On 2006-03-08, Jay Honeck wrote:
You did not. Worse, you're missing the point.

No, you're missing the point.

The bottom line is quite simple: There is not one, single, solitary thing
that you, or I, or ANYONE (including GW Bush) can do to reverse or even slow
down the rate of global warming. Or global cooling. Or whatever the
"crisis of the week" is. It's simply out of our control.

We can stop from WORSENING it which is my point (and the point you were
missing). Recognising that continuing to live unsustainably is...erm...
unsustainable is a good start, then over the next few decades,
migrating to more sustainable methods of supporting our lifestyles
is generally a good idea. Sticking our fingers in our
ears and going 'la la la la la' is never the right solution. You are
presenting a false dilemma.

Energy efficiency is a good start to the process. Finding new and
cleaner ways to make energy are the next steps. Some places are very
pro-active about it. But continuing to throw our hands up and say 'oh
well' and continuing to change the atmospheric composition is not the
answer.

Of course, I could be a cynic and say you're only taking this attitude
because you're assuaging your guilt at flying something that burns 14gph
and only goes 140 ktas :-)
But I won't.

To make matters worse, the ultimate solution to our energy woes has been at
hand for decades -- yet the very same people who adamantly advocate changing
the world's economy are standing four-square in the path to clean, cheap,
and abundant nuclear energy.

Burning coal apparently puts more radioactivity into the atmosphere than
all the civil nuclear industry (including the Soviet one) put together.

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