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Old 07-15-2014, 03:19 PM  
crockett
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It didn't counter what I said...some scientists are theorizing on possible problems that the ocean MIGHT encounter by absorbing all the CO2.

The new data does indeed change the computer models that the current "climate change" scare was working out of. The ocean IS sucking up the CO2 that they were basing everything on.

Looking at what scientists (who are all funded by grants from one special interest or another) have done with the entire issue of climate change since 1970...it's kinda looking to me like they simply ignore whatever doesn't go along with their predetermined outcome to begin with.

And that holds true for the ones who get their grants from the people with big money invested in green energy and the ones with big money from oil and coal.

My gut feeling (and what has shown to be historically the case since the beginning of time) is that the Earth adapts. And when something truly catastrophic (like a meteorite or giant volcanic eruptions) occurs on a giant scale...then we will see the end of the human race.

But not the end of the Earth. And certainly not the end of whatever the next species are that will inevitably replace us (that will be the beginning for them).

Having said all that...I'd love to get an electric car. But I'm not gonna trade in my Prowler for a freakin' Volt like Mark Prince did with his Camaro! lol

If I get an electric car it will be a Tesla roadster.

And I'm not sure if I'm going to keep my big ass house for many more years. I have one more kid at home who will graduate highschool next year. So I don't see any upside to spending a small fortune on solar panels now. I'm thinking about moving into a nice high rise condo near the strip in the next few years.

But if I were going to stay here in this house for the rest of my life, I'd definitely go solar.
Electric cars are kinda pointless at this point, as far as lowering your impact, if that's what you would want it for. As long as it's being charged from the power grid, I don't see it as doing much to counter a gas powered car.

That's assuming your local power company is developing it power using, coal or gas. This is why I'm not that big on the hype of electric cars, if everyone switched to them or even a large percentage of people, it would mean more natural gas and coal is burned to create the power to charge them.

To me it only makes sense if you are charging it via solar or some other form of clean energy.

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