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by awkwarddaturtle 3249 days ago
> Again, do some fucking research before making claims that you know nothing about.

You might want to learn instead. My point was that BUILDING Hybrids/EVs cause pollution. Not that gas powered cars as less polluting. What you are doing right now is building a straw man.

> He drives a Prius, a Tesla Roadster, and a Fisker Karma. Big houses don't produce more CO2 unless they use more electricity, and he has solar. Flying produces less CO2 than driving, and is required for his job, so he can spend money on things that globally reduce CO2

Everything you listed produced CO2. You need fossil fuel to BUILD prius, Tesla, etc. The housing material was made via producing carbon. The trucks/etc used to transport and build the mansions used carbon.

I can't believe you used di caprio's resort as an example of being "green". Wonder how much pollution is generated just to visit the resort.

> 2: Try to convince everyone else to pay just a little more for cars and electricity, because a small sacrifice will totally avert global warming. Your suffering is small, and more likely to attract others to do the same.

I thought we aren't using that word "global warming" and using "climate change"? Also, I thought alarmists have said it is already too late.

>Right... could you link me to some proof? Because I already linked a 5000 page report of proof

You haven't link anything other than a straw man and a silly PR piece about dicaprio.

> The carbon/energy cycle is under centralized control, because it's attached to the grid.

You can't be like this. That's not what I mean by "centralized control".

> My computer, running 24/365, uses 1,300 kWh, about as much as a car driving 1500 miles. The average American drives ten times that. If I can convince one person every six years that they should buy an electric car, I've made up for using my computer.

No you haven't. The pollution is STILL there.

It's funny how you alarmist can't even get your stories straight. "It's too late". "It's not too late". "We need a complete overhaul". "We can do this incrementally". "We need to reduce carbon emissions". "We just need to maintain it at this level".

Listen. I know you "googled" and want to push your agenda. I get that people like you need a religion and it's difficult to accept old religions like christianity. So you cling to "climate change" and it's "revelations" and end of the world nonsense.

Your religion isn't any more valid than christianity. I know you are going to be upset because the truth hurts. I used to be exactly like you. A global warming fanatic. But I eventually matured and left my teenage years behind me.

So worship Elon, pray to him everyday and read the scriptures of the climate change bible. Life will go on. And you will grow out of this silly phase.

Fanaticism isn't a good thing.

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Right. You are having some real difficulty with a coherent argument and I'm pretty sure there's something wrong with your ability to... process reality, or something. You remind me a lot of schizophrenics I've met over the years, so I'm done.

In case you ever feel like reading, here's that link again: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/