Third Millenium Proverbs"I Will Choose Christ" by Kathy Troccoli
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Global Warming
But on to what I really feel... Global warming is real, but the human cause element is so infinitesimal as to be laughable, were it not for a certain ex-vice president keeping developing nations from the technology and fuel they need to rise out of poverty and starvation, threatening to dismantle the economic engine that gives him mansions and SUVs, flies around in a private jets while telling us to cut down on our carbon emissions (that is breathing, for anyone paying attention to this diatribe), and all the while padding his pockets selling carbon credits. I get visions of Chicken Little yelling, "The sky is falling!!!" and peddling umbrellas.
Why are his "scientific consortium" bailing? Why does the British government now require teachers who want to show Al's big slide show to tell about the glaring untruths inconveniently unearthed in his rhetoric? Why don't they look at the 2000 years of history for which we can trace temperature that demonstrates we are in a normal temperature fluctuation for the planet? Why don't they acknowledge the real cause of warming in our atmosphere - the water vapor - as opposed to the carbon they want to sell credits for? Are any of you buying those things? Why don't they acknowledge that a warmer climate is actually good for the earth's productivity? When the global temperature was up the last time the Vikings tilled Greenland and Iceland, and sailed small craft across the North Atlantic to the Americas. The polar bears even survived, although there were no agenda-driven cherry-picking photographers sniping shots of them rollicking on ice floes, claiming it was evidence of the end of civilization as we know it. By the way, the polar ice cap grew at an unprecedented rate this year, reaching late February mass by mid December. That must be an indicator of global warming...
What is "the best" temperature for the earth, anyway? Is our current temperature keeping us from realizing our potential? In the 1970s the news outlets wanted us to be scared of global cooling. The impending ice age would put glaciers on the Florida Keys. How much of my hard-earned money do you think I should give to Al Gore (who has yet to actually work for a dime in his extravagant life) to protect me from the ice in 30 years?
I drive my Suburban because I need the space for the tools and the all-wheel-drive and large motor to get to the places where I provide protection for our government and national treasures. Wifey will keep on trucking in her Yukon XL, with all of our safe kiddos strapped in the back. When the new CAFE standards hit and all the new cars are made of composite plastic and beer-can-thick aluminum, I'll feel utterly annoyed at the geniuses who perpetrated unsafe vehicles on our society in the name of this hoax called global warming. I will feel bad for families that do not have the foresight or do not have the wherewithal to save solid vehicles made now, when they can make them, to drive in a few years, when they can't. The last time the government did this to Detroit, we lost people on the highways in accidents that shouldn't have bent bumpers. But I will do the maintenance on my real cars so my children can be surrounded by frames of steel and engines that can get us out of a problem without being run over.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/resisting_global_warming_panic.html
Oil remains king, and will be so for a while. I'll be really glad when we can tap into our own fuel reserves in ANWR, off our coasts, and within our borders; and stop spending petro-dollars buying oil from Marxists and Wahabbi extremists. That will give us time to get hydrogen cells or these new-fangled CISRO batteries or whatever new technology on line.
Why are his "scientific consortium" bailing? Why does the British government now require teachers who want to show Al's big slide show to tell about the glaring untruths inconveniently unearthed in his rhetoric? Why don't they look at the 2000 years of history for which we can trace temperature that demonstrates we are in a normal temperature fluctuation for the planet? Why don't they acknowledge the real cause of warming in our atmosphere - the water vapor - as opposed to the carbon they want to sell credits for? Are any of you buying those things? Why don't they acknowledge that a warmer climate is actually good for the earth's productivity? When the global temperature was up the last time the Vikings tilled Greenland and Iceland, and sailed small craft across the North Atlantic to the Americas. The polar bears even survived, although there were no agenda-driven cherry-picking photographers sniping shots of them rollicking on ice floes, claiming it was evidence of the end of civilization as we know it. By the way, the polar ice cap grew at an unprecedented rate this year, reaching late February mass by mid December. That must be an indicator of global warming...
What is "the best" temperature for the earth, anyway? Is our current temperature keeping us from realizing our potential? In the 1970s the news outlets wanted us to be scared of global cooling. The impending ice age would put glaciers on the Florida Keys. How much of my hard-earned money do you think I should give to Al Gore (who has yet to actually work for a dime in his extravagant life) to protect me from the ice in 30 years?
I drive my Suburban because I need the space for the tools and the all-wheel-drive and large motor to get to the places where I provide protection for our government and national treasures. Wifey will keep on trucking in her Yukon XL, with all of our safe kiddos strapped in the back. When the new CAFE standards hit and all the new cars are made of composite plastic and beer-can-thick aluminum, I'll feel utterly annoyed at the geniuses who perpetrated unsafe vehicles on our society in the name of this hoax called global warming. I will feel bad for families that do not have the foresight or do not have the wherewithal to save solid vehicles made now, when they can make them, to drive in a few years, when they can't. The last time the government did this to Detroit, we lost people on the highways in accidents that shouldn't have bent bumpers. But I will do the maintenance on my real cars so my children can be surrounded by frames of steel and engines that can get us out of a problem without being run over.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/01/resisting_global_warming_panic.html
Oil remains king, and will be so for a while. I'll be really glad when we can tap into our own fuel reserves in ANWR, off our coasts, and within our borders; and stop spending petro-dollars buying oil from Marxists and Wahabbi extremists. That will give us time to get hydrogen cells or these new-fangled CISRO batteries or whatever new technology on line.
Tech - thanks Mark
I have my hopes up. I think Detroit will come out with an electric or hybrid that stands on its own - that is, it will just be better than a gas-powered vehicle. I saw an article today about battery technology that is cheaper, runs for more charges, is lighter, packs more of a punch for take-off, and recovers energy from braking and stuff better than the ones they're using now for hybrids. They've just passed the 100,000 mile mark with a vehicle running on these "CSIRO" batteries. http://www.physorg.com/news119803106.html. Thanks neighbor Mark, who passed me the link for a science project.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Blogs are in vogue
I guess it is time to venture into a blog, after watching my beautiful bride (http://cassiesorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/) and our two eldest daughters start communicating wholesale with the world at large, I have decided to follow suit.
My name I borrow from my book, (http://oldsaltweb.com), which is a collection of sailor's stories of which I am very fond. We are a happy, busy family; and you can see more about us at my vanity site, http://hambleton.info
I look forward to sharing photos, essays, prose, and rants here as The Spirit moves me. Please leave comments and visit more than occasionally.
Ciao for now,
David
My name I borrow from my book, (http://oldsaltweb.com), which is a collection of sailor's stories of which I am very fond. We are a happy, busy family; and you can see more about us at my vanity site, http://hambleton.info
I look forward to sharing photos, essays, prose, and rants here as The Spirit moves me. Please leave comments and visit more than occasionally.
Ciao for now,
David
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