[ale] [OT] Psychology of Denial about Climate Change

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 23:06 -0500, Pete Hardie wrote:
> I am not stepping into the climate briar patch, but I would like to
> see the US get off the oil kick.
> If we can convert to all electric cars, etc, we get more independence,
> less pollution, quieter

How are you going to generate all that electricity?  You do know that
electric cars just move the source of the pollution, not eliminate it,
right?  Instead of your tail pipe, you move the "carbon" to a power
plant.  Did I mention, due to the laws of supply and demand, now your
home heating/electric bill is going to dramatically go up?  Imagine at
6pm when 4.5 million people in ATL get home and plug in their cars.
BOOM!  Big brown out.

> roads, and I can top off my car at home (solar, grid power, or even
> put the dog on a treadmill generator)
> 
> Wouldn't it be great to not worry about what the Middle East is doing?

On this we agree.  Dare I say, Drill hear, Drill now?
> 



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