by jonriv » Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:23 am
Isis obviously
The problem with the global warming crowd is that they take what might be an actual problem too far and then get reactions like pale riders
Most of the scientific data seems to point to some form of a global warming trend, especially in our oceans- however it does present many questions
The data we have is from short period of time(geologically speaking) that we may not know what is really happening
If there is a warming trend( not merely the usual fluctuations the planet goes through) What cause it, Is it man made, is it a natural phenomena, or solar flares. Are we just trending out of a nice age and if any of this is true is there anything we can do about it?
A chicken little hysterical response will solve nothing and as pr suggests probably just waste money
Some things make sense even if global warming is not the case, I certainly applaud things to save energy, be more efficient and cleaner energy. It's hard not to be anti pollution
As for the plastic bag ban and tax move. Dumb, dumb, dumb. For one thing, the carbon footprint of producing one of those canvas shopping bags is 120 times that of a plastic bag. You should wash the canvas bag after each use(with bleach) to make sure it does not carry any bacteria from the food that was in it. In a place like California where water is such a premium that makes no sense. The other reason the enviro nazis like to push the plastic bag ban is the huge garbage field in the pacific, but that is not made of plastic shopping bags. It is primarily fisherman waste(plastic netting) , other scraps, and water bottles( probably from health nuts)
Want to save energy, everyone with a fridge or air conditioner over ten years old buy a new one( call uno for the ac). They are your biggest energy users