-----Original message----- From: Michael Luscombe [email protected] Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:19:53 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: [Stratalist-ot] Re: a new poll for Obama to consider
> > On 22-Jan-09, at 4:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > This one's about changing public perceptions on global warming: > > > > <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/ > > articles/44_say_global_warming_due_to_planetary_trends_not_people> > > > > or > > > > <http://tinyurl.com/7zgd8a> > > > > The truth is getting out. Let's hope a richly deserved smackdown of > > alarmists such as Hansen and Gore doesn't adversely impact good > > environmental causes or the need for energy independence. > -- > > I have yet to hear a single point about what "global warming" > initiatives adversely impact other "good" environmental causes or > energy independence. > > I'll put one out there myself: carbon offsets. I think it's a > bullshit idea that needs to die a swift death. It's a matter of credibility for environmentalists. I'm constantly fighting my coastal activist colleagues to avoid basing their opposition to projects based on the overstated effects of global warming, namely sea level rise. I agree wholeheartedly with you on carbon offsets. They're a really bad idea intended to enrich a few (Gore, former Treasury Secy Paulson, Gore, Soros and the like) without any measurable positive effect. > > "Sorry, you can't fire me. I purchased a 'good work offset' that > allows me to slack off while someone in Uzbekistan does a good job > today." > > Otherwise, the environmental keys are pretty much the same across the > board: emit less, consume less, buy local (that includes energy). > No argument from me on those suggestions. I think they're all good and necessary, consistent with good environmental policy and will achieve the desired effects. Francis Drouillard, PE Novato, CA 94945 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
