An Inconvienient Truth, - Global Warming

[shillard]

nadoom wrote:
For god sake doo something, or we are all going down the {bleep}ter.

on watching that film i must say i am quite disturbed by it, we really are on the road to hell at the moment.

Yeah, it really disturbed me too - but not for the same reasons:

http://shillard.blogspot.com/2006/09/al-gore-liar-plain-stupid-or-both.html


It's a bit like kicking a puppy, but at least you feel sorry for the puppy.

[shillard]

Agafaster wrote:
* Use flourescent tubes/energy saving bulbs in place of incandescent bulbs - and switch em off when not in use!

ask yourself:
* 'Do I REALLY need to drive a 4 litre 4x4 to Tescos/school/work and back ?'
* 'Do I REALLY need to drive fast ?' (40-60mph is about the most fuel efficient speed range to drive - given aerodymanics/engine efficiency etc)

My car's trip computer tells me that it reaches maximum fuel efficiency @ 130km/h - that's consistently the lowest Litres/100km figure.  So in the interest of sustaining the planet, I drive @ 130km/h whenever I can.

BTW: You might want to check out the effects of sustained UV lighting on the human body before you go advocating it as the obvious replacement for incandescent bulbs.  GovCo here has just announced than incandescenets will be phased out from 2010, so by 2009 I will have acquired a 50 year supply.

[shillard]

PMC wrote:
I agree with the optimum speed for fuel efficiency issue, my Alfa seems to sip fuel sparingly at 70mph but drinks like Ollie Reed when negotiating towns and worst of all, speed bumps.

Must be a Euro thing - my Merc guzzles fuel like it's going out of fashion as well when at slow, stop-start speeds.

Give me a motorway anyday.  Preferably one with a lot of signs sporting big black circles with diagonal lines.

[shillard]

Oh boy, it just gets better.


http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/gores-mansion-uses-too-much-power/2007/02/28/1172338670663.html


That puppy just got another kick in the guts.