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Some of us are concerned about immigration population increase; but unlike the Rfucks, we refuse to resort to racism and the erosion of our basic principles as embodied in the constitution to solve the problem. Such measures are neither effective nor necessary anyway.

What you pretty quickly realize is that we've had the technology to solve the GHG and energy independence problem for a long, long time. Where we are is entirely due to the choices we've made.

Re other energy use - home power stations are bullshit due to embodied energy of PV (PV's pretty much for show for anything other than a remote weather station or something), mini wind turbines, and batteries, but passive solar water and space heating would be huge.

That's an interesting piece. Hell, I don't care what's pushing my wheels--as long as they're my wheels and not property of the collective. But if coal is ultimately going to continue generating half of the electricity that's out there, I don't see where that would constitute a win for the environment--not to mention the lithium, cadmium, lead, and the digging required to mine a nearly exhausted supply of nickel. It seems to me that electric motorcycles and scooters would be highly marketable--even in the US. Yeah, god forbid we should invest in more public transportation. The entire problem is solvable in a few years - lower performance, lighter electric vehicles for city use. It's a public acceptance issue. People are wed to their SUVs, you know, like the one you like to brag about. Re air transport: you don't need to eliminate GHG emissions entirely, you just need to beat them back to sustainable levels. And reducing population...hey, now there's a thought.

But BIG OIL is gonna divert all the NG to Fort McMurray to be used in extracting and upgrading the bitumen, so there'll be none left for you to use in your stupid gay little "clean-burning natural gas" car. The only NG they'll let you use is the stuff that's been bound up in the synthetic crude they're refining into gasoline. They're closing the loop, and shutting out all you muskeg-hugging hippies. Bwahahahaha!!! Nah...they got plenty of NG and H/CO to fire up the old reduction/refinery/SAGD boilers already...with leftovers.

Sore loser.

And there is one huge problem: Cops are too often too aggressive, too authoritarian, too soon, in situations that simply don't warrant it. One size fits all. It's systemic: they're trained that way.

Electric cars: We've come a lot way, baby...or not.... Electric cars: then and now

Electric or natural gas. Electric would allow us to power cars with hydro, nuclear, wind and solar - no in service GHG emissions. Nat gas would almost entirely eliminate the need for strip mining for tar, and it burns a lot cleaner. The hydrogen economy is utter bullshit, of course, as is the idea that we're going to give up our cars, although reducing their use massively is certainly possible - that would probably improve the quality of our lives. Does anyone like driving anymore?

PS: Most 'embodied energy' pieces hail from an anti-regulatory source. Vehicle life, what's included or not included, and just plain ignorant assumptions or deliberate misinformation about what's included or not in the calculations is the norm. There are very few credible studies out there.

Embodied energy is important, but that piece had so many immediate, glaring inaccuracies that I wouldn't wipe your ass with it. The Hummer piece was shot down years ago as garbage. Citing was my first clue that this was just more blogger bullshit. The claim about all these 40mpg cars out there was another. Yes, in 1990 the CRX got 40mpg...so all ya gotta do is buy a 1990 CRX in excellent condition and you're set.

I will say that at least FW seems to have sense enough to stay south of the Mason Dixon to limit his exposure. He's bitch-slap-trainable. KKK...not so much.

I'd say mano a quano would be more accurate.

Um...except that it worked?

...whose residents have two Democrat Senators in DC, I might add. Which should serve as a pretty good indication of just how sorry the turds the GOP of Montana dragged up for candidates were, wouldn't you say? Hand out free 'black helicopter' and 'your favorite black person here' practice targets and maybe the Kochsucker Party would have a chance.

One word: watermarks.

with an emoticon selector, of course

FW and TripleKunt might as well come with a joystick.

Sheep are apolitical.

Of course, as a tea bagger, irrelevancy is probably something one gets used to pretty quickly.

Does anyone ever know what the hell you're going on about?

Tighties also tend to be way more materialist than their librul counterparts. Tell us about your free hotel upgrades and how your Lexus dealer kisses your ass (true story). We're rapt. LOL

Right Wing Nutjobs are driven by fear. Those who don't have as much today as they had yesterday need someone to blame. If that someone is black, or gay, or a woman, so much the better. Those who are making it, rather than being grateful, are consumed by the fear of having it taken away, you know, by gay black people n stuff. It must suck. Thing is, you seem to be driven by fear as well. Might explain why you like to hang wit da Tighties so much on these forums.

Without him, though, I'd never be able to keep up with the latest conspiracies in the making.

I kinda wish Bill was more anonymous.