I’m vaguely environmentalist, I really am. I like it when conservation happens, I recycle consistently (and have been for 15 years), I like the idea of renewable energy and think that coal and oil people are short sighted.
That said, this sort of data is why I don’t much buy into the global warming hype.
Addendum
Some photos from DC this weekend – it was windy, which led to some intentionally blurry blossoms.
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Do you bring your own bags to the grocery store?
In the 2nd chart, there is an incorrect, duplicate, axis for CO2. I’m interested in how they measured it. Plus I like units. I bet it was supposed to be in billions of kilograms.
I don’t buy in the global warming hype either, but I think the only way people will be come less wasteful is if it is over-hyped, so I go along with it mostly. Plus how else are we going to get the everyman to embrace nuclear power?
Were you at the Cherry Blossom Festival on Saturday?? Wendell and I were there too. Too bad we didn’t bump into each other amongst the thousands of people who were there! I got some neat pics of the moon amongst the blossoms.
I don’t but that’s what I want for my birthday.
I like clean air as much as the next guy. For whatever it’s worth, I don’t think anyone does unbiased research (for either side) in the field of climate change.
I was there Friday evening.
Anyone who’s ever met your parents would conclude that you turned out at least mildly environmentally-minded.
I don’t understand why people need the big/doomsday Global Warming Hype to get on board with picking up after themselves and refraining from being wasteful gluttons. I mean, why would you knowingly sh*t where you eat if you didn’t have to? It just makes no sense to me.
i like the blurry blossoms a lot.
Cool pictures. Hit me up sometime if you’re in DC; we can grab a drink.