--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/20/06 4:38 PM, shempmcgurk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:FairfieldLife% 40yahoogroups.com> > > , Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > >> > > >> > I¹m posting this because of Shemp¹s frequent denial of global > > warming. > >> > (i.e., he buys into the crap PR that Exxon funds). > > > > I don't deny it, Rick, I would just like you to practise what you > > preach and get rid of your car. > > > > By the way, what do you drive, Rick? > > > Subaru Outback. But I ride my bike if it¹s above 20°F and I¹m not going too > far or carrying stuff or people > > > > And how do you heat your home in the winter? > > We have a passive solar home, so mostly the sun heats it, but during cold > weather we also use a wood-burning stove (renewable energy). We¹ve also > replaced most of our light bulbs with compact fluorescents. So I¹m trying to > practice what I preach. > > But you¹re missing the point. If everyone did what I¹m doing it would help a > lot. But if greedy corporations and corrupt politicians would stop trying to > dupe a gullible public
How can they dupe a gullible public what with the internet and all the sources of info available out there. But it's good that you walk the walk. Ultimately it's the consumers that do the consuming...Exxon itself doesn't consume that much energy...it's their customers who do...Exxon is like your mother supplying you with what you need...and doing a really good job of it, I may add... > into believing the problem doesn¹t exist and make > solving it a top priority, billions wouldn¹t have to die in the coming > decades. Do you have kids? > No kids, so I don't care what happens in the future. I want to exploit the environment for all it's worth now and to hell with future generations. "In the long run we're all dead" -- John Maynard Keynes To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
