Rant: Clueless Populace

Discussion in 'Environmental Discussion' started by SageBrush, Jun 17, 2011.

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  1. The Electric Me

    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    Never said laws were the only way to get things done. Infact I asked...do you want laws?

    Ridicule away...if you are so inclined...

    I once jumped in my vehicle, started it up and began to back out of a parking spot...all the while not noticing my sunshield was still in place...

    So I'm not throwing the first stone....
     
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    Meh! If you had started driving forward with the sun shield in place you would have something to be embarrassed about.

    Now, if you were referring to a rear window sunshield, ignore my first sentence.:D
     
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  3. The Electric Me

    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    Yes, in my hopeless defense, I was backing up...and it was the front windshield sunshade....Still...sure I'm an idiot...but on the positive side? The vehicle was really cool and there was no glare....
     
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  4. SageBrush

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    The obvious, and I think only reasonable, approach to encouraging people to stop being stupid about energy use is to increase the cost. Remove the bloody subsidies, and tax the externality costs.

    In short, the cost has to reflect reality.
     
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    I disagree with this thread. I was hoping it was a joke but after three pages it doesn't seem to be. Being annoyed with how people park their cars in the hot weather is the wrong bone to pick. Attitudes like this is why people hate Prius owners. We have much bigger fish to fry.
     
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  6. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    ...and the road ahead was clear.

    Tom
     
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  7. Corwyn

    Corwyn Energy Curmudgeon

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    While the utility to the posters in this thread may be low, logically, the utility to you for complaining that the utility for us is low, must be lower.
     
    #27 Corwyn, Jun 19, 2011
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    I didn't know we feed fuel to starving people. :p
     
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    Corwyn Energy Curmudgeon

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    True, we feed fuel to Americans. [​IMG]


    [about 10 kcals of fossil fuel go into the production of 1 kcal (Calorie) of food in the US.]
     
    #29 Corwyn, Jun 23, 2011
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    Lolol. Perhaps.... But the utility of you complaining about me complaining, is the lowest of them all! :)

    BTW, I bought a sunshade shortly a few days after reading this thread, completely unrelated though. Between the sunshade and cracking my windows open slightly with my window visors, my car is super comfortable after work. :D
     
    #30 macmaster05, Jun 23, 2011
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    It's an effective solution to an age old problem. Feed petroleum to a starving person once and you keep them full for the rest of their life.

    Tom
     
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