Where will Santa live?

I hadn’t considered the ramifications of the ice extent in the Arctic Ocean declining to extend to Santa Claus before I read this comment at dKos.

Global warming Denyers have spent a great deal of time and money trying to build up science credibility to their claims. They’ve set up think tanks and journals dedicated to providing support for their cause. I guess they did this because they think that’s how scientists have done it and from their worldview think there’s no difference.

One of the leading climate Denyers in our government is Sen. Inhofe (R-Exxon). His minority post on a subcommittee released a report just prior to the Senate adjourning for the holidays. Events like this over-politicize the discussion over global warming.

But I believe my first remark may undermine their project in ways I hadn’t considered before. What does the myth surrounding Santa Claus include? A shop at the North Pole. Now, kids are sharper than most give them credit for. What will happen as they come across news stories that the ice sheets covering the Arctic are shrinking more and more every year? How is that shop supposed to exist in an ocean? At the very least, Santa and his elves would have to work on their buildings to make sure they don’t sink to the bottom.

But on a more emotional level, think of how kids would react to news that we know the ice sheets are melting due to human behavior. And not only did people like Inhofe stand in the way of changing that behavior when it could have done some good, but they worked to subvert those efforts every step along the way.

Why, Inhofe could be labeled as anti-Santa Claus. And that’s not very Christian of him and his friends, now is it? What about the War on Christmas? Who’s perpetrating that? Godless liberals or Climate Denyers?