Pollution from 15 of world's biggest ships equal that of world's 760m cars
06-03-09, 12:15 PM
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+1 and then he jumped into his prius until he got to the private airport and jumped in his private jet back to his massive house with a billion sprinklers.
06-03-09, 02:38 PM
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i think it means 230 miles when on their journey, not when they're coming into port, the idea being to keep the ship traffic a LONG way from the coast.
this article makes me laugh though.
wasn't it al 'hot air' gore who declared the automobile the greatest threat to the planet? what a complete idiot.
this article makes me laugh though.
wasn't it al 'hot air' gore who declared the automobile the greatest threat to the planet? what a complete idiot.
Gore is one of the people doing something to solve a huge problem. don't know why you would call someone like that an idiot.
06-03-09, 02:40 PM
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what does that have to do with anything? is it his fault we're not building energy efficient homes? his fault we don't have clean burning jet fuel? he brought up some real issues we have to deal with. nothing wrong with that.
06-03-09, 08:05 PM
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Remind me why huge commercial ships aren't running on nuclear power again? Aside from the danger of pirates and terrorists, it's a no-brainer......Can fuel grade radiaoactive material even be made into weapons grade?
I blame the greenies for this. F'in greenies.
I blame the greenies for this. F'in greenies.
06-03-09, 09:31 PM
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anyways, i was wondering why they don't put solar panels on ships? Realistically i expect maybe 15% of the ship's needs can be met through solar. But every little bit helps right? zzzzz
06-03-09, 09:51 PM
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)years ago i had the misfortune to read his book "earth in the balance". it was filled with errors, emotion used to attempt to overcome bad statistics and math, etc.
the models on which his "oscar" winning documentary was based (in fairness he didn't create them, he just took the scariest possible outcomes they predicted) have now been largely discredited.
plus he's such a giant hypocrite.
so some may applaud his 'serious commitment' to environmental issues, but he is single-handedly crippling the global economy by lobbying all over for carbon taxes, and carbon credit trading (which gee, he just so happens to have a company that does this).
but hey, i'm all for recycling, conserving, not polluting the air, rivers, soil, seas, etc., but his shrill dire predictions are more dangerous than what he's predicting.
i already said what i think he is so i won't say it again...
06-04-09, 06:35 PM
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a 'huge problem' whose name keeps changing ("global warming", "climate change", "scary stuff"... )
years ago i had the misfortune to read his book "earth in the balance". it was filled with errors, emotion used to attempt to overcome bad statistics and math, etc.
the models on which his "oscar" winning documentary was based (in fairness he didn't create them, he just took the scariest possible outcomes they predicted) have now been largely discredited.
plus he's such a giant hypocrite.
so some may applaud his 'serious commitment' to environmental issues, but he is single-handedly crippling the global economy by lobbying all over for carbon taxes, and carbon credit trading (which gee, he just so happens to have a company that does this).
but hey, i'm all for recycling, conserving, not polluting the air, rivers, soil, seas, etc., but his shrill dire predictions are more dangerous than what he's predicting.
i already said what i think he is so i won't say it again...
)years ago i had the misfortune to read his book "earth in the balance". it was filled with errors, emotion used to attempt to overcome bad statistics and math, etc.
the models on which his "oscar" winning documentary was based (in fairness he didn't create them, he just took the scariest possible outcomes they predicted) have now been largely discredited.
plus he's such a giant hypocrite.
so some may applaud his 'serious commitment' to environmental issues, but he is single-handedly crippling the global economy by lobbying all over for carbon taxes, and carbon credit trading (which gee, he just so happens to have a company that does this).
but hey, i'm all for recycling, conserving, not polluting the air, rivers, soil, seas, etc., but his shrill dire predictions are more dangerous than what he's predicting.
i already said what i think he is so i won't say it again...
Simple statement that goes a looooooong way:
The planet will be fine. The people are f*ked.
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