As I mentioned before I haven't been posting any articles lately due to the new and improved Blogger being a pain in the ass when I'm trying to properly format. So I'll try it one more time.
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U.S.
Representative Louie Gohmert
(R-Texas)
doesn’t believe climate change is man-made, it’s just the forces
of nature at work. (He also claimed he got Covid 19 from wearing a
mask but I digress.) During a subcommittee hearing he asked the
associate deputy chief for the National Forest System
if climate change could be fixed by altering the orbit of the moon or
the Earth’s orbit around the sun. ( https://bit.ly/3krbo8S
) I didn’t know the Forest Service was part of the Space Force.
Such
statements cast the image of the Republican party as anti-science.
Louie’s moving statement was the source of amusement for some.
Don’t
despair, Louie. Just take a look at the 1962 Japanese SF movie
Gorath ( https://archive.org/details/1962Gorath_201811 ). The title
refers to a runaway star entering our solar system with a mass 6000
times that of Earth. It’s gravitational pull is so great that it
sucks off Saturn’s rings.
Like
Louie’s proposal to fix climate change this movie involves moving
the Earth of out its normal orbit. This move will help the planet
dodge the approaching death orb.
But
how to change the Earth’s orbit? Check this out, Louie:
mankind unites to build gigantic atomic powered jet tubes at the
south pole.
But
there’s a setback when the jets disturb the sleep of a prehistoric
creature. Godzilla? No, its a blubbery giant walrus called Maguma,
flippers flapping, destroying part of the jet tube installation.
Don’t worry, Louie. We can use a laser to kill any such kaiju that
might intefere with our plans.
One
detail not addressed by moving the planet is what happens to the
moon, how its orbit would be affected by a disruption in the normal
interplay between it and Earth. But it doesn’t matter after Gorath
devours the moon.
So
watch the movie, Louie, and show the way to realistically fix climate
change. Keep in mind the movie doesn’t address how to return the
Earth to its normal orbit but hey – if climate change is eliminated
then why worry?
NOTES
OF INTEREST:
Director
Indiro Honda didn’t want a kaiju in this film but was forced to add
one. He thought the story stood on its own without a monster on the
loose. The above link in the article takes you to the original
Japanese version with English subtitles that includes Maguma. The
American version excised his scenes. Maguma looked too silly,
earning the nickname Wally the Walrus.
I
thought Maguma looked familiar and then I remembered an episode of
the TV series Ultra Q that recycled the suit in a story about a plane
that lands in another
dimension.
Yes,
Louie Gohmert is real even though Maguma is more believable.
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