Quotable: Ted Turner thinks global warming causes cannibalism

Here’s Ted Turner, the media mogul turned restaurateur whom serious people routinely label an "environmentalist," commenting on the impact of global warming by 2048: Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — ...

Here's Ted Turner, the media mogul turned restaurateur whom serious people routinely label an "environmentalist," commenting on the impact of global warming by 2048:

Here’s Ted Turner, the media mogul turned restaurateur whom serious people routinely label an "environmentalist," commenting on the impact of global warming by 2048:

Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals. Civilization will have broken down. The few people left will be living in a failed state — like Somalia or Sudan — and living conditions will be intolerable."

Come on, Ted. These kinds of comments are the reason many people don’t take climate change seriously. (You can read more sober comments from Turner in an interview with FP here.)

(Hat tip: Mike Nizza)

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