I have a point to ponder...
At one time there were dinosaurs. Did they become extinct because they destroyed the environment?
It is going to take at least 30 years go come off of our dependancy on oil and migrate to alternate technology... We better all hope that we can secure OUR supply of oil for the next 30 years...
If I had to choose between the environment or securing energy for our future, ummm... I think energy is the right choice.
Global warming isn't so bad anyway. I know I'll love the warmer temperatures...
Didn't the dinosaurs become extinct due to global warming caused by man? I'm just agreeing with your point SC.
Moving on:
Let me be clear, YES GLOBAL WARMING DOES EXIST! I don't believe in the concept that it is man-made or that man can even stop it from happening. If you believe man causes it, and you work in the airline industry, you are a hypocrite. I don't care what scientists say, planes burn fuel closer to the atmosphere than cars and are major contributers! If man is the cause of GW then it goes without saying that it is Science and Technology that got us there in the first place. After inventing a new toy, they suddenly want us to play with it less!!! Now science wants to shift the blame for a natural phenomenom on the public who trusted them?
But man isn't the cause. Perhaps the cooling of the earth's temperature of the 1800s is now regulating a balance with a natural heating. Do your own research as to climate changes and phenomena by looking at what happened when Mt. Tambora(or something to that effect) in the 1830s and Krakatoa in the 1880s erupted in Indonesia. I'm sure the Tsunami '04 is still having an affect on our climate.
I noticed the global warming phenomenom as a kid as I looked at various animal range maps in school. It wasn't called that nor was it even known. The basic concept was comparing past guides to lizard ranges. In the '60s the closest lizard to my area was mid-PA. Same guide in the '80s put the same lizard in Southern and parts of Westen NY and along some of the Hudson Valley. Blah blah blah...the basis was that the climate was changing because the lizard had adapted to a colder climate.
Global warming means that man must evolve to adapt to the environmental changes. Nature is!
To those who say use wind, solar, and greener-costly(yeah lets argue that one) environmentally friendly alternatives, I say they are no better at saving the environment! The new flourescent bulbs cost more and contain mercury, so if you have butter fingers you'll need a haz-mat crew if the bulb breaks! And what about disposal of the bulb? It isn't recycleable and technically can't go in the trash.
Solar power is great unless your cloudy days outnumber your sunny days. Wind power is
full of hot air! Environmentally friendly solutions are more expensive in the long run, less efficient, and aren't worth the switch.
We could drive a battery-operated car, once called a golf cart! The Airplane of tomorrow is the
Hindenburgh of today!
And some thought the RJs were the ac of the future!