Good points all...here is a trivia fact,...you could take every human on
earth and give them one acre of land and they could everyone live within
just the state of Texas, and Texas would still have room. Yeah, I didn't
believe it either till I looked it up. That was in one of P.J. O'Rourke's
books.
Humans are insignificant to the size of our planet. Another fun
fact...99.9% of all life that ever lived on earth is extinct. Extinction is
natural. Go figure.
Rascal
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of droo
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:43 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Jeep Liberty
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:21:59 -0500, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>
> droo <03dakotacc4.7_4x4@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> : Diesel might be more efficient but it's also much dirtier. Until they
> get
> : the cleaner technologies into the cars, diesel isn't all that great for
> : the enviroment. It's also not so easy to come buy if you are more than
> 1
> : mile from a major highway.
>
>
> That's assuming of course that you can believe anything
> anybody says in this area. Clean cars vs. dirty cars, global
> warming, the environment, etc. Personally, I think the whole
> thing is a complete crock. Most of what you hear is based
> on politics as opposed to science, and even those in the
> "environmentalist" camp who DO seem to be approaching the whole
> thing from a scientific standpoint quite obviously don't have
> a clue. I mean, when you see studies saying that animals
> create more "greenhouse gasses" than vehicles ever have, and
> the fact that a single volcanic eruption spews more so called
> "pollution" into the air than man could ever hope to do in a
> million years, its pretty hard to take someone complaining
> about "dirty" vehicles seriously. The sooner man realizes
> that he's just an impotent speck who couldn't destroy the
> environment if he tried, the better off we'll all be. (We
> can create isolated, local problems sure, but global climactic
> change? Not a chance. ...and even the local problems seem
> to get cleaned up in relativey short order by nature.) Don't
> get me wrong, I'm not advocating trying to destroy the environment
> - I'm into conservation - I think at some level, everybody is;
> nobody WANTS dirty air and water; its just that the people who
> call themselves environmentalists have blown things so far out
> of proportion that it'd be comical if the consequences of their
> actions weren't so dire. (i.e. to name just one, the nearly 100
> million people who are dead and the millions who die every year
> thanks to the banning of DDT - a harmless pesticide.)
>
>
> The "environmentalists" have cried wolf over so many things
> that have since been proven to be wrong, lies, or both, that
> on the rare occasion that they DO raise a legitimate concern,
> they have a huge credibility gap to overcome. At this point,
> the "environmentalists" are almost certainly doing more harm
> to the environment than good, and they are definitely doing
> more harm than good to the well being of the earth's population
> in general. Speaking just for myself, I have personally reached
> to the point where I automatically assume that anything coming
> out of the "environmentalist" camp is a lie until I can verify
> otherwise.
>
>
I have to agree with you about "enviromentalists". Those people that jump
on bandwagons and take up causes just for the sake of having a cause. They
don't know their earhole from their asshole. It's the scientific community
that knows what they are talking about. Sure. People cause alot of local
polution. People are everywhere. So where on Earth is not local? Those
volcanoes that spew out more pollution than any human ever could, affect
the planet in a tremendous way. Those clouds of dust have caused ice ages
to happen. The science behind global warming is there. CO^2 in the
atmosphere has that effect. The levels are high and we put them there. I
don't know where you live, so perhaps that has something to do with your
perception on air quality. I'm sure the people in LA would disagree with
your assertions that things are blown out of proportion. A lot of people
have asthma these days and it's not from high fructose corn syrup or trans
fats. Remeber the hole in the Ozone layer? It's still there but it's
getting better because we stopped using cfc's. There are 6 billion people
on this planet and if you think that because every person only pollutes a
little that it has no effect on the planet, you're wrong. The grand canyon
wasn't dug with dynamite and steam shovels.
-- -droo2003 Dodge Dakota Club Cab V8 4X4 Manual Transmission Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo's Can-Back Soft Topper Rhinoliner Alpine CD Head Unit w/ XM Alpine 6 3/4" Speakers Sony 8" Subwoofer Q-Logic Custom Fit Enclosure
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