutions.

# 21 GF said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:00 pm

SAVE MARS!

# 22 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

GF, damn, I was going to say that.

Delusional but happy.

# 23 Jägermeister said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

#18 – Awake

True comedy…

# 24 ok then said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm

OK, we all know that Earth will survive. But will we be able to survive on it?
- He says that the Earth will survive well of course but what will it be like venus or mars?

- So the left trying to clean the planet is done to keep our ecosystem alive not to save the planet, but to save the planet as we know it.

# 25 Buzz said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

#10 Palin is not only hot, but also a MILF. Met a guy at a restaurant on the east coast and he thinks Palin was the best thing for Alaska since oil.

# 26 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Nature does not exist as most humans think. It is all random, not by design.

The planet has no idea we are here. It was not made for us. It does not care how hot or cold it is, it is just a big rock.

If we can wreck it with CO2 then so be it. Libs prime complaint is the burning of fossil fuel. (Millons of years of fuel burned in 200 years). If we don’t burn fuel, what will happen to it? It will degrade on it’s own and release this CO2 anyway one day.

# 27 testtubebaby said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

What is a MILF? I’m a test tube baby.

# 28 clancys_daddy said, on December 13th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

Dear George where ever you are, I know your views on religion so don’t take this the wrong way but amen.

# 29 GetSmart said, on December 13th, 2009 at 8:03 pm

George seems quite aware that we are the biggest danger to ourselves. He also seems certain that we will do ourselves in. So George was pretty sure we are incapable of behaving in a manner consistent with our long term survival, that we will continue to be greedy, shortsighted, backstabbing vicious little monkey turds that can’t act like sane,intelligent adults long enough to do anything that might give our species (And a boatload of other lifeforms as well.) a fighting chance for a decent life and a long tenure here. I don’t see anything in the clip for the rest of us to be crowing about. Much as I like Carlin and miss his biting wit, this a classic case of It’s funny ‘cuz it’s horrible.

# 30 GetSmart said, on December 13th, 2009 at 8:05 pm

And sad ‘cuz it’s true.

# 31 bac said, on December 13th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

The green movement may be a profiteering and/or fear mongering scam but the underlying message of saving the planet for humans is no scam.

Some people whine about the scams while at the same time set their beds on fire.

May be these people will die before the environment goes to hell for humans and may be these same people do not care about the future of their children and their children’s children.

# 32 Uncle Don said, on December 13th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

So, the line in “The Graduate” was prophetic. The future is in plastics.

# 33 pedro said, on December 14th, 2009 at 12:45 am

Hmmm, lefty loons squirm at Carlin. News at 11.

# 34 testtubebaby said, on December 14th, 2009 at 3:36 am

The left will abandon AWG. They always abandon their causes. (Has anyone mentioned arsenic in water to BHO?)

The next thing: Eugenics

No more Sarah Palins, everyone will be a test tube baby, the EPA will regulate reproduction.

# 35 ECA said, on December 14th, 2009 at 4:33 am

For some of you that understand…

IF man dies, he will take MOST of nature with him.
AS has been mentioned long ago, ROACHES and a few others will OUT LIVE US even if we NUKE the planet.
WE/HUMANS have already decimated over 1/2 the animal population on this planet. IMHO we have killed off over 3/4 of ALL animal life and replaced it, With ourselves.

IF you want specifics..EVERY time a white man enters an area, HE KILLS EVERYTHING and starts over. We add Chemicals and processes that DONT NEED TO BE THERE..

WE are NOT adapting to this planet. WE are fighting it. EVEN if you dont know it, we are eating FOOD that has so much CRAP in it…That you will either be PRESERVED for 1000 years, or you are just KILLING yourselves.(me included).
How many chemicals does it take to raise CORN so that you can make 2-3 times as much CORN on 1 acre? YOU ARNT a farmer?? it cost JUST AS MUCH as raising 1 acre WITHOUT the chemicals and getting 1/2 to 1/3 the product(corn)..

Lets comment on MONSANTO..
WHO makes plants that WONT POLLINATE..(THINK HARD about that)(no NEW PLANTS)
Who makes plants that are INSECT repellent??? And where do they go??
PEST REPELLENT?? (those mice need a home??They clean my floor)

DID YOU KNOW that MONSANTO sells to other nations and REQUIRES, that NO NEW CROPS are created from the seeds FROM THE CROPS??

PS. look up a MODIFIED soybean from MONSANTO. insted of 2-3 processes to USE the oil. WE MADE A NEW BEAN.. to BE used INSTED of natural OILS.

I will mention something STRANGEEEEEEE….
did you knw that EVERY species has a BUILT-IN kill switch?? THAT we will kill OURSELVES OFF…one way or ANOTHER??
Lions TIGERS and bears ALL have it.
Wolves die off if THEY over populate OR over kill THEIR FOOD..
For HUMANS, we INVENT FOOD…and end up KILLING OURSELVES..
Are we to smart for ourselves??

# 36 Hmeyers said, on December 14th, 2009 at 5:22 am

@4 Alan G.

The planet will survive us, but will we survive us?

You won’t. I will. Sorry dude!

Sometimes the answers aren’t what you want to hear, but I feel that letting you know the truth is important.

# 37 amodedoma said, on December 14th, 2009 at 5:23 am

You can always count on this guy to tell it like it is. Judging by the current situation I’d say homo sapiens domination of this planet won’t come any where near the duration of the dinosaurs, and even that is just a brief period on a planetary scale. This beautiful blue dot will continue to be the support matrix for life to evolve and diversify long after our race has become extinct.

# 38 pedro said, on December 14th, 2009 at 5:52 am

We’ll become plastic men.

# 39 atmusky said, on December 14th, 2009 at 6:06 am

As many may have figured out there is a span of environmentalism that ranges from those concerned with pollution/resource use solely on how it effects humans to those who look at the pollution/resource based solely on how it effects other species.

Anyone who isn’t concerned how pollution/resource use negatively effects themselves/their family/friends is a fool and deserve what they get.

Anyone who things humans are the problem and that the use of resources including other species for our benefit is unacceptable can go to hell and I am more than willing to help them get there if need be.

Those working to produce a sustainable, safe, environment for the benefit of humanity have my support.

# 40 FRAGaLOT said, on December 14th, 2009 at 7:53 am

# 19 Honeyman

The arrogance is the choice of words environmentalists use; “save the planet” when it’s not about the planet, it’s about ourselves. Listen the video again.

Carlin suggests that we are obviously NOT effecting the “plane”t and it’s an absurd notion to phrase it that way. He’s not ignoring pollution, but the notion of “save the planet” does. We are really just harming ourselves. The plant is fine, it’s just a rock in space, it will still BE here after we are long gone.

The only true threat to Earth is the sun when it goes nova in about 4 billion years. ..Actually before that when it expands into a red-giant consuming the first few planets in orbit. Which is ironic since we want to use the sun to “save the planet.”

# 41 Sagrilarus said, on December 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am

The most memorable quote from Carlin for me, from all of his material, is in that clip. “Someday the Earth will shake us off like a bad case of fleas” is a humbling proposition, and rightly focuses the mind — we’re “saving the planet” for ourselves. The altruistic stuff is BS. When it stops being about joining hands and singing together we’ll get down to business and decide where our priorities lie.

# 42 GetSmart said, on December 14th, 2009 at 11:03 am

Hey Fermi! We’re working on the final solution to the Drake Equation! There may not be a paradox after all!

# 43 FRAGaLOT said, on December 14th, 2009 at 3:26 pm

#35 ECA
WE/HUMANS have already decimated over 1/2 the animal population on this planet. IMHO we have killed off over 3/4 of ALL animal life and replaced it, With ourselves.
____________________________________________

Umm.. no. Then there wouldn’t be enough livestock left to support the population we have now. It’s just like the timber industry. People claim they are clear cutting forests and we are losing trees left and right, but the fact is they replant more trees than they chop down.

Same with lifestock and animal farms. That’s the basics of the ecosystem cycle on this planet. A species can’t be supported by a smaller population that it consumes. There are more animals then there are people. There are more insects than animals, there are more plants than anything else.

Plus environmentalist are also complaining about all the livestock farts/burping because there is TOO MUCH livestock emitting CO2.

# 44 clancys_daddy said, on December 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

#35 I am going to have to assume either 1 you flunked basic biology, or 2 you have no grasp what so ever of basic evolution, or three they don’t teach evolution in your school, or teach a watered down PC version (most likely) 99.9% of all species died (became extinct) prior to the advent of humans. Mass extinctions have resulted in the narrowing of phyla. ie life was more diverse in the beginning (see cambrian explosion) than when humans arose and began to gather and change their local environment. Simple rule of ecology, a mass die off creates a multitude of niches to be filled. Life will go on even if we take thousands of species with us (not bloody likely, and if it did it opens up a large area for future evolutionary species to incorporate themselves into, creating new species. Suggested reading assignment anything by Charles Darwin, Steven Jay Gould, or E.O Wilson.

# 45 Uncle Patso said, on December 14th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Is it time to change the name of the blog to “Climate Change Debunked While You Wait” yet?

# 46 soundwash said, on December 15th, 2009 at 10:51 am

wow… i really miss Carlin. He was practically the only voice of reason left in a choir of complete, ignorant, fluffy lunacy.

The perfect guy for a reality check.

-s

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