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...in 2006 by Al Gore? "...unless drastic measures to reduce greenhouse gases are taken within the next 10 years, the world will reach a point of no return", Gore said.

...in 1999, by James Hansen, telling us that the 2000's would rival the 1930's for the highest ever... of course, then we went into a "hiatus" of global warming. Original article.

...in 2006, by this group, saying, Extinction is OUR choice, unless... .... within the next 8 years we have STOPPED using fossil fuels, PLANTED millions of trees, ended logging, and PREPARED our cities and agriculture for the inevitable sea rise. OTHERWISE OUR CHILDREN MAY NOT SURVIVE!

...in 2006, by the Independent?

...in late 2006, by Mother Jones?

..in 2004, by James Hansen? Article

Or maybe just google all this from 10+ years ago, telling us we'd all be dead in 10 years. google.com

Let's stop with the hysteria and stick to facts. I'm not against cutting CO2 emissions, I am against needless panic mongering.

I bought the 10 pack here for under $5/bulb, delivered. The 15W bulb is about bright as a 70W incandescent, and they are fully dimmable without buzzing. Given they will last, very conservatively, 20 times as long as an incandescent, they will end up costing me the equivalent of $0.25 per bulb.

I like them because they last forever, and I'm not so worried about the cost of electricity, but living down here in Southern California, it's nice to cut the amount of heat output from the bulbs - keeps the house cooler, and I'm not having to run air conditioning at all.

http://eartheasy.com/live_led_bulbs_comparison.html

Comparison is made on the bulbs that are available in 2013, and the lumen/watt for LED lighting is still improving.

By the year 2017 the LED bulbs for lighting purposes will be at least 60% more efficient, which means even less electricity used.

They both grow in dirt (organic and conventional), they are the same plant, they don't, on balance, have more or less of anything than the rest of the fruits and vegetables

Aside from the fact that your claim is completely, utter and demonstrably false, it neglects to take into consideration that most of the soil on commercial farms in the U.S. has not only been depleted of essential trace elements but has also been so thoroughly abused and mismanaged over the years that even the basics need to be supplemented by appliying synthetic fertilizers.

Bottom line if you want to pay 3X as much for your food buy organic.

Yes, sometimes there's a 200% (or greater) premium for organic produce but in many cases, it's more like 25 to 50%. A more useful metric would be determine the value that buying organic adds, and that depends on the item. For example, the growing methods for conventional and organic tropical fruit (pineapples, mangos, bananas and avacados come to mind) likely don't differ much if at all; it's about the auditing, certifying/verification. etc. In other cases, (peaches, strawberries, leafy greens), it's common-knowledge that the quantities of pesticide resides in convenionally-grown varieties are through the roof (no doubt a non-issue for a shill such as yourself but for those of us watching our health or that of our children, it's something we might want to take into consideration). Of course, these are the very same items that often require exhorbitant premiums like you stated - but you get what you pay for (where have we heard that before?).

And don't forget, we can't feed the world's population organically. Can't be done!

This is a partial truth which ignores the bigger picture (which, of course, at the end of the day, means it's still a lie): doing things the way "Big Ag" currently does them, yes, you're right: organic farming simply can't be scaled up and achieved using the wasteful, petroleum-dependent methods and practices that are currently employed (as I said above, the dirt just won't allow it). Nope; you'd have to change how you go about it (imagine that).

For those who aren't paid shills and have a genuine interest in the subject, I suggest looking through some of the following:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/healthy-eating/latest/organic-foods-benefits-460110-5

http://eartheasy.com/blog/2011/10/7-ways-organic-farms-outperform-conventional-farms/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/07/10/us-farming-organic-idUSN1036065820070710

http://environment.about.com/od/healthenvironment/a/organicfarming.htm

http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4060

http://youngagropreneur.wordpress.com/

http://theurbanfarmingguys.com/our-story

http://seedstock.com/2012/02/01/wisconsins-future-farm-sustainable-cow-powered-aquaponics/

http://bioponica.org/

No, they don't. Full spectrum LED's have worse lumen/watt ratings then even average CFL's and the better CFL's beat them by ~20-25%. If you can point me to an affordable, full spectrum LED bulb with a better lumen/watt rating than a good CFL then I'm open to it but I haven't seen it yet. Compare this to this, 69.6 lumens/watt to 54.2 lumens/watt and $5 per bulb compared to $125, it's not even a contest.

No, they don't. Full spectrum LED's have worse lumen/watt ratings then even average CFL's and the better CFL's beat them by ~20-25%. If you can point me to an affordable, full spectrum LED bulb with a better lumen/watt rating than a good CFL then I'm open to it but I haven't seen it yet. Compare this to this, 69.6 lumens/watt to 54.2 lumens/watt and $5 per bulb compared to $125, it's not even a contest.

You are so wrong.

"Can't use them on a dimmer controlled circuit"

Yes you can!:
http://www.grist.org/advice/ask/2006/06/07/dimmer/
http://www.eartheasy.com/live_energyeff_lighting.h tm

I've heard that garlic is a natural mosquito repellant (seems to repel many bugs such as ants and cockroaches). I've read that spraying one's self with a garlic tea works, or even eating a clove of garlic (not sure how long before mosquito exposure). Does this have any affect on super mosquitos of the northern midwest? And how bad does a garlic spray smell? Mosquito repellants

If *I* needed a new car, I'd probably choose a hybrid. However, to run out and get something new because it's more efficient often ignores the big picture. Complex physical devices often have polluting activity involved in production at least somewhat related to cost.

Most people do not realize how much a typical car actually produces in enviromentally hazard materials just by driving it. Just parking your car for 60 days will save 917 punds of CO2 emmisions (http://eartheasy.com/article_canada_challenge.htm