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Nobel Prize Winning Physicist As Energy Secretary
bledri writes "Officials close to the Obama transition team say that
Physics Nobel Laureate Steven Chu is the likely candidate for Energy Secretary. Some are worried that Chu is not politically savvy enough,
but I'm hopeful that a scientist will base policy on evidence.
Discuss among yourselves."
> The planet has cooled almost 3 tenths of a degree since Mr. Algore's assertion that the plant is getting hot.
Yeah! Haw haw! I heard the planet is supposed to be getting hotter! Haw haw! But it's actually getting colder where I live! Haw haw haw! And anyway, what's wrong with a bit more sunshine? Haw haw haw!
i am all for getting off oil and coal, but biking? composting? really?
not going to happen dude. perhaps if you had mentioned more trains, more mass transport, ok. but you are asking people to exert a lot of effort. you realize that, right? you want some office worker to bike 10 miles a day? really? are you serious?
what you are asking for is never going to happen. meanwhile, something like an electric car really doesn't change their lifestyle at all. you can't ask people to drastically change their lifestyles, you just can't. if you don't understand why, you're way out of your league on these issues
don't ask people to bike more and compost more. you really are the environut this guy was talking about if you honestly believe those are valid solutions to our problems. boking more: just not going to happen
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
If you want to find an enviro-nut, check out anti-nukies who spew pretty much "Chernobyl" as their mantra and completely ignore modern advances in nuclear technology.
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