Still Hating America.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Giving administrators the power to fire teachers doesn't seem to be a panacea.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Frankly, I was hoping that Slave had found a reason to think we don't have to worry about global warming, but we're still on the hook.

I think you have the burden of proof backwards. We are not on the hook, just the naive fools who believe the hype think they are on the hook. The people predicting the end of the world (or even just impending disaster) have a long record of false alarms, so until they bring some more conclusive evidence, they can be ignored.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Giving administrators the power to fire teachers doesn't seem to be a panacea.

The link didn't work for me. But unless they coupled the ability to fire teachers with some sort of way to figure out what teachers were doing their job, I can't imagine I would be a panacea.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Spanky
What I am curious about is whether he has taken the steps that my parents took in the 1970s when this issue first came in vogue. 1) Solar Panels 2) Full insulation of the entire house 3) Double paned windows 4) a regrigerator with the engine on the top - most refrigerators use eighty percent of their energy cooling the heat from their own engine 5) atmoshpere sealed environment 6) no use of a clothes dryer 7) no use of a automatic dishwasher etc. etc. etc.

FWIW, I looked into getting solar panels installed in my house (I'm sick of paying $300 monthly electric bills for a 1050 square foot house, it doesn't surprise me in the least that a larger house (with more heating costs in the winter) costs more to maintain). It's not cheap. Between $35,000 and $50,000 since I don't live in California or New Jersey or New York or Austin. The calculator says that I live in a place with good sunlight too.

Still, it's pretty cool, and I assume eventually Houston will get with the program. In the meantime, I'll pay more to Green Mountain Energy than I would to Reliant Energy and feel slightly better that my power is sort of wind generated.

And Yay! to the private investors that killed the coal burning energy plants that TXU was going to build.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Not in the slightest.

Frankly, I was hoping that Slave had found a reason to think we don't have to worry about global warming, but we're still on the hook. The fact that Al Gore has a big house and flies on airplanes doesn't change things.

Whether Jesus saves or not boils down to whether Jesus saves or not. But when Jim Baker or Jimmy Lee Swaggart hire hookers or rape women they kind of ruin their standing to tell us that we should tailor our lives to follow Jesus. You do agree with that at least, don't you?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
FWIW, I looked into getting solar panels installed in my house (I'm sick of paying $300 monthly electric bills for a 1050 square foot house, it doesn't surprise me in the least that a larger house (with more heating costs in the winter) costs more to maintain). It's not cheap. Between $35,000 and $50,000 since I don't live in California or New Jersey or New York or Austin. The calculator says that I live in a place with good sunlight too.

Still, it's pretty cool, and I assume eventually Houston will get with the program. In the meantime, I'll pay more to Green Mountain Energy than I would to Reliant Energy and feel slightly better that my power is sort of wind generated.

And Yay! to the private investors that killed the coal burning energy plants that TXU was going to build.

here is what is really stupid about the whole question: everyone seems to have bought into a side as a political issue. Like you hear temp changes are cyclic and people say Greenland is called Greenland because 1000 years ago it was a very green place. Or I hear the Katrina should have been expected because massive hurricaines seem to come on 75 year cycles, and it was time. Of course the people making the statements seem to have some political point to make, but the people responding seem to be attacking it like advocates. We need some Judges, no more advocates.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
We need some Judges

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
here is what is really stupid about the whole question: everyone seems to have bought into a side as a political issue. Like you hear temp changes are cyclic and people say Greenland is called Greenland because 1000 years ago it was a very green place. Or I hear the Katrina should have been expected because massive hurricaines seem to come on 75 year cycles, and it was time. Of course the people making the statements seem to have some political point to make, but the people responding seem to be attacking it like advocates. We need some Judges, no more advocates.

I just wanted to lower my electric bills.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Spanky
no use of a automatic dishwasher etc. etc. etc.

Actually, they use less water than washing by hand.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Actually, they use less water than washing by hand.

If you eat out, you don't need a dishwasher.



eta: And I have a solar-powered lava lamp.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
If you eat out, you don't need a dishwasher.



eta: And I have a solar-powered lava lamp.

I try to eat at the Gore's.

It cuts down on my electricity use.

[Replaced_Texan]

(Image stolen from Houstonist)

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
If you eat out, you don't need a dishwasher.

yeah but the credit card machine takes electricity.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
yeah but the credit card machine takes electricity.

That's why I always walk my tab. It's the environmentally responsible thing to do.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Actually, they use less water than washing by hand.

For the Global warming issue, ts not the water they use, it is the energy they use.