james t kirk

Could not have said it better.

Call me a ludite, I don't believe for one second in the theory of Global Warming. Just another "the sky is falling" idea put forth by a bunch of scientists looking for respect and wanting to attend conferences in Paris. (Bet there won't be a call-girl to be had that week.)

Reasons why I don't believe in Global Warming (other than the above)

1. Mount Pinatubo errupted throwing more Green Houses gases into the environment than all of mankind has since the begining of the Industrial Revolution.

2. There is Global Warming occuring on Mars.

3. The oceans throw off more CO2 than all of mankind.

4. Trees and vegetation need C02.

5. All living animals exhaust C02.

6. The entire theory of global warming is based upon a mathmatical model. Change even one assumption - poof, it's an ice age.

7. There is not enough data on record to be able to say that the earth is warming up.

8. 25 years ago, the same scientists were predicting the impending ice age where we were all going to freeze to death (Carl Sagan was one that I distinctly remember, who later went the "we're all going to boil in our own juices" route. Pass the dube this way Karl.

9. This last winter has been a bitch. Record snow, nonstop cold, and last winter was even colder.

As to the idea of shutting off lights, hmm, last time I checked, electricity was not like gasoline. It can't be stored in a tank. Sure, you might lighten the load of the generating stations, but don't think for a minute that they can power back the coal / natural gas / nuclear reactions to cool off those boilers. The system simply doesn't respond that quickly.

Besides, heaters, refridgerators, AC, hot water tanks, ovens, stoves - anything involving heat transfer - those are the babies that use power. Wanna save power - don't use your AC in the summer.

Also, burning 1 candle produces more CO2 than does burning 1 100 watt bulb (taken at the generating plant). Try throwing as much light as a 100 watt bulb - you'd need a hundred candles.