What Would Vanna Do?

Pat Sajak Says Manmade Global Warming Is Simple to Solve

Pat Sajak? The "Wheel of Fortune" guy? Yes, that Pat Sajak. He says in a post at Ricochet.com that the solution to manmade global warming lies with men (and women). We have to make our own change, suffice it to say, rather than hoping that our government will save us.

What the hell does Pat Sajak know about global warming, other than a green week at Wheel of Fortune last year? A skeptic blog called WattsUpWithThat notes that Sajak was a weather man before he was a game show host. (He's also an active supporter of conservative political causes).

In his Ricochet post, Sajak takes a swipe at Al Gore, and offers this idea:

"... if those True Believers would give up their cars and big homes and truly change the way they live, I can't imagine that there wouldn't be some measurable impact on the Earth in just a few short years. I'm not talking about recycling Evian bottles, but truly simplifying their lives. Even if you were, say, a former Vice President, you would give up extra homes and jets and limos. I see communes with organic farms and lives freed from polluting technology.

Then, when the rest of us saw the results of their actions--you know, the earth cooling, oceans lowering, polar bears frolicking and glaciers growing--we would see the error of our ways and join the crusade voluntarily and enthusiastically."

This reminds me of the old saying, "An Ostrich with his head in the sand." Wouldn't that make a great Fortune puzzle?

But does Sajak have a point? Should there be less talk and more personal action in the green movement? Would you like to buy a vowel?

Would love to find out if he was trying to lessen the climate change problem or really trying to offer a solution. I really agree that he has a very valid point. Individual actions are as important as large scale actions.