Just curious...do you guys listen to Rush everyday? Enquiring minds want to know.... David I. -----Original Message----- From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Gas Prices again- then back to pianos. >Rob, > Thanks for the voice of reason. I've heard this before. One thing that always >got to me was the scare tactics the environmentalists use. It just sounds way too >much like the Democratic party to me. >No offense to anyone intended ;>) ! >Greg Newell > > > >Robert Goodale wrote: > >> Delwin D Fandrich wrote: >> >> > You are correct, there is still some on-going debate over the issue. >> > Although it is becoming increasingly one-sided. >> >> Yes... propaganda has a way of doing that. >> >> > This year GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler and Texaco, among others, >> > have all withdrawn their support, citing the increasingly overwhelming >> > evidence supporting the facts of global warming. >> >> Special interest groups tend to make companies do things like that. It is >> often easier to do and say what is politically correct then to spend millions >> arguing over junk science. >> >> > The U.S. National Academy of Science agrees. >> >> Ah yes, what a suprise. >> >> > The U.S. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has revised its 1995 >> > report to acknowledge it was wrong. Global warming is actually taking place >> > at a far faster rate than they could have imagined in 1995. >> >> A government agency? What a shocker. >> >> > The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared >> > that the climate situation is now 'critical,' and has urged the world >> > governments to immediately take steps to reduce their use of carbon fuels. >> >> Another government agency gone bad. NOAA was created to govern maritime >> transportation, develop and maintain navigational systems, and provide accurate >> cartography for maps and charts. Later they took on some responsibilities >> shared with the FAA and the NTSB. Becoming environmental activists was never >> part of the package. Looks like some stupid group has forced them into another >> agenda. Seems this is what happened to OSHA too. >> >> > The list goes on... >> >> Unfortunately. >> >> Lest we be reminded that the climate of the planet has never been stable in >> it's entire 8.5 billion year history. There have been numerous ice ages, >> droughts, tropical climates have become deserts, deserts have become oceans, >> etc, etc. Earth's history has experienced massive volcanic activity that has >> spewed hundreds of times more toxic gasses into the air then all of man's >> activities combined. This is one of those facts that so-called "green groups" >> fail to mention. A variance of 2 degrees in fifty years and claiming that the >> world will come to an end is pure scare tactic politically motivated junk >> science. Nature has a way of fixing things on it's own. I would imagine that >> someday within the next hundred years or less alternative energy will make >> fossil fuels obsolete and oil drilling equipment will become museum displays. >> The skies will clear and nature will take care of the rest. Then people will >> wonder why we spent so many billions of dollars scaring everyone into thinking >> that we are headed into Armageddon. We all need to be responsible with the >> fuels we use and how we use them. There is no excuse for ignoring unnecessary >> pollution. However, being dependent on unstable foreign resources instead of >> taping into our own makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Do you really think >> that Arabs give a damn if one of their tankers spills a half million gallons of >> oil into the gulf? Just because the pollution is happening a world away >> doesn't mean it isn't happening. We have the means of extracting oil in far >> more environmentally responsible ways than any other nation on the planet, yet >> we would rather let some irresponsible government do the dirty work for us and >> then be held hostage at the pump. What's wrong with this picture? >> >> Rob Goodale, RPT >> Las Vegas, NV > >
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