Re: Off Topic - "An Inconvenient Truth"


kevinmccabe@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Mark Atwood wrote:

Now, what does the rest of Greenpeace say?

I think they're pissed. Patrick Moore (co-founder of Greenpeace) was
actually at least the second major Green who came out pro nuke.
Lovelock, originator of the Gaia theory/metaphor was the first. But, he
has despaired of all hope these days, thinks we're passed the tipping
point. Personally, I think we should be doing everything we can -
including nuclear power - to address global warming.

I think that this is the environmental movement doing everything they
can to render themselves totally irrelevant to solving global warming.
This is idiotic -- they bitch and moan about SUV's -- and they are
actually _opposing_ the one development which could seriously bring
down CO2 emissions.

Even electric and hybrid cars don't improve matters if the power to
charge them up comes from a coal or oil plant. As for solar power,
this can marginally reduce fossil fuel emissions (mostly by powering
homes) but not to a degree that makes any real difference -- the
biggest electricity consumers are industries, and as long as the
electricity they consume comes from fossil fuel power plants, the
problem isn't solved.

Some of the Deep Eeks talk about reducing our expectations in terms of
lifestyle, but that DEFINITELY isn't going to happen, the Tragedy of
the Commons decrees that, if the only way to get rich is to burn fossil
fuels, that's what people will do. People are NOT going to abandon the
goal of getting rich -- humans simply aren't built that way.

And that, of course, includes me.

- Jordan

- Jordan

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