RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Conservationism (was: The Day After Tomorrow)

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I'll intersperse some comments...

> I find it humorous, especially in California, that there are all of 
> these so called environmentalists that are screaming about cutting down 
> the trees, but at the same moment, they are building their 7,000 (or 
> larger) square foot home. Wanna talk about hypocrisy a moment? "Don't 
> cut the trees, well unless it is wood for my house!"

Good one!  Many people are just like that.  Same with recycling - does it 
really do anything for us?  People want to present themselves as "good" 
people who care about nature.  Their actions might even be harmful.


> Another thing about California, everyone in this state is screaming 
> about off shore drilling here. At the same time, everyone in this state 
> is so locked into their cars it is ridiculous.

Another good one!


> Carbon Dioxide? That is an interesting notion, I never fully understood 
> the concern for carbon dioxide.

I can see that your not getting this one.  CO2 traps heat in the 
atmosphere.  More CO2 is favorable to plants which will tend to grow 
better.  It also means melting the polar ice caps, flooding coastal 
regions, terrible changes in weather systems, etc.  At least that's the 
theory.


> I was always under the impression that it was fluorocarbons that were 
> causing global warming. That was why we outlawed aerosol so many years 
> ago. Carbon monoxide might certainly be a problem, but we are making 
> great end roads to eliminating a lot of that from vehicle emissions.

No, the fluorocarbons were supposed to be damaging the ozone layer. 
That's a somewhat different problem.


Ummm, you don't have to be a "conservative" to think that most people are 
full of crap when it comes to their ways of helping to conserve the 
"environment."  People don't know much about the effects of their choices 
and they do plenty of things wrong.  It's too bad that we have such 
strongly divided political groups with so many preconceptions about how 
things work.  It makes it nearly impossible to have rational discussions 
leading to rational decisions!

Mike
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