Comments on: News Flash: Yes, Coal Still Causes Global Warming [video]

By: Southern Californians Can Trade Gas Mowers for Electric : EcoLocalizer

Southern Californians Can Trade Gas Mowers for Electric : EcoLocalizer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:01:01 +0000

[...] Even better than swapping that gas mower for an electric one, you might consider forgoing the lawn thing completely. If your heart is set on grass, there are some even better maintenance options than an electric mower. Those electric mowers plug into the wall to charge up, and ror the majority of the U.S., that power still comes from dirty coal plants. [...]

By: americangreen

americangreen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:37:59 +0000

Actually Anon, I sort of agree with the necessity of Nuclear, even while I think your method of talking about it pointless and troll-y. I do believe in Science, I promise!

I think that the point I was going for was one of nuance: that Coal is something we have on our hands right now, and that it's something that, going forward, it would be good to talk about logically. Don't think Nuclear changes that fact, just like I don't think that the fact that Clean Coal is a myth changes it. However, you are playing into my hands by claiming that whole worship name calling thing… that's the exact point that gets us nowhere except angry and re-trenched.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:08:47 +0000

Or you could give up on the dream of uninventing gunpowder and go nuclear.

Seriously, how can you criticize conservatives for being anti science yet be opposed to nuclear power? If you actually believed in science you would know it is the cleanest, cheapest, safest form of energy devised by mankind, and it is the perfect solution to global warming.

But oh wait, instead of worshiping Jesus you worship Gaia, and Gaia hath spoken that nuclear technology is an abomination before Her, and that risk analysis is sinful as radiation is Unholy Energy who's dangers cannot be measured by mere scientific method…