Earth + SUVs = Venus. What?
6 September 2007
Could the earth really turn into a scorching hot planet like Venus with surface temperatures around 460 degrees Celsius (860 degrees Fahrenheit)? Is it possible that our greedy burning of fossil fuels could be the trigger? Normally, such absurd questions are not worth the effort to answer, but this leads to the heart of current global warming alarmism; the runaway greenhouse effect.
So, is our fate the same as that of Venus? Before the Live Earth concert, climate crusader Al Gore wrote an article (or advertisement for his concert) for the New York Times in which he stated:
“Consider this tale of two planets. Earth and Venus are almost exactly the same size, and have almost exactly the same amount of carbon. The difference is that most of the carbon on Earth is in the ground — having been deposited there by various forms of life over the last 600 million years — and most of the carbon on Venus is in the atmosphere.”
“As a result, while the average temperature on Earth is a pleasant 59 degrees, the average temperature on Venus is 867 degrees. True, Venus is closer to the Sun than we are, but the fault is not in our star; Venus is three times hotter on average than Mercury, which is right next to the Sun. It’s the carbon dioxide.”
These two simple (minded) paragraphs are actually very interesting because of the logic flow used, but for the purposes of this article we will just look at the major thrust of Mr. Gore’s argument. The major difference between the earth and Venus is the carbon content in the atmosphere and that if we are not careful we could end up like Venus.
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KDR: Changing Focus
5 September 2007
When I originally started Knowledge Driven Revolution.com it was shortly after I had “woken up”. And under the naïve idea that all other people needed to wake up was what I needed. Just the right piece of information to kick start the process.
The other reason for the website was to help organize my thoughts in such a manner that it was easy to share them with others. This will still be the focus of the website to some extent but it will no longer be a daily news type website.
I have come to view daily ‘news’ websites very differently over the years as I have grown. They tend to become a daily blow-by-blow of how badly we are getting raped by this system that lords over us. Don’t get me wrong, it is important to know what is happening in the world, but it is too easy to loose site of the bigger picture, or for that matter never get to see the bigger picture. There is also a strong fear and anxiety that is presented (intentionally or not) through this format.
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Indignant
22 August 2007
The way people are treated at airport security (security really is not the right term) is truly indignant. Should we not all be just as outraged when we are expected to submit ourselves to such violations of our privacy?
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Cough, Cough. Obesity is Contagious
20 August 2007
No doubt, we are a grossly overfed and undernourished society. There is a constant reminder of this through all forms of media, all carrying their own strange distortions promoting diets or government regulations to solve the ‘obesity epidemic’.
The ‘obesity epidemic’ is now being promoted by experts as an even bigger danger then smoking ever was.
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Why a Carbon Tax Won’t Save The Planet
16 August 2007
Lets assume that Global Warming is real and that man’s emissions of greenhouse gasses is the cause. Would a carbon tax work?
Problem Number 1: The Government Likes Your Money
A carbon tax is usually sold along with the promise of tax cuts elsewhere to perfectly counterbalance the increase from any new carbon tax. This is supposed to shift the tax burden to the biggest polluters and not just collectively punish everyone. Sounds nice. But, the government likes your money. So, any initiatives they pursue to reduce carbon emissions would also reduce their income. Not a good way to motivate government bureaucracy, after all, they need your money to pay their salaries and bonuses.
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