Originally posted by HercMan:
People tend to overlook at how much energy and just how harmful of process it is just to get the materials needed to make the batterys.
Cars arn't the devil to the enviroment people think they are. Power plants, (coal burning)and large industry are far more influential.
I'm all for alternative fuels for progress and less dependancy( by the way if it wasn't for the leftist greenies we wouldn't be dependant on foriegn oil. Plenty of it in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Southern Coast of CA. But we can't drill it to get it.) But the notion that cars are causing global warming phhsssss. Global warming doesn't even exist. It's just a scare. Lets look a bit at some recent history. Do you realize that Jimmy Carter said that by the end of the 80s that all the oil would be used up? How bout in the 60s when (I forget who did the report) but the world will die of starvation by 1990? The 70s had "Global cooling" Every few years there is something to grab onto and make people afraid. What irks me the most is most people don't take the time to look at things and decide for themselves. They believe the first thing some body says and then it's gospel.
Since the mid-19th century, the mean global temperature has increased by 0.7 degrees Celsius.
When your talking points of degrees with multiple thermometers from multiple time periods read by multiple people comparing Ice cores, soil cores fossil records and such is it really that big of a deal?
So by my reasoning everything is honkey dorey. Not enough change to even quantify.
Honkey dorey? Got to disagree with some of the points you brought up.
The Bush administration initially refused to use Alaska reserves and the concept made sense. Oil isn’t an unlimited resource and once it goes, it goes. A solution is to improve efficiency so oil isn’t consumed much as Oil is also used for plastics. Once oil supplies start going low (not going to debate when, doesn’t matter), we own Alaska, our ace in the hole and we will near alternatives.
Cars aren’t the devil or the main source of pollution: True, but they are a contributing factor. Institutions are working on reducing plant pollution. It’s just not the latest fun news. Some solutions face liberal and conservative opposition because it inconveniences them.
Let’s say the global warming theory is just the latest farce. So we should go back to leaded gas because it lubricated the engine better? Get rid of all the emissions stuff on cars so they are a lot cheaper? Get rid of the low sulfur fuel because liberals wanted it and get the regular because its cheaper? Let’s not focus on land fills? Drill in Alaska and get rid of the spending on wind machines and solar panels so it can be placed into the community? We can then go back to original muscle cars! We can consume all we want! Whoo hoo?!
Our convenience shouldn’t be the only priority. Let’s take responsibility for our actions. Clean up after yourself. Examine each solution carefully and implement it. Regardless if the earth is going to be fine or not.
My point is not to focus if global warming is a farce. Focusing only on source and ignore the facts isn’t the way either. It came from a liberal = false? If it’s a conservative belief or liberal belief. Facts are facts, even if I don’t like it and it is an inconvenient to me.
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