Ahhh, global warming.
Looks like the "inconvenient truth" may be more convenient than first surmised.
Yet another of the far-left liberals' causes looks to be somewhere in the middle:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/02/global-warming-pause.html
Just another prime example that things tend to be grey, not black and white. Are we doing things that cause damage to the atmosphere? Yes. Are greenhouse gasses building up and becoming an issue? Yes. Is it human hubris to believe that we are the only cause for a slight change (yes, slight, in terms of the earth's lifetime to this point) in the earth's climate? HELL YES.
Then again, Al Gore invented the Internet...and slacks (OK, he never said that last one. He might as well, though. Ever hear the term "windbag"?).
I leave you with this video of a man who usually says it better than I can think it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f21LmwI8MPk
Though hilarious, very spot on Dennis.
It's almost like some people need a catastrophe to worry about in their lives. I have no problem cutting the water when I brush my teeth, making sure the lights are off when I leave the house or even carpooling, but when I look at these people acting like the sun is going to become a red giant and kill us all in the next 100 years because we use fossil fuels...well, I got some land to sell you in Oklahoma with an ocean view, you got me?
How about these issues instead:
1) Militant religious nuts trying to kill me because I eat Big Mac's and take girls on dates in short skirts
2) The world economy (yes, WORLD) so far in the dumps we let our government pass a stimulus package no one even read for enough money to give Bill Gates a nocturnal emission
3) Two wars in the Middle East that need closure (Roman style)
4) The muzzling of Hollywood stars pontificating on politics and world matters when they have less than a high school education (OK...this is a personal beef)
Some of the things the far left and far right do just amazes me. I'm not trying to pick on anyone in particular (except maybe Gore).
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I couldn't agree more. We need to do sensible things but not to overboard trying to "out politically correct" each other on the global lukewarming issue. Our energy policy needs to be based on generating all sources (nuclear, coal, oil, gas, yes renewables as they make economic sense) and also working on conservation. However we do not need to have a bias for renewables and a really stupid stupid thought of "energy independance" (ok, how about we just make everything, close the U.S. borders and not even talk to anyone outside the U.S.?) Heck Canada is one of our major suppliers of energy...should we try and not use their sources? Not sensible.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with J.B. There are so many major problems that get overlooked in our country and world that need immediate attention. I also have to agree that you need to practice what you preach, and Al Gore does not have a very energy efficient house. He is a person that in my opinion felt like he was starting to be old news and suddenly needed something to rave about, and low and behold...the "green revolution." Resources are depleting, but at the same time, new ones are being discovered and there are still increasing resources from those that are disappearing. Problems like the war abroad and the current economic crisis/recession are in need of immediate attention. Sure, find more energy efficient methods, but wait until we decrease our national debt and give recently laid off U.S. citizens a new job. The sky will not fall and the world will not melt away.
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