Somehow I think the joke is on you. I find this funny – it is satire about government control but it is no way anti-AGW.
Ben Miller (the guy in the sketch), is a bit of an eco activist. He said recently:
“What we really mean by “saving the planet”, of course, is “saving the humans”. I’m not sure we deserve it. For a start, we did the damage in the first place. And what’s so great about us anyway?”
“…after we are extinct, some future species may industrialise, overpopulate and make exactly the same mistakes all over again. The ultimate irony is that we will just be lumps of fossil fuel for those numpties to burn.”
But it good to know that numpties find it funny too.
OMG!!! Perfect!
Hah, saw that on the Armstrong and Miller show on BBC-1 last Saturday. Quite amusing and surprised it was allowed on the BBC /sarc
It has been making the rounds. I saw it several places – I think first at ChiefIO’s blog.
What great sacrafices are they making to save the planet?
Somehow I think the joke is on you. I find this funny – it is satire about government control but it is no way anti-AGW.
Ben Miller (the guy in the sketch), is a bit of an eco activist. He said recently:
“What we really mean by “saving the planet”, of course, is “saving the humans”. I’m not sure we deserve it. For a start, we did the damage in the first place. And what’s so great about us anyway?”
“…after we are extinct, some future species may industrialise, overpopulate and make exactly the same mistakes all over again. The ultimate irony is that we will just be lumps of fossil fuel for those numpties to burn.”
But it good to know that numpties find it funny too.
Almost as effective as blowing up schoolchildren.