Global Warming

[Trinity]

Originally Posted by Columcille

What is great about Benedict's quote you gave earlier is that it is cautious. The urgency from which you are approaching the problem is the impediment. That is why I think "slow is smooth, smooth is fast" holds true. Nobody here is saying we should not use alternative energy, nobody is here saying we should not conserve, nobody is here saying we should not recycle, or any other particular method that makes our environment better. I personally think the best approach would be an adaptation of Dave Ramsey's "debt snowball" applied to the goals of the environmental concern. The problem is that the environmentalists are pouring money into education to try to make people sick of the problem. That is a waste of money and resources. Everyone understands the benefits of cleaner air, cleaner water, and a cleaner environment. It is a waste therefore to funnel money into education where it seems clear most people are already in agreement. If we make a environmental snowball, we are more likely to curb the effects or concern of global warming (even if the science is true or not).

There is one thing to be concerned for the environment and do what one can, there is another to forcefully manipulate people to the point of harming their livelyhood. People that work in plants for 12 hours a day, trying to feed their family, and also not being a leech on the government en***lements don't really care about what they can do for the environment because they haven't the time. If a city government doesn't mandate a recycling program, for whatever the reason... its no fault of that worker. If that worker is driving a junker because it gets him to work on time and it is the cheapest form of transportation due to a blue book value of living within his means... then don't be mad at him and the rest of the everyday folk. There must be realistic expectation from the ground up and not from the top down. Now what about the plants, whose about to go bankrupt? They all produce pollution, are you going to penalize them more and create more unemployment faster? If the alternatives are cheaper as you say, then obviously there is a buck to be made. I just don't see you harping more on the concern of global warming is going to change the market place unless you encourage, stimulate, free up restrictions to make the alternatives cost effective and profitable. As is, it is too costly to get enough solar panels on your roof installed. The cost of buying a new hybrid car to the cheapest new car on the lot is most costly for the average working cl***. The incentive to get them to buy a new car is not there, not now. You expect too much too fast. "Slow is smooth; smooth is fast."

Just remember, for those without God, environmentalism is their savation. We should not put our trust in their religious behavioral concern. Step back, breathe a little bit, rethink if you have too... but God is soveriegn and the world will end and our concern for the environment should be put into its proper perspective. Mainly, short term goals will turn into the longer term objective we seek. Just don't jump on the bandwagon of environmentalism because they believe the world is going to end... believe me... God said it--it will!

I think you are right on one point. We do not need the Global Warming to see the american corporations falling into bankruptcy. This is already done, and this is not the fault of the environmentalists. I just hope you will like to ride in a japanese or a korean car.

What a nightmare!

Bush considering "orderly" auto bankruptcy

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is looking at "orderly" bankruptcy as a possible way to deal with the desperately ailing U.S. auto industry, the White House said Thursday as carmakers readied more plant closings and a half million Americans filed new ***less claims.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/...PlYUINO0is0NUE

Anyway, we still have a window of ten years for moving in the right direction. With you or without you.

Trinity