TexasTruBlu's Blog

TTB....first let me say that more than a few of your blogs have inspired me and made me angry at the same time.....(pat yourself on the back for that one because very few people on these boards have that ability).....

Not angry at you....lets get that straight....just the situations that you have brought to light at times have made my blood boil......

I do believe that we are hurting ourselves by not recycling and not practicing conservation....not so much that we are destroying the planet...or mabye we are....who knows?.....

but where we are headed right now....can't be all that good for the environment....how can it be?....

I also believe that making people feel like fools for speaking out and trying to do something about it, hurts the cause even more....if someone wants to make an attempt to help "save the planet"....more power to them.....they're doing a hell of a lot more than most folks are.....

Scare tactics are not the way to go though....there are scientists on both sides who can't agree with each other.....

but I think we can all agree that our present society is doing more harm than good.....

Ted, nice way of putting it. Still, as Furbie points out, the Archbishop of Warmingology is a hypocrite for daily burning through carbon faster than the average NASCAR race.

For myself, I prefer keeping my costs down. I drive a sensible vehicle that doesn't burn through a gallon of gas just going two blocks. On most days, I plan my route to conserve gas. I keep my tires inflated to their rated pressure. I don't do it to save the planet, I do it to save money, an issue Al Gore apparently feels is beneath his status.

I won't speak for TTB, but this is the crux of my beef with the global warming folks. Ever hear of something called Eugenics? It was a widely accepted "scientific" theory in the early 20th Century. It eventually led to the extermination of 6 Million Jews in German concentration camps.

"Science" has been manipulated before, and it will be again. Every day a new scientific study comes out and tells us something. Most studies are dead-ends and incapable of being proven or disproven. Occasionally, scientists strike gold - Polio, Penecillin, and Pox seem to come to mind. But CO2 causing weather problems? Highly doubtful, given our inability to unlock the key to long-term weather patterns.