No! Although I have on occasion. I don't consider myself a follower of anyone but rather , hopefully, just one who uses common sense. Greg Newell "David Ilvedson, RPT" wrote: > Just curious...do you guys listen to Rush everyday? Enquiring minds want to > know.... > > David I. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:42 PM > Subject: Re: Gas Prices again- then back to pianos. > > >Rob, > > Thanks for the voice of reason. I've heard this before. One thing that > always > >got to me was the scare tactics the environmentalists use. It just sounds > way too > >much like the Democratic party to me. > >No offense to anyone intended ;>) ! > >Greg Newell > > > > > > > >Robert Goodale wrote: > > > >> Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > >> > >> > You are correct, there is still some on-going debate over the issue. > >> > Although it is becoming increasingly one-sided. > >> > >> Yes... propaganda has a way of doing that. > >> > >> > This year GM, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler and Texaco, among others, > >> > have all withdrawn their support, citing the increasingly overwhelming > >> > evidence supporting the facts of global warming. > >> > >> Special interest groups tend to make companies do things like that. It > is > >> often easier to do and say what is politically correct then to spend > millions > >> arguing over junk science. > >> > >> > The U.S. National Academy of Science agrees. > >> > >> Ah yes, what a suprise. > >> > >> > The U.S. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has revised its 1995 > >> > report to acknowledge it was wrong. Global warming is actually taking > place > >> > at a far faster rate than they could have imagined in 1995. > >> > >> A government agency? What a shocker. > >> > >> > The head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has > declared > >> > that the climate situation is now 'critical,' and has urged the world > >> > governments to immediately take steps to reduce their use of carbon > fuels. > >> > >> Another government agency gone bad. NOAA was created to govern maritime > >> transportation, develop and maintain navigational systems, and provide > accurate > >> cartography for maps and charts. Later they took on some > responsibilities > >> shared with the FAA and the NTSB. Becoming environmental activists was > never > >> part of the package. Looks like some stupid group has forced them into > another > >> agenda. Seems this is what happened to OSHA too. > >> > >> > The list goes on... > >> > >> Unfortunately. > >> > >> Lest we be reminded that the climate of the planet has never been stable > in > >> it's entire 8.5 billion year history. There have been numerous ice ages, > >> droughts, tropical climates have become deserts, deserts have become > oceans, > >> etc, etc. Earth's history has experienced massive volcanic activity that > has > >> spewed hundreds of times more toxic gasses into the air then all of man's > >> activities combined. This is one of those facts that so-called "green > groups" > >> fail to mention. A variance of 2 degrees in fifty years and claiming > that the > >> world will come to an end is pure scare tactic politically motivated junk > >> science. Nature has a way of fixing things on it's own. I would imagine > that > >> someday within the next hundred years or less alternative energy will > make > >> fossil fuels obsolete and oil drilling equipment will become museum > displays. > >> The skies will clear and nature will take care of the rest. Then people > will > >> wonder why we spent so many billions of dollars scaring everyone into > thinking > >> that we are headed into Armageddon. We all need to be responsible with > the > >> fuels we use and how we use them. There is no excuse for ignoring > unnecessary > >> pollution. However, being dependent on unstable foreign resources > instead of > >> taping into our own makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Do you really > think > >> that Arabs give a damn if one of their tankers spills a half million > gallons of > >> oil into the gulf? Just because the pollution is happening a world away > >> doesn't mean it isn't happening. We have the means of extracting oil in > far > >> more environmentally responsible ways than any other nation on the > planet, yet > >> we would rather let some irresponsible government do the dirty work for > us and > >> then be held hostage at the pump. What's wrong with this picture? > >> > >> Rob Goodale, RPT > >> Las Vegas, NV > > > >
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