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The simple matter is, this is all fear-driven revenue generation, and has been going on for a long time, long before global warming. The government and the big businesses that support it know a good way to get revenue from you is to create hysteria, introduce products to combat it, writing regulations to force you to buy those products, and then taxing you for creating the "problem" they made up. Global Warming and the imminent threat of year-long sweatiness and drowning polar bears is being used right now because enough people are stupid enough to believe it, and while they do the government can tax them for it, and they say thank you. The government can force you to buy energy efficient stuff from their friends the appliance makers and home improvement store owners, and they laugh all the way to the bank, while you think you did a good thing. Once global warming wears thin, they'll just move on to the next fear. Apparently they're already trotting out global cooling. As long as I can smack the hands trying to grab my wallet, I just sigh in annoyance. It kinda makes me want to gut my catalytic converter, just to piss the green liars off.
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