[Rhodes22-list] I can't really think of any subject line to use. Sorry Ed.

[Rik Sandberg]

John, Brad, et al,

I don't believe the issue is really whether there is global warming or 
not. There probably is. The cause of it and the possible amount that 
humans may be able to counteract it is what everybody seems to stumble on.

Our population in the U.S. represents about 5% of the worlds population. 
Up until recently we were the largest users of fossil fuel on the 
planet. The Chinese, Indians and some of the other countries that are 
the emerging industrial countries in the east, represent about 50% of 
the population of the planet. As they grow industrially, they are going 
to pass us up like an old wet rag as far as fossil fuel usage and g/h 
gas production is concerned. While I agree that it isn't smart to be 
shitting in one's own nest, how much positive affect can we, as 5% of 
the world's population, hope to achieve??

I'd bet on one thing. If we are going to make much difference, there's 
gonna' be some nuke plants in somebody's backyard.

I have noticed that some scientific folks started talking about 
decreasing sunspot activity last year. Last winter was one of the 
longest and coldest in recent memory, at least in my area and this 
summer has been cooler than normal too. Hmmm.....

I think Al Gore has figured out a way to make a ton of money scaring the 
hell out a lot of people.

Rik

Ayn Rand was a prophet - - it isn't my fault



Brad Haslett wrote:
> John,
>
> They drove, or flew, or burned carbon in some fashion.  They weren't playing
> the "holier than thou" game, they admit that fossil fuels fuel the free
> enterprise system. Look, we'll be fine with $10 per gallon gasoline derived
> from crude oil.  What will shock the system (and already has, ie, the
> economy) is when prices rise as fast as they just did.  It will only get
> worse.  Al Gore is the High Priest of a new religion which I think is bunk.
> But, like most religions, there's some good in the bunk. "Don't bang the
> neighbors wife' or 'lust for his donkey' are rules developed over time for
> good reason - it disrupts the 4th of July party!  'Don't shit in your own
> nest' makes sense as well, ie, don't pollute.  One of the things I do whilst
> in Beijing is drink coffee early in the morning on the balcony and watch
> buildings disappear in the smog. Al Gore has a message with some important
> consequences for us but not for the reasons he thinks.  Big Al is all about
> Big Al.  If the dumb SOB had just carried his own state of Tennessee in 2000
> he'd really be swinging a big stick right now.
>
> On a more important note, where the hell do you find mushrooms this time of
> year?
>
> Brad
>
> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:56 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Rummy,
>>
>>
>> "Me thinks you guys are spending way to much time on your computers. You
>> should be out sailing and drinking and in general having a great time."
>>
>> I now find I have something in common with you in addition to Brad and Ed
>> This is most disturbing, now I suppose I'll have to go mushroom picking in
>> order to sort this all out.
>>
>> John Shulick
>> Lost in the woods of W. Pa.
>>
>> P.S. Brad how did the Amerikans for prosperity attend Al Gores' event? You
>> didn't answer the first time you just did a half roll and headed for the
>> deck.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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