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Originally Posted by imalowany
Fact is there isn’t a reason now that there are Lithium batteries not to own an Electric vehicle or golf cart. They require a lot less maintenance, last a whole lot longer and don’t contribute to the green house affect and climate change. If you don’t believe in science, believe in common sense. Try driving one and you’ll see. They are better in every way. Faster, quieter, maintenance free can be charged at home so you alway have a full tank the next morning etc. the prices are also coming down so they are affordable.
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Originally Posted by Proveone
Get a life! You are paying a gas tax! Ever hear about Global Warming? Save our planet for your kids and grand kids before it is too late for them! Stop listening to the climate and vaccine deniers.
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And there's two more to add to the (misguided) bandwagon.
Believe in science???? OK, here's the science-------
We are currently in an
ICE AGE, and have been in one for approx. the last 5 million years. During this ice age, there have been periods of glaciation and periods of interglacial thaws, each cycle lasting about 60,000 years. Currently, we are on the warming side of the interglacial thaw curve, and will be so for the next 10-20,000 years, until we hit maximum warming and the planet again begins to cool, headed for another period of glaciation. This cycle has repeated itself dozens of times over the last 5 million years, and
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SUVs, FOSSIL FUELS, or "green" politics.
PERIOD. Guess what? In 10,000 years, all our major coastal cities will be under 100+ feet of water. And 30,000 years after that, NYC will again be under 2 miles of ice.
Why is this happening???? Because land mass absorbs heat and water reflects it. (simple, right?). When more water is tied up in ice, there is less ocean water exposed and more land exposed, so the planet slowly warms, ending the period of glaciation. The reverse occurs when more ocean is exposed after thawing. Hence the cyclical and geological nature of "climate change". Notice
THERE ARE NO SUVS INVOLVED.
Want to know why the planet was at least 10 degrees warmer 60 million years ago???? To answer that you have to understand that the
NUMBER ONE greenhouse gas is water vapor,
NOT CO2. About that time both the Rocky Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains arose. Tall mountains act as a heat sink by removing water vapor in the form of rain, hence reducing the number one greenhouse gas and cooling the planet. (Again, NO SUVs)
Now inevitably, one or more of the gullible will post that 80+% of the climate scientists feel that carbon emissions contribute to global warming. I will counter that 80+% of climate scientists are dependent upon government funding for survival, and "climate change" is the political flavor (hoax) of the last 20 years. If you look at the scientists that are not receiving federal grants, they tend to agree that fossil fuels, to date, have had little to no impact on climate. Very simply, the power of the sun and geologic forces is millions of times greater that your Chevy Tahoe. Those that think there is some impact from man's activity state that it is due the rise of agriculture in Asia over the last 8,000 years, and not fossil fuels.
So, you wanted to believe in science and common sense. There it is in a nutshell, laid out in easy to understand terms. And despite that, I'm willing to bet that those facts won't change a single mind, because, like the author of "An Inconvenient Truth", they are generally true believers and zealots. By the way, Al, how come all the ice caps haven't disappeared like they were supposed to by 2010? In some places they are growing. How inconvenient is
that to your bogus theory?????
So anyone who wants to pull off the road every few hours and recharge, have at it. The local power company thanks you. And I thank you since I'll be hundreds of miles ahead of you on a long trip