Chronicle: GOP energy bill ineffective, shortsighted

I never said we should be enviromentaly irresponsible

Same thing, no?

... is that much -- if not all -- of the environmental changes we are seeing are beyond our control. I know that no amount of pointing out the lack of correlation between CO2 and global temperature will convince you, and you don't want to consider such things as sun spot activity, but that doesn't mean they aren't controlling forces.

We burn more fossil fuels in the 21st century than we did twenty years ago, yet our air is CLEANER. Why? The environuts can be given some credit, but capitalism generated wealth is what funds the technology to be able to do this. There is no greater proof that this is acknowledged globally than in exempting developing economies from the economically suicidal provisions of Kyoto.

CO2 is not a pollutant Josh or else you might want to stop breathing. It isn't harming your health. Particulate emissions have been cut down dramatically. Your health probably faces greater jeapordy in another few years when all the batteries from hybrids are disposed of or recycled.

I really don't know why you aren't ecstatic over the higher oil prices. They will "fuel" the conservation movement more than any protest ever could!

Evie

I have no doubt that mankind (and womenkind) can damage or change the enviroment. Go to India, China or Mexico City (places exempt from Kyoto) and see the effects of humans. We have cleaner air and water today because, yes, the government was involved. (Nixon created EPA for the Liberals who typcast conservatives as anti-enviro)

... is a time honored human tradition. In the past nomadic tribes moved on when regional resources were depeleted.

Global temperature, however, cannot be correlated to any human activity except our existence. So I suppose when the radical environmentalists volunteer for a gentle starvation death to control the human population ... And we really ought to rethink spending money on life-extending medical advances

Evie