Ted - does that guy look healthy to you? He doesn't necessarily need to hire an attractive model (although I'm sure that would help), just someone that doesn't look like a weird dirty old uncle.
The problem with global warming activists is that they are looking at the wrong problem. Pascal's wager would be much more appropriate (and less controversial) if applied against the costs/benefits of national energy dependence/independence.
If each country can become energy independent, the climactic impact should be the same as the expected results from combating global warming ... the only difference is that the cost/benefit equation becomes much more palatable and concrete.
I must be very simple (and therefore have a very small monkeysphere), because I thought the article was one of the most thought provoking I had ever read when it was first published a couple weeks ago.
This one had me laughing the whole way through. In the 10 minutes that it took to make the fire, the guy could have: - asked a neighbor for a lighter - used his stovetop - rubbed two sticks together (or used steel wool) - etc.
I was just waiting for him to pull out a lighter and light the whole contraption on fire. Interesting little battery, but rather ridiculous concept to use if trying to "impress" a girl.
I used the old fashioned method - I parked my commuter car on the streets of Chicago for a few years. It's so dented up that I'd probably have to pay someone to steal it. :)
http://www.broadwayworld.com/mermaidvote.cfm?id=121
If each country can become energy independent, the climactic impact should be the same as the expected results from combating global warming ... the only difference is that the cost/benefit equation becomes much more palatable and concrete.
I must be very simple (and therefore have a very small monkeysphere), because I thought the article was one of the most thought provoking I had ever read when it was first published a couple weeks ago.
- asked a neighbor for a lighter
- used his stovetop
- rubbed two sticks together (or used steel wool)
- etc.
I was just waiting for him to pull out a lighter and light the whole contraption on fire. Interesting little battery, but rather ridiculous concept to use if trying to "impress" a girl.