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  • slapass
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Nov 2002
    • 14625
    #1

    Inconvenient Truth - Did you change anything you do?

    Pretty amazing stuff. Seems like I could buy some lightbulbs and maybe make a few other changes in my life. What is really nuts is where I live almost no one drives a gas car so we have to be way down on the contribution list.

    Another thing was that we had solved the ozone issue. I did not know that.
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    • american pervert
      Confirmed User
      • Sep 2002
      • 6840
      #2
      this movie is a bunch of horse shit

      http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655856/posts

      http://capitolhillcoffeehouse.com/mo...d=A453_0_1_0_M

      gore wont debate any experts on the issue, and he was even offered $20,000 to debate it
      http://www.spiked-online.com/index.p.../article/3533/
      I can resist everything except temptation

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        • slapass
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Nov 2002
          • 14625
          #3
          How can you debate it seriously?

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            • WarChild
              Let slip the dogs of war.
              • Jan 2003
              • 17263
              #4
              Originally posted by slapass
              How can you debate it seriously?
              There's lots of ways. One of the most convincing is to look at the graphs Gore uses in the movie himself. They show how CO2 and Temperature seem to be rising together. If you look at the graphs closely, however, you will see that the temperature raises first followed shortly after by the CO2. How can CO2 be causing the temperature increase if this is the case?
              .

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                • aico
                  Moo Moo Cow
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 14748
                  #5
                  Yep, I changed out all my lightbulbs.

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                    • CuriousToyBoy
                      Crazy Aussie Bastard
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 16787
                      #6
                      That movie further underscored the value of statistics in fooling people into believing whatever the fuck you want to try and make them believe.

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                        • Flow
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 518
                          #7
                          I changed out all my light bulbs and set my temp a little warmer in the summer and a little colder in the winter. My next house will have geothermal heating/cooling and probably solar panels as well

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                            • The Truth Hurts
                              Zph7YXfjMhg
                              • Nov 2002
                              • 15737
                              #8
                              yes.... i decided that i'd never buy another DVD that has Al Gore in it..

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                                • Tom_PM
                                  Porn Meister
                                  • Feb 2005
                                  • 16443
                                  #9
                                  Who cares if you believe in global warming or not. Compact flourescent bulbs save you MONEY on energy. Isn't that enough convincing?
                                  43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

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                                    • Nasty
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 1575
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                      Who cares if you believe in global warming or not. Compact flourescent bulbs save you MONEY on energy. Isn't that enough convincing?

                                      Avoid breaking fluorescent lamp tubes.

                                      Fluorescent tubes contain elemental mercury mixed with powder. Crushing tubes creates mercury vapor which is difficult to contain. If you do break a lamp, try to avoid breathing the vapor that is released. Carefully sweep up the lamp, place in a plastic bag and place in a 5-gallon container with a lid. Dispose at a Household Hazardous Waste collection facility.

                                      Because fluorescent lamps contain mercury, it is illegal to put spent lamps in the garbage or trash. When lamps are broken or disposed in the wrong places, they can release mercury, posing a threat to human health and the environment.

                                      “Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.” ― Omar Bradley (1948)

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                                        • V_RocKs
                                          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                          • Nov 2003
                                          • 32448
                                          #11
                                          Well, I stopped using 8 plys of toilet paper and then got a shitty hand. So now I use 12 just to be sure.

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                                            • V_RocKs
                                              Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                                              • Nov 2003
                                              • 32448
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                              Who cares if you believe in global warming or not. Compact flourescent bulbs save you MONEY on energy. Isn't that enough convincing?
                                              Yes, but we all know that NO ONE is going to dispose of them properly and that in 10 years we will all be talking about how much mercury has leaked into the ground water because of this FIX....

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                                                • JP513
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                                                  • Feb 2007
                                                  • 1914
                                                  #13
                                                  I plan to watch it in the next few days . . . will let u know.
                                                  I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I wish I was drinking wine instead.

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                                                    • Pleasurepays
                                                      BANNED - SUPPORTING TUBES
                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                      • 11913
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Nasty
                                                      Avoid breaking fluorescent lamp tubes.

                                                      Fluorescent tubes contain elemental mercury mixed with powder. Crushing tubes creates mercury vapor which is difficult to contain. If you do break a lamp, try to avoid breathing the vapor that is released. Carefully sweep up the lamp, place in a plastic bag and place in a 5-gallon container with a lid. Dispose at a Household Hazardous Waste collection facility.

                                                      Because fluorescent lamps contain mercury, it is illegal to put spent lamps in the garbage or trash. When lamps are broken or disposed in the wrong places, they can release mercury, posing a threat to human health and the environment.
                                                      yeah, just like you, i tie my fluorescent lamps to magical balloons that carry them to far away planets in outer space that aren't affected when they break.

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                                                        • SuckOnThis
                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                          • Oct 2003
                                                          • 6844
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by american pervert
                                                          this movie is a bunch of horse shit

                                                          http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655856/posts
                                                          Freerepublic is a real site? I thought it was supposed to be a satirical site developed for the Anne Coulters of the world to share sex change tips.

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                                                            • SleazyDream
                                                              I'm here for SPORT
                                                              • Jul 2001
                                                              • 41470
                                                              #16
                                                              i thought about a hybrid but bought a deisel instead. yes - that movie influenced me HUGLY to do so.
                                                              This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog!

                                                              Now read without the word dog.

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                                                                • notabook
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Apr 2006
                                                                  • 9748
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Nasty
                                                                  Avoid breaking fluorescent lamp tubes.

                                                                  Fluorescent tubes contain elemental mercury mixed with powder. Crushing tubes creates mercury vapor which is difficult to contain. If you do break a lamp, try to avoid breathing the vapor that is released. Carefully sweep up the lamp, place in a plastic bag and place in a 5-gallon container with a lid. Dispose at a Household Hazardous Waste collection facility.

                                                                  Because fluorescent lamps contain mercury, it is illegal to put spent lamps in the garbage or trash. When lamps are broken or disposed in the wrong places, they can release mercury, posing a threat to human health and the environment.
                                                                  Pffft... a FLC only contains about 5mg of mercury. I'm not that worried about the environment that I'll go out of my way to dispose of the bulb in a special manor. I put them in the trash like every other sane American.

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                                                                    • slapass
                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                      • Nov 2002
                                                                      • 14625
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by WarChild
                                                                      There's lots of ways. One of the most convincing is to look at the graphs Gore uses in the movie himself. They show how CO2 and Temperature seem to be rising together. If you look at the graphs closely, however, you will see that the temperature raises first followed shortly after by the CO2. How can CO2 be causing the temperature increase if this is the case?
                                                                      Your a smart guy. I have read some of your posts. If you add CO2 to closed environment it raises the temp. terraiums etc have this problem. The earth is really complex but if we add enough long enough it is well within probility that we would have this effect. I read the counter proof posted here and the fact that 2005 was the hottest year but was very very close to the stats for 1998 is not comforting to me.

                                                                      I also have not seen anyone refute that Greenland is melting more. They simply discuss how high the water is rising and how rapidly... So something is happening it is more of a call on how bad is it.

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                                                                        • Tom_PM
                                                                          Porn Meister
                                                                          • Feb 2005
                                                                          • 16443
                                                                          #19
                                                                          I find it hard to believe that a thinking person would avoid replacing their wasteful lightbulbs on the position that when they have to throw away a dead CFL, it might add mercury to the landfill. Robbing peter to pay paul.

                                                                          You're also not supposed to throw out dead batteries either because they leak toxic chemicals and metals. I wonder how many toss them in the garbage. 99%?
                                                                          43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

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                                                                            • Wilbo
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Feb 2001
                                                                              • 2082
                                                                              #20
                                                                              I decided to vote Republican next time.

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                                                                                • LilBro
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  changed out th elightbulbs, no longer use paper plates/cups, driving less(about 200miles less a month).

                                                                                  Next car i get i would like to average 30mpg or better

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                                                                                    • Gunni
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Apr 2003
                                                                                      • 2385
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by american pervert
                                                                                      this movie is a bunch of horse shit

                                                                                      http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655856/posts

                                                                                      http://capitolhillcoffeehouse.com/mo...d=A453_0_1_0_M

                                                                                      gore wont debate any experts on the issue, and he was even offered $20,000 to debate it
                                                                                      http://www.spiked-online.com/index.p.../article/3533/
                                                                                      All this is complete rubbish, if you actually did some research instead of gobbling everything up that the people that have an interest in you thinking we have nothing to do with global warming (ot that the phenomena actually exists), you'd find they are guilty of exactly what they are accusing Al Gore of in the first place

                                                                                      Al must have taken lessons from Michael Moore in how to slap together out right lies, innuendos, half truths, and how to quote completely out of context in order to make the rest of liberal America run around shouting doom and gloom from the mountain tops.
                                                                                      But Al Gore has not gotten it right; he never had it right to begin with. From claiming to have invented the internet
                                                                                      If you look into what Gore actually said you might find out that this whole "I invented the internet" is a line invented by the republicans to discredit Gore.

                                                                                      Sure the movie is a bit sensationalist but that is normally needed to get people interested in a subject (doesn't matter if it's left, right or middle of the political scale, they all do that)

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                                                                                        • D
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Jan 2006
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                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Having still never seen the movie, myself - I find the ignorance in this thread rather disturbing.

                                                                                          It's even to the point that it's boastful.

                                                                                          Whether or not you agree that we're the cause of it, the Earth is warming, peeps.

                                                                                          And I, for one, tend to think that all this shit we keep shovelling into the atmosphere (perhaps counpounded by the rate that we're deforesting the Earth) has to have some negative effects - whether they're as dramatic as portrayed by Mr. Gore, or not.

                                                                                          You don't need to give into any hype - simply take an afternoon and go to the science section of your local library, and check out the data acquired over the last 50 years for yourself.

                                                                                          Last edited by D; 06-27-2007, 07:11 AM.
                                                                                          -D.
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                                                                                            • scardog
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Aug 2004
                                                                                              • 886
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Yes. I decided to use 10 times the amount of energy than the average citizen, and build several large houses to live in. I also decided when promoting a movie, that I will still use private Jets to travel, even though it creates a giant carbon footprint. But, I will continue to ask you little people to change your lightbulbs and walk to work. Wait, that's Al Gore. As for me, I changed my lightbulbs and stopped wiping myself effectively.

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                                                                                                • slapass
                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                                                                  • 14625
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  WTF??? Like the person above me said. The facts are that we are heating up.

                                                                                                  Is Al Gore a great guy? Who cares it was information that he gave out. Did he skew it or misrepresent some things? No clue but the over all message was clear. Back to "would you hit it?" and "should I spend 250k on the next Ferrari?" threads.

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                                                                                                    • Barefootsies
                                                                                                      Choice is an Illusion
                                                                                                      • Feb 2005
                                                                                                      • 42635
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Last edited by Barefootsies; 06-27-2007, 08:36 AM.
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                                                                                                      Enough Said.

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                                                                                                        • EonBlue
                                                                                                          Apocalypse
                                                                                                          • May 2007
                                                                                                          • 3043
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Al Gore is a money grubbing liar and all of this global warming hysteria is just that - hysteria. It's all over-hyped and is mostly nothing but fear mongering. Al Gore is only in it for the money.

                                                                                                          If you do watch Al Gore's "documentary" make sure you also watch The Great Global Warming Swindle.

                                                                                                          Best line from that movie, and the bottom line: "CO2 is irrelevant".

                                                                                                          Also be sure to pay attention to the research being done by Henrik Svensmark of the Danish Space Research Institute. His research basically shows that our climate is controlled by cosmic rays and the sun.

                                                                                                          Cosmic rays blamed for global warming

                                                                                                          The Chilling Stars: The New Theory of Climate Change
                                                                                                          Last edited by EonBlue; 06-27-2007, 08:49 AM.

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                                                                                                            • PaulB IYP
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                                                                              • 2164
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              i use it as an excuse as to why i dont drive...hahah
                                                                                                              paulb@itsyourporn
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                                                                                                                • slapass
                                                                                                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                                                  • Nov 2002
                                                                                                                  • 14625
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by EonBlue
                                                                                                                  Al Gore is a money grubbing liar and all of this global warming hysteria is just that - hysteria. It's all over-hyped and is mostly nothing but fear mongering. Al Gore is only in it for the money.
                                                                                                                  How much do you think he makes on the speeches? He is an x president and prominent in politics still. He could speak on tax reform and make the same.

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