Monday, April 02, 2007

On the Radio

I heard this on the radio on Friday and found it interesting. Apparently Al Gore has an environmentally unfriendly house. What I found interesting was how many people called in to defend the house.
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4 comments:

Unknown said...

So you are displeased with the radio clip then?

6:47 PM
Anonymous said...

Actually what the green power really means is that Al Gore pays extra money to support green friendly energy sources.

He uses the same power grid as everyone else, so he does not use green energy, he only pays a surcharge to support green energy. What he should be doing is either cutting back on how much power he uses, or investing in lower power technologies on his estate to offset his power demand.

Just my two cents.

Pat

8:18 PM
Anonymous said...

Environmentalism is a religion to people like Devon, while it serves as a platform for Al Gore to remain somewhat relevant politically...Gore is a one trick pony, yet he continually ducks every opportunity to debate 'global warming' because he's nothing but a talking head. He'll get taken apart in a debate with a real climate expert and he knows it...

And where did Scott say anything about Bush? And that renewable energy you are touting is the real crock of shit...but you continue to do what Gore says and not what he does Devon, wouldn't want you to actually think for yourself or anything dangerous like that...

3:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Hey Devon, if your buddy Al has 'worked over 20 years' on so-called global warming, why did he do sweet fuck all about it when he was Vice President? Aside from the ludicrous Kyoto Treaty (which exempted China and India from capping carbon emissions, two countries that will use more energy than the U.S. within a couple of years) that was crushed in the Senate (a 96-0 vote against ratification)Al Gore has NOTHING to show for his tireless efforts...maybe inventing the internet diverted his attention?

Again, Al Gore is using global warming to remain relevant, make some cash, and to feel better about himself for being Al Gore. I point to his unwillingness to actually debate the issue with serious climatoligists as evidence that when pressed, he has no clue what he is talking about....

Now, as far as my view on global warming goes - it may be happening, it may not - but it is the height of human arrogance to believe that mankind can alter/impact weather in a significant manner. Does that mean I believe we should be irresponsible? Not at all...I'm all for clean/renewable energy, but not at the expense of the free market - and it will be the market that will be the guiding force to finding alt energy types, not government regulations and treaties not worth the paper they are printed on.

The earth's climate is impacted far more severely by sun activity (remember the ozone layer holes? Wonder why they are hardly mentioned anymore? It's because it was determined the more active the sun, the 'thicker' the ozone layer....the sun has been active over the last decade, so the ozone issue that was going to kill us all has been addressed...and not because we banned lighter fluids and hairspray with flourocarbons) and ocean temps.

North America was once covered in ice, it isn't anymore....is that because wooly mammoths were actually coal burning SUVs? No, it is because climate change on earth happens, sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly - but it happens. For Al Gore to believe we can stop the earth's climate from altering, he's insane - again, that doesn't mean we should dump crude in the oceans or raw sewage in rivers, but the hysterics of the global warming bunch need to be tempered....

10:35 AM

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