Rob Runkel writes:
JayMiller wrote:Rob Runkel says:
Only two? How about 31,072 and growing...
http://www.petitionproject.org/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Did anyone actually read this petition. It actually says, Honest to God:
"The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind."
I think that just about says it all about the people who signed this petition.
What exactly is that? You've got me on the edge of my seat...
OK, you can get off the edge of your seat now. :D
Please keep in mind that the primary method of reducing greenhouse gases is the reduction and eventual elimination of the use of hydrocarbon fuels primarily by eventually doing away with gas or diesel vehicles, coal and gas fired power plants, and in the longer term, reduction in the use of wood and charcoal in third world nations.
I need you to answer the following questions to convince me the signers of the petition are working with full decks.
1) Please explain how doing away with the use of hydrocarbon fuels with their resultant greenhouse gases, poisonous gases, and particulate matter is going to “harm the environment� It seems to me this would actually help the environment.
2) Please explain how spending billions of dollars on research and development of alternate clean energy sources is going the “hinder the advance or science and technology. Again, it seems to me that spending money on science and technology would actually push science and technology forward.
3) Please explain exactly how cleaning up the air, reducing the amount of poisons and particulate matter in the air is going to “damage the health and welfare of mankindâ€. I guess I just didn’t understand how healthful pollution really is.
Solo+1 writes:
Gore and his cronnies are being sued by several countries for false information.
I did a fairly extensive search of this statement. I couldn’t find a single news article making this claim. If you can substantiate this information, please do.
I did find several articles about one of the founders of The Weather Channel (he’s now a weatherman for a tv station in San Diego) talking about suing Al Gore, but nothing indicating that that any suit has actually been brought.
Solo+1 also writes:
why in the hell did Colorado have record snowfall this past year
This kind of statement shows a basic lack of understanding of global warming. Global warming is based on worldwide weather patterns. Erratic and wide swings in local weather patterns are predicted by the current models.
And lastly, maybe I and Mr. Gore are wrong. Maybe there is no such thing as global warming. But I would rather be wrong and spend hundreds of billions of dollars weaning America off Big Oil and OPEC and cleaning up the environment than be right, do nothing as the naysayers advocate, and destroy our planet as we know it.
My Philosophy on Life: If you wake up alive and well ... Shut the heck up.