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Ärende: Re: where the hell is my global warming?
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From: "Mark" <nomail@hotmail.com>

"fruitarian" Not only can't I spell fruition, I can't pick the right spell
checker correction on the first try either! <g>

"Mark" <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45d6887c@w3.nls.net...
> Phosphates! -- I remember the big starburst labels on the boxes/jugs
> proudly declaring they were "Phosphate Free!" Haven't seen that for awhile
> now, but it's probably still in the fine print.
>
> Oil burners -- When my parents sold their house some years ago, there were
> non-stop ads on TV about how great oil heat was -- yet their realtor was
> marking their marketability down because they had an oil tank (never
> thought of it at the time, but she must have been a greenie) -- she was
> wrong it sold just fine. I was puzzled back then as to why a realtor would
> look for drawbacks, especially in the face of effectively free advertising
> for her!
>
> Energy Credits -- Back in the early 80s I was researching the tax credits
> available for solar additions, they were there and black drums full of
> water counted for thermal storage. My idea was a greenhouse lean-to
> addition with the drums up against the house for that storage. It was
> rudimentary, and though it would have worked, for one reason or another it
> never came to fruitarian. But to the credit of NJ and the utility
> companies here, they do still have very heavy duty actual cash rebates as
> well as ongoing credits for solar panels now.
>
> Genetically engineered fast growing pine forests -- Fuhgettaboutit,
> anything genetic (except embryo stem cell research) is verboten.
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> "Geo." <georger@nls.net> wrote in message news:45d680a9@w3.nls.net...
>> "Mark" <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:45d67963$1@w3.nls.net...
>>> Similarly, one of the first GroupThink(tm) initiatives I recall was
>>> banning cyclamates back in the late 60s, early 70s. At least though,
>>> that only made diet things rarer for a time, and more expensive later,
>>> as opposed to the ongoing killing of people with the GroupThink(tm) DDT
>>> ban.
>>
>> Oh and don't forget that stuff in laundry detergent that caused algae
>> growth (phosphates?), pffft we could use that now.. algae removes co2..
>>
>>> I'm not sure how many will die for "carbon footprints" but it could be
>>> potentially all of us, as I'm coming to believe that if there is any
>>> "human caused" global warming, it in itself may be the only thing that
>>> allows us to make it through the coming ice age that they, the "Global
>>> Coolists," were predicting a mere 30 years ago...
>>
>> I agree, however it's also clear that CO2 levels are sharply up. This
>> does need to be addressed even if it's not causing global warming. The
>> thing that bothers me is no talk about giving property tax breaks if you
>> replace your lawn with forest, why can't they come up with helpful ideas
>> like that which would save us money instead of costing us money? Removal
>> of lawn in favor of forest not only produces more oxygen and reduces co2
>> levels, it also means no lawn mowers so less co2 emissions. It means less
>> direct wind against the house in winter, burns less heating oil, it means
>> more shade in summer so air conditioners don't burn as much electricity,
>> another savings of both money and co2 emissions, etc..
>>
>> Oh hey here's a thought, if someone replaces an old oil burring furnace
>> with a new 90% efficient model, let them take the entire cost of the new
>> furnace as a tax deduction against their gross for the next few years,
>> that ought to motivate a bunch of folks to become more efficient and save
>> them money and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
>>
>> In this country we have vast plaines where we could easily plant
>> genetically engineered fast growing pine forests, why no talk about that
>> as a way to reduce co2 output? We can easily cause algae blooms in the
>> open oceans, another co2 reducer. Tax coal burning electricity generation
>> and use every dime of tax to subsidize pebble bed reactor construction.
>> Instead of California passing a law to make florescent light bulbs
>> required, pass a law so that they can be sold with no sales tax while
>> other bulbs are subject to sales tax.
>>
>> Instead they want us to burn alcohol laden fuel as the big solution and
>> this after ADM bought all the major domestic ethanol producers? Oh and
>> using corn as an ethanol source, ADM is supermarket to the world, a food
>> company, wonder how this will affect their bottom line. Get real..
>>
>> Geo.
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