Posted by
Bernastar on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:00:00 AM
President Obama is doing such a wonderful job as a city planner, Washington D.C. has an unemployment rate of 5.6% and lowering. Without batting an eyelash, the president is now trying to end the coal industry, the source of half of our heat-energy use, without a plan for immediate replacement. This is cold on many levels. We will surely suffer financially; as towns shut down permanently, they will draw unemployment, then join the welfare system. Many businesses involved in the coal industry and retailers near them will fail. This costs tax-payers billions of dollars. We will not have enough money to pay for this. We will not have enough energy after this happens and there will be black-outs and brown-outs. On C-Span, yesterday, they stated that we would be buying our coal from other countries at a huge increase in price, which is hypocitical, since we are suppose to not be using it, so, once again, nonsensical. China has mile thick pollution and California says that 1/4 to 1/3 of their pollution floats over from there. How much pressure can one put on one's boss? Carnivores are a major cause of green house gas emissions, namely methane gas from cattle. Government jet-setting needs to end, very large contributer to emissions. As far as our global warming? Scientists say the temperature in Antarctica is colder than normal. We do need to buy less junk, use fabric bags instead of plastic, turn off the water while brushing, turn off the lights and power strips, not make wasteful car trips and replace some meat meals with fish , but to try to end one industry without a plan B seems senseless and counter-productive. When we turn 18, we no longer count. We will be sacrificed, cold and starve to death so the temperature does not increase .5% a hundred years from now. Once again I feel like Alice in Wonderland.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Guess what? Antarctica's getting colder, not warmer