Re: OT Gas Prices and the Blame Game

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Martin Brown wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Martin Brown wrote:
Only in the US could an adminstration of pathological dittohead liars
get away with conning the population about AGW for so long.

Is that your only argumnet? If so, I see no reason to read any more
of your shit. If you can't debate with facts, go away.

The truth hurts does it? Do you really believe the dittohead lies? And a
fully paid up member of "Fat Ugly Americans for a Dead Planet" to boot.

This was uncalled for personal abuse and I apologise.

You are truly an ignorant piece of work. You wouldn't know the truth
if it bit you on the ass. All you do is point to a few that agree with
you and ignore everything else, then call others dittohead, which means

Almost the entire scientific community is convinced that global warming has a significant and accelerating anthropogenic component. Yes you can find a handful of real scientists that genuinely believe the consensus is incorrect, and some of them make valid points of criticism. That is how we progress.

It is the nature of science that the model is refined by constructive criticism or finding experimental evidence that refutes the predictions of existing models. However, what is being found at present largely confirms the IPCC models, or suggests that they may have been a bit optimistic and things may well be worse.

The bulk of the opposition is from well funded lobby groups using prostitute scientists to lobby for oil companies in the same way as some of them did/do for the "tobacco does not cause cancer claim" (which is a true statement for a very precisely legal crafted form of words).

The science is clear. We are changing the composition of the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. We could buy more time by being more sensible and cutting down on profligate waste but instead there is a huge campaign by US carmakers and oil interests to keep on wasting energy. I find it frankly incomprehansible that anyone could be taken in by their specious arguements.

I should point out here that I am only in favour of "no regrets" energy saving measures of the sort that were prevalent in the 1970's oil crisis. But at present even in the UK we don't have anything high profile like the old 1970's "Save-It" energy efficiency campaign. Better home insulation has by far the most rapid payback.

you must be a big fan of Rush Limbaugh. Personally, I can't stand him.
If someone has him on the radio, I leave.

Strange, since you seem to share his opinions. Perhaps I misjudged you.

Tell me, how many miles you drove, or traveled in the last eight
months? my total mileage is under 1800 miles, and I generate so little

About 25,000 miles a year @ 57.8mpg (lifetime average consumption).

trash that I take one 32 gallon trash can to the transfer station every
two or three months. I take more recyclable materials, than trash.
Aluminum, paper, glass and some plastic. I load up the truck when I
have an entire load of recyclables, and take the trash can along.

In my region of the UK we have kerbside recycling (which I think is a bit OTT, but Japan had it operating in the 1990's when I lived there). I only have to take cardboard waste to the tip. Green waste gets composted (although there are collections for that too).

I recycle 50 to 75 computers a year, to keep them out off the waste
stream. I repair as many as I can, to give away to other disabled
Veterans, and others in need.

Good for you.

I am sitting in an 85 degree room with a fan, and Florida's always
high humidity.

That seems a bit too warm to be comfortable. Anything between 50 and 75F (15-25C) seems OK maybe a shade higher in the tropics.

Have you tried the foil backed polystyrene or urethane passive insulator material for decoupling the outer hot skin of the building from its interior. I found it significantly slowed heat ingress in the tropics.

My electric bill was $65.36 last month.

As far as my weight, I was 160 to 180 pounds most of my life. It was
after I became 100% disabled that I put on more weight.

Oh yes. You were military. But you must admit that a huge chunk (~30%) of the US population is frightningly unfit and overweight headed for type 2 diabetes and broken knees. And you can hardly expect people who cannot be bothered to look after their own bodies to think about the planet. I am pleased to hear that you do.

That still leaves you as an angry and impotent idiot. If we have to
have a dead planet we should start with the idiots.

I will admit that I would be quite angry at everyone, if I had to
live in Europe. England would be the worst, stuck on that island, like
'Gilligan' and his friends.

UK is a very pleasant place to live. Have you ever visited?

Look long and hard at your own government before calling other
governments pathological dittohead liars. That is, if you can stand the
truth.

I am no fan of Tony B Liars government he was the British pathological liar that took us into Iraq with Dubya's demented Neocons. No doubt he believed he was doing the right thing. Gordon Brown (no relation) is totally unconvincing as the new Prime Minister.

Regards,
Martin Brown
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