tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post5843854653137961913..comments2023-11-02T05:48:48.115-04:00Comments on GayandRight: The Green Movement as Religion....GayandRighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08763498369390166108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-18759102659844907052007-06-21T04:37:00.000-04:002007-06-21T04:37:00.000-04:00I very clearly remember my middle school years whe...I very clearly remember my middle school years when the gloom and doom of the environmental movement in the late sixties proclaimed that there was no way that our world could withstand another 20 years. It made me into an avid environmentalist. I have ever since used the reduce, reuse, and recycle model for my private life.<BR/><BR/>The last 40 years have seen the advent of everything disposable and yet our world has changed very little in that time period. Almost nothing can be repaired, which is key to reducing consumption, and yet there have not been great changes.<BR/> <BR/>Now the mantra is climate change and I don't believe it for a moment. I'm wondering what kind of a scam is being perpetrated on us this time.<BR/>Yes, I'm still continuing with the frugal lifestyle. It's been something that has been practiced in my religion and culture for hundreds of years. It's called, 'waste not, want not'. Just like we switched from wood to oil in the early seventies and then to natural gas in the eighties, we will switch to solar, wind, or geothermal within the next couple of years. <BR/>The ingenuity of mankind has made it fairly easy to continue to make our environment healthier and I firmly believe it will continue to be easier in the future. <BR/>Take as a very recent example, the invention, by a couple of Isreali students of a gadget / machine that can extract dew out of the air in even the driest climate for fresh pure drinking water.<BR/>With that, it will eliminate the need to use dangerous chemicals to purify water for drinking. It also eliminates the need to haul or pipe water long distances to have a clean safe water supply.<BR/>M.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-83427419988541984762007-06-19T12:53:00.000-04:002007-06-19T12:53:00.000-04:00The Church of Kyotology - the new religion. Heret...The Church of Kyotology - the new religion. Heretics - beware!Brian in Calgaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143445667558848000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-76823558962172884052007-06-18T14:06:00.000-04:002007-06-18T14:06:00.000-04:00Couldn't agree with you more Fred. Other ways tha...Couldn't agree with you more Fred. Other ways that environmentalism resembles (bad)religion:<BR/>-Its proponents want to regulate even the most banal facets of your life like how many squares of toilet paper you use<BR/>-The purchase of indulgences in the form of carbon offests<BR/>-Tithes, like those proposed for the City of Toronto<BR/>-Rampant hypocrisy, in which the rules imposed on the hoi polloi do not apply to the elite<BR/>-An arbitrary designation of the beginning of time, so that we don't need to consider who is responsible for the end of the last ice ageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com