tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post5413477814425831415..comments2024-03-27T08:31:10.126-07:00Comments on SHADOW OF A DOUBT: Archival Revival: Crude and Unusual PunishmentKirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-15598269121238905212010-06-18T13:13:38.528-07:002010-06-18T13:13:38.528-07:00@Kass-There's certainly enough of it to fullfi...@Kass-There's certainly enough of it to fullfill our energy needs for centuries.<br /><br />And then there's that Congressman Barton from Texas...Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-43269691851881304482010-06-17T16:22:20.575-07:002010-06-17T16:22:20.575-07:00Maybe we should recycle oil executives shit into f...Maybe we should recycle oil executives shit into fuel.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-28070371523392337302010-06-16T16:52:14.757-07:002010-06-16T16:52:14.757-07:00Thanks, Dreamfarm. I'm glad you liked it.
I h...Thanks, Dreamfarm. I'm glad you liked it.<br /><br />I have to be honest and say environmentalism doesn't always come easy to me. My liberalism tends to revolve around social justice, looking out for the little guy, the underdog. Where environmentalism and conservation's concerned, I'm always afraid, perhaps paranoid, that it's the little guys and underdogs that are going to have to make all the sacrifices for the good of the planet, while the ruling class gets to live as they please.<br /><br />Still, facts are facts. Environmental destruction/energy shortages keep appearing, than disappearing, than reappearing. You can look at that two ways. Either the environmental destruction/shortages are phoney, or it's the DISAPPEARANCE of those problems that's the charade. Pessimist that I am, I think it's the latter. What posssible incentive does any scientist have to lie about either harm to the environment or finate fuel sources? On the other hand, theres plenty of reason$$$ for some in very high places to pretend, either to themselves or to us, that those problems don't exist.<br /><br />I hope you're right about the alternatives.<br /><br />Liked your story about the 7th grade. I seem to remember similar things like that in my school during the '70s. Unfortunately, lights on or off, I wasn't lucky enough to get my hands held.<br /><br />Now, to all you suburbanites out there who might have took umbrage at my laying the blame at your doorstep. I live in the suburbs myself, and don't plan on moving anytime soon. I just don't think we should be building anymore of those things. We've got so many suburbs as it is, it getting hard to find the original city that suburbs sprung from in the first place!Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635884225797829085.post-35087268993244410292010-06-14T17:51:20.915-07:002010-06-14T17:51:20.915-07:00Amen! You said it perfectly. Sadly, it's stil...Amen! You said it perfectly. Sadly, it's still just as relevant as ever. What are the chances we are going to get good energy legislation that addresses greenhouse gases in a serious way? There are so many alternatives out there just waiting for the right signals (market) to take off. We are like the last generation of whale oilers. Refusing to see what is right before our faces.<br /><br />ps I remember walking the halls of 7th grade IN THE DARK b/c of the power crunch. We felt noble! (plus it was easier to hold hands that way without being caught.)Dreamfarm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494214244290730058noreply@blogger.com