Comments on: Cool it on global warming (and anti-global warming)

By: Rio

Rio — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:20:02 +0000

Something funny pertaining to this is on Jeremy Clarkson’s DVD, Clarkson: Supercar Showdown. For those who haven’t heard of him, he’s one of the hosts of Top Gear, a British car show that’s pretty cool, funny and more…OK, to the point.
In the movie he demonstrates the disadvantages of the “GeeWhiz,” an electric car. (or “quadricycle”)
While driving this tiny vehicle, the sky is gray and cloudy, so he says something along the lines of this:
“They say that cars cause global warming. Well, every time we have one of these things, the weather is awful. We should go get some cars out here and warm up the place!” By the way, even those who aren’t “car freaks’ like me might like the show and also this DVD because of Clarkson’s humor. For instance, the race between the electric car and a table… (guess who wins?)

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By: Bianca

Bianca — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:41:34 +0000

We just got done with an ice age, so now the earth is warming up again. Soon we’ll have another ice age and the PCsters will be complaining about how we’re all making it cold with our hatred. It’s all one.

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By: Justus331

Justus331 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:52:59 +0000

MIM post 10: Because he’s not gonna do that. I’d rather just tell you to go buy some Prozac and calm down.
Yeah global warming will make the average temp go up 1 degree in ten years……….and me without my SPF 75!!

I really love loonie lefties. they are so much fun, huh?

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By: Harris

Harris — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:52:29 +0000

Well, cobbled up that link. Here it is in better form: the Copenhagen Consensus shows what else we can do — global warming is not the end all of issues. Indeed, as multiple issues feed one another, a broad-based program of relief and amelioration make sense.

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By: Harris

Harris — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:50:29 +0000

Just for the sake of clarity, Lomborg is not in the camp of Global Warming deniers. Rather, his skepticism is directed toward the catastrophism of left. As the ,a href=”http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com”>Copenhagen Consensus points out, there is plenty else that can be done, that from an economic view (cost/benefit) will actually have a greater positive impact. Of course, as of yesterday, on e — the Doha round — is done.

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By: Bob Buckles

Bob Buckles — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:10:10 +0000

An interesting site for technology.

http://www.technologyreview.com/index.aspx

From MIT.

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By: Rio

Rio — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:54:33 +0000

MIM, (post 23)
I’ve said the very same thing before,
but just like becoming economically dependent from China, I doubt it will happen as we’d like it to, because it’s been happening for so long.
And about China, the funny thing is that while they’ve succeeded in making things that are sold everywhere, they still have yet to hit the mark on electronics (at least as well as Japan does) and CARS! Some of their newly unveiled cars at a car show were awful. Ha.

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By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:43:00 +0000

Herb, your statement was incomplete. You and others who want to be independent of fossil fuels need to say: “We need to become independent of fossil fuels by ….” Then fill in the blanks. Fifty-five mph, cardigan sweaters, 68 degrees in winter and 85 degrees in summer have been tried. Even T. Boone Pickens says that his Big Windmill scheme will only free electric generation so that we can use natural gas for propulsion.

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By: RRBar

RRBar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:23:22 +0000

Herb,

Since I’m involved in agriculture, I’d like to know what you mean by saying we have to learn to “manage agriculture”?

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By: Make it Man

Make it Man — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:03:29 +0000

Natural gas burns extremely clean and current cars can be converted with a minimum of fuss. I should know, As a mechanic I worked on natural gas engines for several years…

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