Thursday, May 22, 2014
Does It Feel Hot To You?
'Struth, I'm not sure I understand this science-denier global-warming debate that goes on and on. There seem to be big interests in the game, "big oil" and the Koch's and so on on one side, and true believers on the other, but really, what's the difference? Neither I nor almost anyone else is going to significantly change their carbon usage habits based upon what they believe helps the planet. Ultimately we do what we can within the range of what we can afford, and for me anyway that is almost unaffected by whether or not climate change is anthropogenic. For ex, I'd love to shift my personal transportation energy-use pollution to a centralized electric power plant by driving an EV, but I'm not going to get an EV until one comes on the market that I can't say no to. Solar panels are becoming economically sound to use. It saves money to save household energy use. None of this is affected much by what I think this week about the effects Mankind has on long-term global temperature shifts. So, why the hell are people making a big public deal out of it?
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The topic bores me. Shit day, we'll do what we do. OTOH, the date had caused interest and investment in electric cars and solar, at long .
I make a number of choices based on the ultimate odds of damage to Gaia and her ecosphere. But would probably make a lot more on that premise if I felt that other people were doing so too.I don't mean that I need the authentication, but if my sacrifice is going to do no good because most of the world can't bring itself to give a shit, it's difficult to muster the resolve.
That said, I drive a high mileage car -- more to the point the car I owned for 22 years logged a total of 75,000 miles -- and I really don't have the energy myself to do things that use up energy.
Boring is right. I fuckin' hate this topic. And I know rilly smart peeps on both sides who insist that those who believe differently than they do are "idiots." Not that this is unusual in any politicized issue. So, as is my wont, I step back and away. Plus, while some powerful moneyed types may have the ability to make a difference to the planet, things I do/don't do have no consequence. I don't litter, and I can't afford an electric car. That's the end of that.
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