Mark Steyn: The Fixation on Global Warming Is ‘An Elite Concern’

HANNITY A lot of ░░░░░░░░ on the left they ░░░░░░░░ t want trees cut ░░░░░░░░ They want to save ░░░░░░░░ owl they don t ░░░░░░░░ drilling and fracking They ░░░░░░░░ afraid of coal mining ░░░░░░░░ cetera What are the ░░░░░░░░ politics behind this STEYN ░░░░░░░░ think the politics is ░░░░░░░░ ve got yours I ░░░░░░░░ it s a very ░░░░░░░░ thing It s anti ░░░░░░░░ it s anti industrial ░░░░░░░░ s anti innovative So ░░░░░░░░ you live in a ░░░░░░░░ neighborhood it s nice ░░░░░░░░ the drawbridge up and ░░░░░░░░ in the interest of ░░░░░░░░ environment we re not ░░░░░░░░ anymore development But the ░░░░░░░░ is that as science ░░░░░░░░ science it s nonsense ░░░░░░░░ s been no global ░░░░░░░░ now for 17 years ░░░░░░░░ none of the climate ░░░░░░░░ none of the scare ░░░░░░░░ predicted that They all ░░░░░░░░ us the most famous ░░░░░░░░ because the guy is ░░░░░░░░ me was the famous ░░░░░░░░ stick graph which showed ░░░░░░░░ last millennium as the ░░░░░░░░ of a hockey stick ░░░░░░░░ then this giant blade ░░░░░░░░ up through the 20th ░░░░░░░░ and disappearing out the ░░░░░░░░ And you re thinking ░░░░░░░░ my god the planet ░░░░░░░░ going to burn And ░░░░░░░░ fact what happened And ░░░░░░░░ have no explanation of ░░░░░░░░ the global warming they ░░░░░░░░ it might be hidden ░░░░░░░░ the oceans or it ░░░░░░░░ be lurking somewhere in ░░░░░░░░ crater under the North ░░░░░░░░ They don t know ░░░░░░░░ it is HANNITY How ░░░░░░░░ of this do you ░░░░░░░░ is rooted in anti ░░░░░░░░ That we re raping ░░░░░░░░ the planet for profit ░░░░░░░░ the energy and trees ░░░░░░░░ build homes et cetera ░░░░░░░░ Yeah I think that ░░░░░░░░ it s appeal It ░░░░░░░░ an appeal to rich ░░░░░░░░ The Prince of Wales ░░░░░░░░ says I think he ░░░░░░░░ more accurate than Al ░░░░░░░░ who says the world ░░░░░░░░ end in 10 years ░░░░░░░░ prince of Wales said ░░░░░░░░ world will end in ░░░░░░░░ think it was six ░░░░░░░░ and seven months or ░░░░░░░░ And he said the ░░░░░░░░ is all this when ░░░░░░░░ lives in a palace ░░░░░░░░ s fine But if ░░░░░░░░ wants to live in ░░░░░░░░ nice three bedroom house ░░░░░░░░ a half acre lot ░░░░░░░░ planet will go to ░░░░░░░░ And I think it ░░░░░░░░ a concern of elites ░░░░░░░░ s why it appeals ░░░░░░░░ princes it appeals Hollywood ░░░░░░░░ s an elite concern ░░░░░░░░ You know it s ░░░░░░░░ A couple years back ░░░░░░░░ actually caught Al Gore ░░░░░░░░ off a Gulfstream II ░░░░░░░░ jet The only people ░░░░░░░░ that plane besides the ░░░░░░░░ were Al Gore and ░░░░░░░░ wife Gets off the ░░░░░░░░ we ve got the ░░░░░░░░ we re running right ░░░░░░░░ Off he gets of ░░░░░░░░ plane and into a ░░░░░░░░ driven limousine And then ░░░░░░░░ hear about these carbon ░░░░░░░░ I ve got a ░░░░░░░░ offset company Sort of ░░░░░░░░ to me it s ░░░░░░░░ you re married and ░░░░░░░░ want to buy some ░░░░░░░░ here STEYN Right it ░░░░░░░░ the equivalent of medieval ░░░░░░░░ And the point is ░░░░░░░░ s not for Barbara ░░░░░░░░ she took her Gulfstream ░░░░░░░░ fly into Washington to ░░░░░░░░ over climate change with ░░░░░░░░ president And it s ░░░░░░░░ if Barbara Streisand and ░░░░░░░░ Gore does it But ░░░░░░░░ rest of us are ░░░░░░░░ to be beating our ░░░░░░░░ with with the native ░░░░░░░░ on the rocks down ░░░░░░░░ the river And so ░░░░░░░░ s actually HANNITY We ░░░░░░░░ t be driving caravans ░░░░░░░░ SUVs STEYN No no ░░░░░░░░ again there s a ░░░░░░░░ about this The Obama ░░░░░░░░ now wants to regulate ░░░░░░░░ flatulence because they claim ░░░░░░░░ s destroying that is ░░░░░░░░ And again we it ░░░░░░░░ the biggest excuse for ░░░░░░░░ government ever At their ░░░░░░░░ night poker game in ░░░░░░░░ Hitler and Stalin and ░░░░░░░░ must be sitting around ░░░░░░░░ saying it s for ░░░░░░░░ future of our children ░░░░░░░░ only we thought of ░░░░░░░░ From bovine flatulence If ░░░░░░░░ went to an 11th ░░░░░░░░ medieval peasant and said ░░░░░░░░ peasant I come from ░░░░░░░░ king You have to ░░░░░░░░ a bovine flatulence tax ░░░░░░░░ would say ah get ░░░░░░░░ of here A medieval ░░░░░░░░ would know that was ░░░░░░░░ Now we take it ░░░░░░░░ HANNITY Well we do ░░░░░░░░ we don t The ░░░░░░░░ actually said and this ░░░░░░░░ a political agenda but ░░░░░░░░ political question when he ░░░░░░░░ the Republicans their plan ░░░░░░░░ for dirty air dirty ░░░░░░░░ I ve got kids ░░░░░░░░ may shock liberals but ░░░░░░░░ want clean air and ░░░░░░░░ and I think we ░░░░░░░░ frak and drill and ░░░░░░░░ for coal and still ░░░░░░░░ good stewards of the ░░░░░░░░ STEYN Exactly A lot ░░░░░░░░ this stuff is the ░░░░░░░░ new eco friendly things ░░░░░░░░ just as devastating to ░░░░░░░░ planet if you want ░░░░░░░░ put it that way ░░░░░░░░ new ethanol in our ░░░░░░░░ tanks is apparently causing ░░░░░░░░ much environmental damage The ░░░░░░░░ turbines are causing as ░░░░░░░░ environmental damage t HANNITY ░░░░░░░░ there s not one ░░░░░░░░ the Kennedy compound in ░░░░░░░░ STEYN No you can ░░░░░░░░ have it there but ░░░░░░░░ can stick it in ░░░░░░░░ else s back yard ░░░░░░░░ they do terrible things ░░░░░░░░ sort of condor cuisineart ░░░░░░░░ think they call it ░░░░░░░░ in California In Scotland ░░░░░░░░ these ornithologists have gathered ░░░░░░░░ watch the first appearance ░░░░░░░░ Scotland of some rare ░░░░░░░░ that only shows up ░░░░░░░░ 600 years This thing ░░░░░░░░ comes over they ve ░░░░░░░░ got their binoculars They ░░░░░░░░ straight into the wind ░░░░░░░░ poor fellow filleted and ░░░░░░░░ s it So these ░░░░░░░░ are just like crony ░░░░░░░░ like the fellow that ░░░░░░░░ bank rolling the anti ░░░░░░░░ thing out in California ░░░░░░░░ bankrolling Democrats who are ░░░░░░░░ to Keystone It s ░░░░░░░░ capitalism costing hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ of dollars for every ░░░░░░░░ job.”