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May 7, 2009
Ecokooks Rescued by Oil Tanker
Some intrepid ecokooks recently took to the seas to prove we don't need fossil fuel:
The team, which left Mount Batten Marina in Plymouth on 19 April in a boat named the Fleur, aimed to rely on sail, solar and man power on a 580-mile (933km/h) journey to and from the highest point of the Greenland ice cap.
The expedition was followed by up to 40 schools across the UK to promote climate change awareness.
But their adventure upon the Fleur soon wilted, much like the floundering global warming hoax itself. One climate crusader knocked his head on the wind generator, and stormy weather tore solar panels from the yacht, which took on water from the waves crashing over it, forcing the crew to huddle in the forward cabin.
They had set sail on April 27; appropriately, they were rescued on May Day — by an oil tanker.
Maybe environmentalists should stay in their classrooms, TV studios, and bureaucratic offices where it's safe, instead of venturing out into the real world where grownups will be put to the trouble of saving them from their useless selves.
On a tip from Steve T.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 7, 2009 8:17 AM
Comments
Too bad they didnt end up on the LOST island and get their clocks cleaned by the Smoke Monster.
Posted by: Anonymous at May 7, 2009 8:43 AM
These guys are buying into the Global Warming / Climate Change nonsense, for sure:
Mr Surcouf said: "The expedition will hopefully show how it is possible to explore some of the most beautiful places on Earth without contributing to their destruction."
Don't be too hard on them - there are signs that they may not be true hardcore Greenpeacer / Earth First / ELF moonbats. For example:
".....it is hoped the team's endeavour will also help younger people who have been diagnosed with cancer......By organising this expedition, we hope to raise as much money as possible for Teenage Cancer Trust."
They also had enough class to say thanks:
"Team spokeswoman Jess Tombs said: "They are all overwhelmingly relieved to be safe.
"They would like to give heartfelt thanks to the coastguards for their professionalism as well as to the outstanding captain and crew of the Overseas Yellowstone."
Yeah, ill-conceived, misguided, and stupid in many ways, and there was no small risk to the tanker crew that rescued them - but there might actually be hope for these guys. Maybe this will be a wake up call.....
Posted by: TonyD95B at May 7, 2009 8:44 AM
Spurwing, is that your cousin getting a little snack there? Might want to tell him that eating Moonbat could be hazardous to his health.
Posted by: Henry at May 7, 2009 9:11 AM
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a commie ship...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 7, 2009 9:29 AM
Wow, I am impressed. They lasted an entire 12 days outside mommas basement.
Posted by: Eric at May 7, 2009 10:31 AM
The only good environmentalists are drowned environmentalists. How ironic that they were rescued by the kind of vessel they hate the most....a tanker.
Posted by: Ed at May 7, 2009 10:59 AM
What next will these eco-weenies buy into over this stupid GLOBAL WARMING POPPYCOCK BULL POO I mean why dont they fly around the world in a HOT AIR BALLOON and THEY SUPPLY THE HOT AIR
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at May 7, 2009 11:38 AM
Not my cousin henry just one of my fellow birds SQUAWK SQUAWK
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at May 7, 2009 11:39 AM
"".....it is hoped the team's endeavour will also help younger people who have been diagnosed with cancer......By organising this expedition, we hope to raise as much money as possible for Teenage Cancer Trust.""
Laudible, but I don't see how this trip will raise money unless their boat was covered with CORPORATE LOGOS like a NASCAR racer, but that would be 'supporting the EEEVIL capitalists who destroy the Earth'.
Here's a better idea:
Hey folks! we'll take all the money that we WERE going to spend on buying and modifying this boat and taking a months-long ocean voyage and instead, we will donate it to a cancer research fund! We challenge all the other Liberal groups to give matching donations!
Posted by: KHarn at May 7, 2009 1:59 PM
Liberalism crashes head on with reality, AGAIN. Oooooooops. When will they learn!?
Posted by: TED at May 7, 2009 3:25 PM
The rise of the 'green' movement became the death of parody.
Posted by: Smoke TNT at May 7, 2009 3:47 PM
Too bad they didn't land on an island with polar bears on it. They could've snuggled up to them for warmth, and being liberals, they'd probably be dumb enough to try.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 7, 2009 4:08 PM
It's no small coincicence , but Ferro was an innovator in the field of internal combustion engine design/maunfacture building a V8 with detachable overhead valve cylinder heads , water jacketed intake and 2BBl carb in 1917
I cant remember the HP , but that was some really exotic stuff and only a handfull of companies were building them at the time . Perhaps the good captain is a great great grand nephew in law !
Posted by: Katya Kakhov at May 7, 2009 5:12 PM
"Katya Kakhov at May 7, 2009 5:12 PM"
Interesting. In fact, the later models of F4U Corsair fighter had water injection carbs to boost the speed for five minutes. A FERRO idea?
Posted by: KHarn at May 7, 2009 5:51 PM
Very impressive, moonbats - you managed to fail at something that every decent navy had been doing for hundreds of years before the invention of the steam engine. For your next stunt, ride a bicycle across the Pacific Ocean.
Posted by: PabloD at May 7, 2009 6:32 PM
But seriously.
Isn't this a parable?
While the world endangers its standard of living and health pursuing the "Renewable Energy" dream, these people endanger their lives with renewable unworkable energy.
For these boaties, substitute the word "earth"
If this story was a parable in the Bible, we would understand it. Today we are too close.
Posted by: Jim at May 7, 2009 6:46 PM
Its vietnam vet reincarnated a seagull butting heads with a moonbat
Posted by: Flu-Bird at May 7, 2009 8:53 PM
