The all fun times Global warming debate came up in the course of discussions at O’Byrnes tonight and what it really means to us today. With the recent discovery of OIl in Brazil and the find being of great size it is clear that the fear of the world running out of Petro Chemicals was a bit short sighted, I agree that we use alot of them but it has been possible for some times for lubricants and even Gasoline to be created via artifical means. Now as far as global warming (If it exists) is concerned we should be reducing our reliance on petrochemicals so as to prevent Ice Cap melting and global flooding.
This is not something I consider bad and if not for the fear mongering that is going into much of the advertising and other methods of outlay I would even agree but for several factors:
1. No nation not in the 1st world even gives a shit at all and THE big international polluter (USA)as well as home of the companies that pollute in other nations is out
2. The current pollution standards are very very high and it can be clearly seen that tailpipe emmissions are not the problem in this counrtry
3. The nations not participating are merely increasing their consumption to match what is not being used by north america, have you heard of China, they all want cars and individually I am told their average auto makes more polution than a 60′s US made car.
4. Due to the capitalist system those things that pollute most will tend to be done in nations whose standards are the lowest.
To use Denise’s line the world is an apartment building and we are keeping our floor clean, but the Russians have started a fire on the European floor and the Asian and Africa Floors are worse, we should not be worrying about our standards which are already high we should be working on making at least the standards from the 80′s the INTERNATIONAL standard. Of course that would take a UN with teeth which is not on the Russian and US agenda meaning it is not gonna happen.
We are not the problem and if I hear one more fucker trying to tell me to use a Prius a car with an engine that cannot get to operating (Hence least polluting) temprature in winter in this country I am gonna kick their ass.
This comes back to a debate I had last year with some LJ people about the use of electric trolley’s in Edmonton, Canada is not Vancouver or California this place is the largest population this far north on earth and many of the things we do here to live make no sense elsewhere but are part of how this city is. The Cold breaks trolley lines making the system no matter how nice for green sensibilities useless, not to mention this city is wholey Coal fired as far as power and I will tell you the coal burned to run a bus on Power is way more polluting than a bus is on Desiel.