On 22-Jan-09, at 5:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> 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. --
Whether you think man is or isn't responsible for this "crisis", the ice caps ARE melting, and sea levels ARE rising. Whether you think it's a natural phenomenon or some man-made idiocy, that doesn't change the observable facts. > 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. -- This is the kind of stuff that reeks of tinfoil hats. It's pointless, but I'm pretty sure it's not a liberal plot. >> 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. -- Great. So what is it, exactly, that you object to? Your primary concern seems to be what we call it. How about: Francis' Magic Melting Icecap Carnival Is that an easier pill to swallow? Because your dissent about who said what and why is just the kind of FUD that people regularly latch on to when they need an excuse to make absolutely no effort whatsoever. What does that one dentist know about toothpaste that prevents him from recommending it? I'm not brushing my teeth until I find out. -- Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
