Posted 1/22/2006 03:19:00 PM by Douglas

Remember that old joke about the "suggested" headline in The New York Times?

World to end Friday; women, minorities hardest hit.

Apparently these folks don't, or didn't realize it was a joke.

Global Warming Could Spell Disaster for Blacks
If you thought Hurricane Katrina was a once-in-a-lifetime fluke, think again. Concerned environmentalists say that unless the United States gets real about the threat of global warming, African Americans and other people of color can expect a repeat of disasters like Katrina.

Because nothing discriminates like a natural disaster.

Crap! Just got to the bottom the article.

Environmentalists blame the fierce new storms on global warming – the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. Scientists attribute the phenomenon to gases produced by fossil fuels like gasoline, petroleum and coal. Though critics dismiss global warming as junk science, reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have continually found a discernable human influence on world temperatures.

Relatively, Blacks are environmental Good Samaritans. Per capita, we emit approximately 20 percent less carbon dioxide than Whites – well below 2020 targets set by the U.S. Climate Stewardship Act. Not only do we use more energy-conserving public transportation, we spend considerably less per capita on energy-intensive material goods.

What? WHAT?!? I'm pretty sure that the author meant that blacks are responsible for the emission of 20% less CO₂, but it doesn't sound like it, does it? If it means that whitey farts more, I'd like to see their data on that one.