After a recent heat wave in the heartland, someone snapped this picture of melted streetlights in Stillwater, Oklahoma (temperatures reached as high as 115 F):
Immediately, global warming alarmist Bill McKibben took to twitter to blame global warming:
“Senator Inhofe, God may be trying to get your attention. Check out this picture.”Senator Imhofe's research staff proved up to the challenge and determined the true cause of the melted street lights...
...a fire in a dumpster under the lamps. Oops; I'll bet that was embarrassing.
Nope, McKibben turned around and blamed the dumpster fire and Global Warming:
The person who took the photo, Patrick Hunter, described the scene: “Being the person that actually took this photo, I’d say that this was due to a fire semi-close by coupled with the unbelievable heat we are experiencing. Still an amazing photo and not fake as many are saying on here. Enjoy!”Because nobody ever set a trashcan on fire before...
Incidentally, the globes are reported to be made of high density polyethylene, which melts at approximately 266 F. It looks to me, though, that they didn't exactly melt, but just softened until they started to slump from their own weight. Kind of like the plastic siding on my house next to the grill.
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