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Btw Doug, please research all the facts before trying to make an educated comment, otherwise it just makes you look stupid.
Most likely you have fallen in the the PC world of junk science. When you look at 10 years, you can only have a limited result. Look at 100 years or better yet, 500 years. Then, you will see the same pattern repeated over and over again. Don't be like a cult member Rob, learn the truth.
Just because you believe the left wing BS, doesn't make it true.
http://www.junkscience.com/
Actually, I don't give a crap about the US political system, I don't live there, and I don't want to live over there, so don't lecture me on how great dubya is, and how anything the other party say is BS, because I don't base my views of life on what political leaders think, or religious rules/ideals otherwise I'd never learn anything. I just believe in SCINTIFIC EVIDENCE, and base my decisions on what I interprate those results to mean. And as you can see from the evidence I have provided, the world tempretures are rising at increasing rates, due to increases of CO2 in the atmosphere. That, you can not deny.
Anyway, I'm going to end it here as there is no point in going on, it seems that I can't convince you to open your eyes, and you are most certainly not going to weiver my beliefs in science.
http://mustelid.blogspot.com/2005/09/junkscience-is-junk.html
So quit yer bitchin'
existense a little faster
From holland with love
but the funny thing is Mars is heating up at the same rate.
It's not ridiculous, its beauty.
Instead of allowing your opinions to be determined by preconceived notions of what is or is not arrogant, how about learning some actual facts?
Humans add a net 3.2 BILLION TONS of CO2 into the atmosphere EVERY YEAR. That's AFTER the natural carbon sinks have absorbed as much as they can. 3.2 billion tons -- every year.
That's not enough to have an effect? Are you sure? Are you sure you know more about climate than the climate scientists do?
What's arrogant is to believe that we can do whatever we want, forever, without worrying about any consequences. What's arrogant is to disregard science just because we don't like what they're saying.
I apologize to those who believe we can keep on consuming as we wish. We can't. A global limit has been reached. Deal with it.
Every solar system, in time, will be destroyed by its sun. Funny how gravity works, you get closer to the sun over time.
What no one can answer is HOW MUCH of the warming is caused by humans.
If the earth huggers are truly concerned for the envronment, instead of bitching about this truck, they should first STOP BUYING NEW CARS AND MAINTAIN WHAT THEY HAVE. The aluminum plants to make the new vehicles are far worse. The fuel used to deliver the new vehicle to you is a tax on the ecosystem. The materials in the new vehicle are horrible for the environment during manufacture and after disposal.
I see Prius owners lead-footing their vehicle every day, I'm sure that wasn't figured into the advertised MPG either. Stop spending extra for a "Hybrid" that gets good gas mileage (the Geo Metro got 58 mpg back in 1990 on gas alone) while disposing of your older vehicle that is perfectly fine, or can be maintained at a fraction of the cost of a "new hybrid." What if you took the cost of a new hybrid and applied it to maintenance and fuel for your current vehicle?
I have 7 kids, I have a 15 pass van that costs less than a minivan or "crossover." It works for what we need in our lives, it gets great gas mileage for our requirements. At some point though, we need a towing vehicle for our business. I can either buy yet another vehicle, or I can buy the 6-door version of this truck instead, getting better mileage from it's diesel engine/transmission package. All the while, with an engine that can be maintained for at least 500,000 miles.
No, single car drivers don't need it, but some of us do. If the "environmentalists" complaining in this blog are truly concerned, then they must be driving low emissions vehicles that use very few resources to manufacture (like motorcycles), correct?
If you don't need this vehicle, then why did you end up at this page? Start with something you can have an effect on now, like getting municipalities to require a higher level of curbside recycling. My family recycles at least 2/3 of what ends up at the curb, meanwhile the childless families on the street drive hybrids and have several bags of trash next to their cans twice a week...but never ny recycling.
I assume that you are all using LED and Compact fluorescents in your homes, correct? I know that you use your old motor oil to heat your home instead of electricity or natural gas correct? You also make your own meals instead of buying boxed groceries that contain extra chemicals and packaging mined from the earth right?
Good job looking out for the rest of us.
Just think of the amount of crap you could carry in the back of this on your way to spiking trees! Or a kegger at Burning Man.
I like the comments by Craig Schirato...Very creative and appropriate!