Polar Bears and Global Warming?

Recently at work, CBS (or some local news station) posed this question to viewers: When it comes to gas prices, what is your breaking point? I didn't know " when polar bears are added to the Endangered Species list" would soon be the jist of my answer.

This just in: Any type of species can now be added to the Endangered Species list if their habitat is being "ruined" by "global warming." Oh, polar bears are now thriving more than ever? AND they have survived warm climates in the past, dating back to 700-1100 AD? Minor details. Today's polar bears clearly can't contend with Earth's scorching, hot climate.

Any person reading up on this polar bear situation needs to know a couple things. First, the polar bears being listed as "endangered" is not simply because they are dying off in numnbers - if anything, there are more of them today than before the 70s (in the 70s, a hunting restriction was imposed on polar bears). These furry white creatures being added to the list is merely an excuse/outlet for environmentalists to impose even more regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants, and other sources. Pretty soon we will all be riding our bikes to work.

So what does this listing of the polar bears mean exactly? For starters, it means more expensive electricity, gaoline, and fossil fuels. I mean, really - do we honestly want to pay more than $3.95 a gallon? I truly think that some people just don't get this simple fact. All global warming legislation will do is ramp up costs - if global warming even exists. You know, back in the 70s or so, people thought the earth was under "global cooling." What's next? "Global Temperature Inconsistency?" Man, this earth is so unpredictable... who would have thought we have different temperatures each day? This is way too much for me.

Don't get me wrong - I love polar bears. They are absolutely adorable. It's just too bad they will never know they are being used as a tactic for environmentalists to gain even more legislative power - so we can be prohibited even more from drilling for more oil and trying to lower gas prices. Nah, we should stick to high prices. Apparently it's more fun that way.

Yes, now global warming has a "face" to it, as some people say. I'm glad polar bears now can represent such a legitimate agenda.