global warming

I personally think you can't care about peak oil without caring about global warming. There's really no point in preparing for a powered down world if we're going to ruin the environment. Hopefully most of you have heard about Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth and maybe already seen it, but if you haven't, you can check and see if it's playing at a theater near you . Jim Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and the same scientist that last year the Bush administration... read more

The sheer arrogance of the human race continues to astound me. This planet has been around for approximately 4.6 billion years. Our few million years of existence is nothing in comparison. To think that we could affect the planet in such a way simply highlights man's inflated sense of self importance. Don't get me wrong, I am by no means denying that global warming is a serious threat. I just refuse to believe that anything we have done or are going to do will have any noticeable effect on the...

i got an IM from raj he believes in global warming! miracles do come true!

We are going green, we already were no doubt, but now it's a priority like never before. While I can't buy a hybrid tomorrow, there were 2 things I was able to do immediately to get the ball rolling. Unplug everything! We unplugged the TV, the DVD player, the coffee grinder, our cell phone adapters and bedside lamps. Call Utilities and switch to green energy! Who knew all this time we could have switched our energy from power plants to renewable sources like windmills and a hydropower. It...

Back in July of last year, I decided I'd go buy a ticket to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth". After watching the film, I couldn't help but applaud Al Gore for presenting a serious problem in such a clear and convincing fashion. After that film I started to take a more pro-environmentalist stand. By no means did I buy the liberal left's global warming argument hook, line and sinker. However, I did start taking a stronger stand against the blatantly ridiculous comments about global warming that often...

So what the hell does bigotry have to do with global warming?   Simple.   Showing any concern for the future of the planet is seen as a bad thing by these people, while showing hatred and ignorance towards gays and anyone else who doesn’t fit into their perfect world ideal is a sign of “high moral standards”.   The New York Times (a common target by the right-wingers) put it bluntly in a recent article: Evangelical’s Focus on Climate Draws Fire of Christian Right By LAURIE...