being from TN and a democrat myself- I praise Al Gore and his effort to educate the public on a matter that ha been ignored for decades- congrats AL and Tipper
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being from TN and a democrat myself- I praise Al Gore and his effort to educate the public on a matter that ha been ignored for decades- congrats AL and Tipper
Amen, clovisman....:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by clovisman
i am all about finding alternatives to help this world, but its sad to say i think this world is to far in a hole. Honestly i will give us 200 years and i believe that world will end
I dont give even 30 years...
I hope to be wrong, but i fear to be right...
Sad but true...
But if he really believed what he preaches, why doesn't he live up to it and conserve energy himself? To me, he seems like another limousine liberal. It's easy to point out what is wrong with our world, but it takes a great person to live a life as to how they preach. I don't believe Gore is really living as he preaches. Unless, of course, he really is using clean energy to power his house, but so far nobody has provided links to back up that claim and I've never heard of that so until I read about how his power sucking house is using clean energy, I really don't care much for Gore personally. However, that's not to say I don't at least respect him for pushing the world to realize global warming.Quote:
Originally Posted by clovisman
Nashville Electric Service
This is a link that I found concerning the type of Gore's energy in TN.
While most power companies probably burn coal or whatever, many are using alternatives. I'm in seattle, and we don't burn coal for power. Our power comes from hydroelectric generators and windmills mostly. Many power companies are giving the option of cleaner energy, despite its higher cost. Guys like Gore can and do buy more expensive energy and then to outsiders like us it seems like the high electric bill makes him a hypocrit (sp?).
It all stems from the innate desire we all have to see global warming as a falsehood. If it's false, then the world is safe, if we can make gore look like a hypocrit, then we feel good that maybe he's wrong.
I hope this tendency will be curbed soon. If people just want to live out their days in oblivion, always finding something they can use to reinforce their comfortable ignorant security, they will. They'll always find some rationale to excuse themselves from feeling the burden of this scary reality. I'd rather participate in what is obviously a real cause. I'd feel too guilty about future generations if i did nothing.
PS no matter how hard someone like gore tries to be as complete a part of the solution as possible, there will be imperfections. There always will be until there is comprehensive, strategic change from the white house down to the grassroots. He tells in his early book "earth in the balance" how hypocritical he felt in going to a deliver a speech on the dangers of CFC's while blasting the a/c in his car on the way there. Our whole network of civilization has made it pretty hard to be an eco-friendly nonconformist. Until there is a radical overhaul penetrating all facets of energy consumption, please don't spend time finding fault in one of the prominent advocates. That's time you could spend figuring out how you will be part of the solution, small as it may be.
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Originally Posted by burnable
Very good point all of it but especially the bold
Prepping us to worship Gaia. Everything old becomes new again.....
So in otherwords, don't question authority. Don't find other possible motives behind "global warming." Did you know that Global Warming is not a scientific fact? Perhaps it's real, but then again, there is no proof of its existence... just very good rhetoric to persuade you into thinking it's real.Quote:
Originally Posted by burnable
Personally I am not sure if it exists or not. It's questionable.