Forget What We Said About CO2

Okay, okay, I know for at least two decades now the environmentalists have been screaming about how bad CO2 was and what a big contributor to global warming/climate change it was. Forget that. The real enemy has been identified: Methane.

Scientists have uncovered what appears to be a further dramatic increase in the leakage of methane gas that is seeping from the Arctic seabed.

Methane is about 20 times more potent than CO2 in trapping solar heat.

Since all their arguments concerning climate change and the effect CO2 may have on it have been so thoroughly debunked, they have moved on to a new enemy. Expect all of the arguments from the Al Gore acolytes to reflect this new gospel.

Remember when the hole in the ozone was going to herald in a new ice age and then it just slipped from the public debate? That is what will happen now with the CO2 argument. This, however, will give ammunition to the climate change alarmists who, as part of their plans to cripple the economies of the industrialized nations, turn their guns on methane.

We have already seen evidence of this in some of the insane legislation and rulings from the EPA directed primarily at livestock farmers. The environmental regulations that our EPA propose even have language in it to limit the amount of methane that a farmer will be allowed to have his animals expel. If they don't meet the requirements then they face heavy fines. All of this is designed to drive livestock producers out of business or cause the cost of meat to skyrocket to such a level that only those who today can afford to eat Wagyu beef--like our first family does--will be able to afford to put meat on the table.

To all the climate change acolytes: Please update your style books to reflect this change.

On a related note, Europe continues to suffer from a prolonged cold snap, it is now 34° in Atlanta, first time we have been above freezing in a week I think, and I watched my Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets lose the coldest Orange Bowl on record.