Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!
From: Thomas Palm (Thomas.Palm_at_chello.removethis.se)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:40:46 GMT
"The Ancient One" <onlytheone@thetopknows.com> wrote in
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> So Indiana is forced to use coal to generate electricity.
Does Indiana have modern, efficient coal plants or the usual US plants that
have run way past their useful lifetime?
> (We tried Nuclear
> power, but the eviromentalists shut it down, leaving several plants half
> finished.)
Well, that's hardly my fault, nuclear does work even if it isn't the only
choice as you seem to think. You need to change your legal system so that
everyone can't sue everyone for anything. But please, restore EPA etc to
what it was before Bush before you make any such reform, it assumes there
actually are government agencies that work independently from industry to
monitor it.
> It takes me 7 minutes to drive to work, I only need to buy gas once a
> month for my truck, I've used about 130 gallons of heating oil so far
> for the entire winter, and my electric bill is about $40.00 a month. I
> can't see how I can conserve much more.
Using a bike instead of a car would be one possibility, unless when you say
truck you mean that you really need to carry a lot of stuff around. Without
details it's hard to know how much more energy you can save. I assume you
have a well insulated house, use low energy lamps, have energy efficient
appliances etc?
Much of the energy used in society is not used by individuals anyway but by
industry, and there you will find a lot can be saved.
> I'm all for reducing pollution
> and cleaning up the enviroment, but lets do it responsibly, and not
> throw the baby out with the bath water. Change is happening, we are
> polluting much less then we did even a few years ago, and as
> technology improves cleaner alternatives will become cheaper and more
> popular. People just need to learn a little patience, and not expect
> overnight miracles.
Do you have any source that supports your claim that US CO2 emissions have
dropped over the last few years? It is contrary to what I've seen.
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