As a guideline I don’t get into political issues on this site very often. Looks like that is about to change.
I tend to lean very conservative on most issues and liberal on others. The global warming issue is one I have avoided, until now. Yesterday was the last straw. I am watching the football game on NBC and saw this: (you tube submission from hotair.com)
What complete and utter hypocrisy. Turn out the lights on your set? Then fly someone to Greenland and other parts of the world? Let’s illustrate the absurd nature of this purely symbolic act with some absurdity of out own in question format:
How much ice will the heat from those television lights in Greenland, using requiring between 400 and 2000 watts of power each, melt?
Should we also turn off the refrigerator keeping your beer cold?
How much carbon was emitted in transportation?
How much carbon was emitted from the burning candles on the set?
Why not turn off the projection/signage systems on the set too?
Do the sports and news departments at NBC enjoy warm beer while watching football?
If they were out on the ice, did they need a gas powered generator to power the lights? If so, how much carbon was emitted in the exhaust?
Will NBC admit that the purchasing of carbon credits did nothing to reduce the carbon that they added to the atmosphere?
In addition to wanting us to turn out lights, why did NBC not ask us to turn off our televisions?
Did Matt Lauer really call Al Gore one of the greatest “mimes”on the subject?
If Ann Curry is braving 50 below zero temperatures, wouldn’t the ice there stay frozen?
Why is NBC obviously taking a side in what has surely become a political issue?
Are you Smarter than a 5th grader? Are the polar ice caps melting causing the sea level to rise? If you fill a glass to the rim with ice and water and set it on your counter top, how much water of the melted water, not condensation, will be on the counter when the ice melts?
How funny is it that the guys on the set are laughing about this?
What does any of this have to do with football?
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November 5th, 2007 at 8:47 am
Denier! Denial is not a river in Egypt! You must be so proud!!!!!
Loser!!!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
@enviroman:
Why is it you can’t engage in a rational discussion? Instead, you immediately resort to name calling and insults? What is it that makes you so rancorous when someone has an opinion different than your own?
Differing opinions are good things. That is why your comments, however vile, are encouraged here. Might I encourage you to intellectually debate the issue rather than just going about submitting weak insults as comments in such a perfunctory manner?
November 7th, 2007 at 5:43 am
Bill:
I think that might be the most polite smackdown I have ever seen.
LMAO!
November 7th, 2007 at 7:56 am
@tcan
My intention was not to “smackdown” anyone. Rather, succinctly inspire those who care to impugn and callously jab at others with a different view, to engage in rational, logical, linear debate. I, no doubt, can win an insult contest. It is more fun to partake in dialog.