Comments on: Ursus Martimus - The Polar Bear Suit http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/ The Blog that Talks about Climate Change Sun, 18 May 2008 03:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Blue Team - Daryl http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-803 Blue Team - Daryl Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:13:02 +0000 http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-803 Jen, You Rock! That is a great parody video, Everyone watch it! Jen, You Rock!

That is a great parody video, Everyone watch it!

]]> By: Jen http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-802 Jen Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:29:51 +0000 http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-802 The National Center for Public Policy Research has just posted this parody video about the "endangered" polar bear. <a href="http://www.nationalcenter.org/PolarBear.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalcenter.org/PolarBear.html</a> The National Center for Public Policy Research has just posted this parody video about the “endangered” polar bear.

http://www.nationalcenter.org/PolarBear.html

]]> By: DFM http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-789 DFM Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:39:29 +0000 http://www.talkclimatechange.com/2008/03/24/ursus-martimus-the-polar-bear-suit/#comment-789 Good article Daryl, but I think there is more to it than gaining a poster child for climate change. Once the polar bear is declared endangered, it effectively takes drilling for oil in Alaska and Northern Canada off the table. That is the ultimate prize! It was tried when the original oil pipeline was being planned, then using Caribou as the threatened species. Didn't work because it's difficult to portray a herd of thousands as being endangered, but Polar Bears are another story. They hunt alone, making it easy to get great topical pictures, and then there's Knut. Wanna bet he again takes center stage in their campaign? Good article Daryl, but I think there is more to it than gaining a poster child for climate change. Once the polar bear is declared endangered, it effectively takes drilling for oil in Alaska and Northern Canada off the table. That is the ultimate prize!

It was tried when the original oil pipeline was being planned, then using Caribou as the threatened species. Didn’t work because it’s difficult to portray a herd of thousands as being endangered, but Polar Bears are another story. They hunt alone, making it easy to get great topical pictures, and then there’s Knut. Wanna bet he again takes center stage in their campaign?

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