[Rhodes22-list] Global Warming, was autopilot

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Al's message is probably the right medicine but for the wrong disease.
Thirty years ago we faced the coming ice age, now we're warming.  No one in
academics gets funding for conclusions that don't agree with the scare de
jour, global warming.  We really don't know and neither does Mr. Gore.
However, we do need to find alternate sources of fuel for transportation.
Hydrocarbon emmissions are not good for the environment (just breathe in LA
or Beijing) and the largest sources of crude oil are not friendly to
Westerners.  What Mr. Gore wants is for us to change our behavior out of
fear of something we can't see, that's like religion.  People will only
change their habits when the price of fuel forces them to, that's economics.
The nations that joined the Kyoto treaty have failed miserably at meeting
their targets.  We, (the US) on the other hand, have actually cut our
emmisions.  Don't forget about those two billion or so Indians and Chinese
who dream of burning as much fuel as us filthy Americans.  Price is all that
will make people change their way of living and encourage businesses to hunt
for alternatives.

Brad


On 12/25/06, Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> You want facts?  See the film.  You want warmer weather?  No
> problem--you're
> gonna get some.  I don't think Al would have made a good president but he
> makes a good shill for his topic.  Don't take my word for it.  See the
> movie
> and get back to me on what you think.
>
> Slim
>
> On 12/24/06 9:00 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > I need more facts.  Like, where is the next hurricane going to
> hit?  What
> > will the next FEMA/CORP elevation requirements be?  You need dirt?  We
> got
> > dirt!  Thank god for Al Gore, without his five months of reporting from
> > Saigon we wouldn't have a damn clue what went on in Vietnam.  Please Al,
> > don't keep Tipper focused on global warming to the point that there's no
> one
> > to worry about album labeling.  Frankly, I like warm weather.  Bring it
> on!
> >
> > Merry Christmas, ya' all!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 12/24/06, Slim <stevenalm at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/23/06 7:58 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> It hard not to be somewhat ambivalent about global warming when it
> helps
> >>> you...
> >>
> >> Have you seen Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth?
> >> If you can get past some of his maudlin commentary it's quite
> compelling.
> >>
> >> Slim
> >>
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