Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Jim Davis
not at all. i still haven't bought the whole argument about global warming, but i agree that it makes sense to take precautions. my issue is that i don't think china isn't going to do squat about their co2 emissions, so what motive do we have? Perhaps just simple pride? In other words if we, as

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread William Bowen
not at all. i still haven't bought the whole argument about global warming, but i agree that it makes sense to take precautions. my issue is that i don't think china isn't going to do squat about their co2 emissions, so what motive do we have? erm. China is bringing a lot of coal plants

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread G Money
I'm all for nuclear power. If for no other reason than I think the cooling towers look really cool on a horizon On 6/21/07, William Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here in the US we're running scared of another 3 Mile Island never mind the fact that the vast majority of nuke power in the

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Dana
this argument is familiar to any parent my sister doesn't clean her room so why should I? On 6/20/07, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: not at all. i still haven't bought the whole argument about global warming, but i agree that it makes sense to take precautions. my issue is that i

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Dana
hehegood point. On 6/21/07, Jim Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this argument is familiar to any parent my sister doesn't clean her room so why should I? Sister? Maybe if it were Canada. This is more like saying I saw a person I barely know but completely disagree with on almost

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Casey Dougall
On 6/21/07, G Money [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm all for nuclear power. If for no other reason than I think the cooling towers look really cool on a horizon Yeah, good luck. We can't even get Wind Turbines or Cell Phone towers installed around here because they are an Eye Sore.

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread William Bowen
Yeah, good luck. We can't even get Wind Turbines or Cell Phone towers installed around here because they are an Eye Sore. Heh. Coal smoke okay though? :-P -- will If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable. - Carrie Fisher

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Jim Davis
this argument is familiar to any parent my sister doesn't clean her room so why should I? Sister? Maybe if it were Canada. This is more like saying I saw a person I barely know but completely disagree with on almost every level and find personally repulsive smokes... so I'm thinking I

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On 6/21/07, Jim Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sister? Maybe if it were Canada. This is more like saying I saw a person I barely know but completely disagree with on almost every level and find personally repulsive smokes... so I'm thinking I might start. ;^) So you find Canadians

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Cameron Childress
Finally! We get to use the excuse the rest of the world has been able to use about the US for years! -Cameron On 6/20/07, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my issue is that i don't think china isn't going to do squat about their co2 emissions, so what motive do we have? -- Cameron

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread William Bowen
I'm all for nuclear power. If for no other reason than I think the cooling towers look really cool on a horizon You, sir, should come to work for us :-) -- will If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable. - Carrie Fisher

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-21 Thread Robert Munn
Yes, that was what I was digging at.Tthe rest of the world has been whining at us for not signing Kyoto, now they can go whine at the Chinese to make sure they don't get some crazy emerging economy exemption so they can pollute all they want. As for nuclear power, I am all for it. My stepfather

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-20 Thread Dana Tierney
so therefore we should do nothing? China is now the biggest CO2 emitter on the planet, and they are just getting started: http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2106689,00. html?gusrc=rssfeed=networkfront -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-20 Thread Casey Dougall
On 6/20/07, Dana Tierney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so therefore we should do nothing? We've been doing everything just fine, we send all of our polluted industry to countries/nations that don't have strict guidelines against them. In return we get Widgets for cheep and the manufacture doesn't

Re: Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-20 Thread Robert Munn
not at all. i still haven't bought the whole argument about global warming, but i agree that it makes sense to take precautions. my issue is that i don't think china isn't going to do squat about their co2 emissions, so what motive do we have? On 6/20/07, Dana wrote: so therefore we should do

Global warming? Talk to China

2007-06-19 Thread Robert Munn
China is now the biggest CO2 emitter on the planet, and they are just getting started: http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2106689,00.html?gusrc=rssfeed=networkfront -- --- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com