Comments on: What's New this Earth Day? Hope. http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/ The blog of the Environmental Defense action community Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:05:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: richard http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3563 richard Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:26:43 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3563 Oh Eric, Eric Degait - you need to diversify our reading. The roster of writings that argue for the sun as the sole cause of global warming is embarrassingly narrow. The other 99% of those writing on this subject, including those who don't think global warming is happening, entirely reject the "blame the sun" thesis. Technology has happened, true, and that's part of what helped the New York skyline, but a lot of it is simply that the polluting industries got moved away from the expensive sea-coast real estate in New York and similar places. Some of it went to the Midwest and the American south, but a lot more went overseas. Watch the Olympics closely this summer to see where that NY smog went, along with all the associated jobs. A good movie to watch about this is <i>Manufactured Landscapes</i>, which is simply about how things look - it's not political at all. Oh Eric, Eric Degait – you need to diversify our reading. The roster of writings that argue for the sun as the sole cause of global warming is embarrassingly narrow. The other 99% of those writing on this subject, including those who don't think global warming is happening, entirely reject the "blame the sun" thesis.

Technology has happened, true, and that's part of what helped the New York skyline, but a lot of it is simply that the polluting industries got moved away from the expensive sea-coast real estate in New York and similar places. Some of it went to the Midwest and the American south, but a lot more went overseas. Watch the Olympics closely this summer to see where that NY smog went, along with all the associated jobs.

A good movie to watch about this is Manufactured Landscapes, which is simply about how things look – it's not political at all.

]]> By: mookie http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3562 mookie Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:12:02 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3562 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! LETS SAVE THE AIR WE BREATH AND THE WATER WE DRINK. THE U.S.A. NEEDS TO PICK UP THE ENVIRONMENTAL BALL AND GET IN THE GAME!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! LETS SAVE THE AIR WE BREATH AND THE WATER WE DRINK. THE U.S.A. NEEDS TO PICK UP THE ENVIRONMENTAL BALL AND GET IN THE GAME!!

]]> By: steven http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3561 steven Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:08:14 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3561 hey all, and happy earth day. yes its great to see concern for our planet but at the same time i guess ignorance is bliss. the fact is yes we sholud all be doing somthing to better our planet yes we should conserve fuel and come up with better energy technologies, but however the whole global warming thing?? cmon people global warming is just one of many propaganda type ploys to get all our stupid little brains from seeing and understanding what really is going on here, the fact is our great nation is collapsing around us and its being done by politicians who line their pockets with our hard earned money our society has become so disconected from reality nobody even knows what to belive anymore and thats exactly the way the "owners" of this country want it and when i say owners, i mean the oil giants, the bush family and the other million corporate giants who profit billions every day on our stupidity!!!!! wake up people gas is 3.80 per gallon not because there is a shortage , its because the american dollar isnt worth anything anymore as far as the rest of the world is concerened. we have been writing the entire planet i.o.u's for decades.. the people of this country need to wake up, turn off your television's and stop beliving everything politicians in suits tell us to belive!! what people really need to do is somthing that hasnt been done in a very long time in this country and that is stand up band together by the millions and stomp on washington and thats when you will see things change,,we live in a country where the political system and federal government is "completely" broken!!! and to say just one more thing , a true democracy only works corectly when the government "fears" its people, not when the people fear the government the phrase "we the people" was lost a very long time ago... hey all, and happy earth day. yes its great to see concern for our planet but at the same time i guess ignorance is bliss. the fact is yes we sholud all be doing somthing to better our planet yes we should conserve fuel and come up with better energy technologies, but however the whole global warming thing?? cmon people global warming is just one of many propaganda type ploys to get all our stupid little brains from seeing and understanding what really is going on here, the fact is our great nation is collapsing around us and its being done by politicians who line their pockets with our hard earned money our society has become so disconected from reality nobody even knows what to belive anymore and thats exactly the way the "owners" of this country want it and when i say owners, i mean the oil giants, the bush family and the other million corporate giants who profit billions every day on our stupidity!!!!! wake up people gas is 3.80 per gallon not because there is a shortage , its because the american dollar isnt worth anything anymore as far as the rest of the world is concerened. we have been writing the entire planet i.o.u's for decades..
the people of this country need to wake up, turn off your television's and stop beliving everything politicians in suits tell us to belive!! what people really need to do is somthing that hasnt been done in a very long time in this country and that is stand up band together by the millions and stomp on washington and thats when you will see things change,,we live in a country where the political system and federal government is "completely" broken!!! and to say just one more thing , a true democracy only works corectly when the government "fears" its people, not when the people fear the government the phrase "we the people" was lost a very long time ago…

]]> By: Erik Degrait http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3542 Erik Degrait Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:25:29 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3542 To Andrew Fisher, Were you dropped on your head at birth? No socialist liberal (same as communist)is going to take my car away. Your comment is much too stupid, ignorant, uninformed, made up, wishy washy, intrusive, freedom depriving, full of BS and not to mention LOOOOOONG. Brain is a terrible thing to waste. Get a life, cause you're not getting my car. To Andrew Fisher,
Were you dropped on your head at birth? No socialist liberal (same as communist)is going to take my car away. Your comment is much too stupid, ignorant, uninformed, made up, wishy washy, intrusive, freedom depriving, full of BS and not to mention LOOOOOONG. Brain is a terrible thing to waste. Get a life, cause you're not getting my car.

]]> By: Erik Degrait http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3540 Erik Degrait Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:42:35 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3540 Thank you Joan, you are on the money about China. Oh by the way, they are drilling for oil together with Cuba 40 miles of the Florida coast but we may not. I am amazed to read such ignorance as it is written here and some of of it by educators. May God save our children from them. Folks, man can not cause global warming, we are not that significant. It all has to do with the activity of the sun. Please educate yourself because ignorance is not a bliss, unless you are afraid to be proven wrong or it does not fit your agenda. It is a fact the we are in a long term cooling trend, but like a stock chart it goes up and down, short term up long term down. Some see the short term upward trend as an opportunity to cash in it so GREEN fits the bill. Now, pollution is a horse of a different color, it pains me to to see our Earth filled with smog, garbage, poisons, polluted waters and so on. I desperately want to have my grand children inherit a cleaner environment than I did and I have every reason to believe they will and no thanks to the tree huggers but to technology. I remember looking over the East River into Manhattan which was shrouded with a dome of smog but I don't see it now. What happened? Technology happened. To push back the frontiers of ignorance, please Google, Al Gore + Fraud + Scam + Lawsuit or any combination there of. Happy reading to some of us. God Bless America. PS. Joan, you forgot Russia. Thank you Joan, you are on the money about China. Oh by the way, they are drilling for oil together with Cuba 40 miles of the Florida coast but we may not. I am amazed to read such ignorance as it is written here and some of of it by educators. May God save our children from them. Folks, man can not cause global warming, we are not that significant. It all has to do with the activity of the sun. Please educate yourself because ignorance is not a bliss, unless you are afraid to be proven wrong or it does not fit your agenda. It is a fact the we are in a long term cooling trend, but like a stock chart it goes up and down, short term up long term down. Some see the short term upward trend as an opportunity to cash in it so GREEN fits the bill. Now, pollution is a horse of a different color, it pains me to to see our Earth filled with smog, garbage, poisons, polluted waters and so on. I desperately want to have my grand children inherit a cleaner environment than I did and I have every reason to believe they will and no thanks to the tree huggers but to technology. I remember looking over the East River into Manhattan which was shrouded with a dome of smog but I don't see it now. What happened? Technology happened. To push back the frontiers of ignorance, please Google, Al Gore + Fraud + Scam + Lawsuit or any combination there of. Happy reading to some of us. God Bless America.
PS. Joan, you forgot Russia.

]]> By: Octavio Arana Rodríguez http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3524 Octavio Arana Rodríguez Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:54:03 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3524 That beautiful video. He(she) makes us think cuan importantly it is our planet and what we must do to support it as source(fountain) of life. The beauty of the nature cannot be compared with anything and for her(it) so much we are the only ones that her(it) we prune to support such and since it(he,she) is. This demands a capture of conscience and to lead to end actions decided to assure our existence. That beautiful video. He(she) makes us think cuan importantly it is our planet and what we must do to support it as source(fountain) of life. The beauty of the nature cannot be compared with anything and for her(it) so much we are the only ones that her(it) we prune to support such and since it(he,she) is. This demands a capture of conscience and to lead to end actions decided to assure our existence.

]]> By: kazal http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3511 kazal Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:02:41 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3511 Dear Friend Im am from Bangladesh. Thank you for good video. Really I would like to see my world with beauty.Stop environmental violence and save my world and future generation.Happy Earth Day. Ahidul Islam Kazal Participatory Development Specialist Bangladesh Dear Friend

Im am from Bangladesh. Thank you for good video. Really I would like to see my world with beauty.Stop environmental violence and save my world and future generation.Happy Earth Day.
Ahidul Islam Kazal
Participatory Development Specialist
Bangladesh

]]> By: Pam Montroy http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3510 Pam Montroy Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:57:42 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3510 Thank you everyone for caring about our planet earth and all of the beauty that is a part of it. Everyone's kindness to our planet gives me hope. Rather than shed a tear, I raise a smile. Let's continue to work together, to fight together to preserve that which doesn't have a voice. Thank you everyone for caring about our planet earth and all of the beauty that is a part of it. Everyone's kindness to our planet gives me hope. Rather than shed a tear, I raise a smile. Let's continue to work together, to fight together to preserve that which doesn't have a voice.

]]> By: Lili Song http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3509 Lili Song Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:51:14 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3509 I quite share the urgent feeling of protecing our mother earth for our human being and our future generations. I quite share the urgent feeling of protecing our mother earth for our human being and our future generations.

]]> By: pam http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/comment-page-2/#comment-3508 pam Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:35:04 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/greenroom/2008/04/21/whats-new-this-earth-day-hope/#comment-3508 it's good but it needs to be more enthusiastic so non- earth supporters will be motivated to do something. it's good but it needs to be more enthusiastic so non- earth supporters will be motivated to do something.

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