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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
The only problem with this type of petiton (and I see people falling into this trap all the time), is that by having it, we lend credibility to the myth that cars are a significant factor in pollution.
While mother nature gets a free pass belching tons of these <scare quote>dangerous</scare quote> things into the air, the poor commuter is demonized.
We should have a petition in place of this one that says we refuse to accept punishment for the damage that the earth is inflicting upon itself with all of the nasty CO2 it belches out and the MUCH more climate adverse poison we call "water vapor".
After that we need a petition for someone to turn down the thermostat on the Sun, because it's getting too hot here too, and we had nothing to do with that either.
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I agree...I can appreciate The_Blur's attempt to play their game, though. And in-so doing...hopefully lower what stupidity they've established, at least.
On a slightly related topic...I taught a unit on environment and man's impact a couple of months ago to a group of high-schoolers. I told them all about the situation: what is the topic of discussion. I introduced the politics and opinions that are held, too.
Then I present an array of facts. Some coming from...lets call it "the left", and some coming from the right.
As I showed them these things, I made sure NOT to tell them what to think. Which was important, because I feel so strongly about this. The painfully obvious inconsistencies led them to want to know more...which was my plan. After a week or so of guided research using legitimate online sources, 9/10 of them decided that they believed the evidence suggested our planet was warming...but that it is not man who is causing it.
They decided that it is a good thing to try and save our environment by doing things like recycling, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency in most all things...but they said that it was because it was just the right thing to do. They didn't feel they needed to "save the environment" from some galactic catastrophe.
I was proud of them....I hope they remember it, as they grow up.