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View Poll Results: Will you be participating in 'Earth Hour' ? | |||
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31-03-2008, 11:01 PM | #91 | ||
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the net effect would be detrimental to the environment, as their decomposing carcasses would emit methane which is several score more times worse than CO2. Nature's cruel joke?
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31-03-2008, 11:11 PM | #92 | |||
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31-03-2008, 11:15 PM | #93 | ||
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I don't feel guilty about polluting the internet with my thoughts :P
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31-03-2008, 11:19 PM | #94 | |||
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31-03-2008, 11:38 PM | #95 | |||
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01-04-2008, 12:36 AM | #96 | ||
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do you not think for a minute that , the pollies are watching the lights world wide , to see who is gullible enough to participate in earth hour , they actually calculate the power lapse during this time , and add satelite photographs to the equation , and work out GULLIBILITY, IF PEOPLE WILL TURN OFF LIGHTS, HOW MANY WILL ACCEPT TAXES FOR CARBON FOOTPRINTS.
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01-04-2008, 08:02 AM | #97 | ||||
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Amen to that. When you think about it, in Britain they tried this earth hour more recently. Official figures had the power consumption up as appliances consume more power on startup than on maintaining themselves when on. Added to this, are the spurious claims by those in the media who have always championed this earth hour as reducing power based solely on "feel good science"; and not based on any kind of facts. The biggest champion of this carbon crap is Al Gore, a man who has made billions even though he isn't aq scientist, and his models used in his film have no scientific basis whatsoever. Then you have the other nuts like Tim Flannery who is a paleantologist but now a self promoted climate expert. For the IPCC report, they had 1500 scientists that believed it was a man made phenomona. To each one of those 1500 were thousands which disagree and have proven that the science is flawed yet those people which have actual qualifications are labelled skeptics and discreddited. Then we have other nutters who say the sea will rise 100 metres if the ice melts when in fact, if you calculate the percentage of volume the ice is even without taking into account its displacement you are looking at 40cm. Now, we have media lefties who love the global warming tripe which has no scientific evidence rebranding it as climate change due to the fact that the earth is cooling. They also then push the barrow for Kyoto, which will cost us billions. We have to pay carbon tax to a commission which is supposed to be independant, but in fact is set up and owned by you guessed it, Al Gore. The fact that we indirectly are going to pay china for our pollution should peeve even the most ardent supporter of climate change off, yet that is what we'll be doing for signing up to a fraudulent and irresponsible luvvie fest. Wait until the carbon tax of between 3 and 10 cents per litre appears on fuel whilst we suffer from cooler temperatures, and then wait until we are told that we have to pay for our Kyoto commitments. But make no mistake, this whole global warming/climate change is about one thing and one thing only; Control. The science is proven repeatedly to be flawed, the methods are flawed, the proponents are making billions and governments love people having fear which allows them to be popular. When this scam is finally debunked you will see a lot of people exposed and their finaincial interests in promoting it revealed. Just like Y2K, it's an absolute crock. One last thing, here in Australia we have all governments promoting it. Tell me, what is happening to power and water prices over the next couple of years? Wouldn't be global warming is an excuse for an over 60% price hike would it?
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01-04-2008, 09:13 AM | #98 | |||
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01-04-2008, 09:56 AM | #99 | |||
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It was completely and utterly blown out of proportion by the media, yes. Food would still be available as computers buggering up is not going to stop food from growing on plants and in the ground. As for the whole global warming, I'm a skeptic. I don't think there is that big a problem at this point in time. What are we worried about anyway? When we run out of fossil fuel, imaging the emissions that will disappear once we can't power our planes, trains and automobiles with fossil fuels! Problem Solvered.
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01-04-2008, 11:13 AM | #100 | |||
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on the other foot , we have only had combustion fossil fuel pollution ( as in motor cars for 110 years . the average australian household now have 2 cars , think of the next 30 years , when chinas economy supercedes americas , and chinese rice farmers now have ranches and roads with 2 car households , burning oil and fuel at the rate the west is . and then think of the black haze in our skies now , as compared to then in 30 to 100years time . unfortunately the human race is only concerned with big business , scare mongering , profiteering , and taxes. so therefore MARK MY WORDS ( EVERYTHING IS A CONSPIRICY. ) : |
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01-04-2008, 02:29 PM | #101 | |||
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I love how people say, "Companies spent heaps of money on avoiding the "Millenium Bug", and nothing happened in the end!" Well, that is why companies spent money...so nothing would happen! It's the old "Prevention is better than cure" thingo.
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01-04-2008, 05:24 PM | #102 | |||
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For e.g. from personal experience, I was in a team "certifying" that things like CRT monitors, Mice, (The computer type), and FFS Desks, would be Y2K compliant. How the hell could a computer desk fail with a Y2k bug is beyond me. However we had to "check and certify" that all such items were "Y2k compliant" and log down the asset number, (serial number) and time the check was carried out. So I am really sure that spending all that money esured that at least those desks and CRT's behaved |
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01-04-2008, 09:01 PM | #103 | ||
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Didn't Earth hour finish 48 hours ago???...Why we still fighting people!!! If you did what you thought was right...Bless you...If you don't agree....bless ya too!!! Time to move on people....
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01-04-2008, 09:37 PM | #104 | ||
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I drove across the Harbour Bridge during Earth Hour. Dropped the car into second so it would rev at 4,000 rpm - just to hurt the environment.
According 104.1 2Day FM, Australia is the largest polluter of green house gases in the world (more than India, China, USA and cows). Missy Higgins rights acoustic songs so she doesn't use electricity on amps. And that Earth Hour saved the world a total of 5% of the total emissions in the world. I call BS on this.
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01-04-2008, 10:51 PM | #105 | ||
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Now I'm watching Captain Planet on youtube. Who else reckons Wheeler should've thrown one up Linka?
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01-04-2008, 10:53 PM | #106 | ||
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Eruro henti Pr0n. Classy
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01-04-2008, 10:56 PM | #107 | ||
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Whilst we're on the topic, Gaia is a MILF
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01-04-2008, 10:57 PM | #108 | ||
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Reccon Mother Earth, Gaia & Linka would have been up for it?
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01-04-2008, 10:59 PM | #109 | ||
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Gaia was Mother Earth ;) Hence the MILF quip.
Azn chick was "Gi" or "Ki" I think? Kwame, the african dude, would've demolished them all TamedTeens style |
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01-04-2008, 11:00 PM | #110 | ||
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on the note of Kwame and mother earth, wonder if Bangbrothers were involved in Earth hour?
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01-04-2008, 11:01 PM | #111 | ||
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.lol.
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01-04-2008, 11:04 PM | #112 | ||
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Captain Planet must be a Brazzers man
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01-04-2008, 11:06 PM | #113 | ||
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Oh back on trak guys.
Did any one get a first time video of the lights going off the bridge?
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01-04-2008, 11:09 PM | #114 | ||
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I forgot about earth hour, didn't take part. It is kind of funny how people think turning the lights off for an hour will save the world, even funnier that people use this as an excuse for "parties" they were saying on the radio Saturday morning that they would be having street parties with cards by candle light. If they want to save the world don't drive, actually don't own a car as a crap load of energy is used and pollution created when they are built. Should also not own a TV for same reasons, use of energy and energy used to build, actually if they really want to do the world good, go live out bush. How much of an impact on the world would building a house cause? probably a bit more then saved when you turn your lights out for an hour.
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01-04-2008, 11:11 PM | #115 | ||
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semi-back on topic, beastclub.com postponed a cruise that was planned on the night of Earth Hour, not quite an electricity consumption gig but delaying the burning of fossil fuels?
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01-04-2008, 11:14 PM | #116 | ||
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All I wanna say is that drinking and playing pool by candle light in a bar is not cool!
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