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| Simple Things We All Can Do To Help Stop Global Warming |
| 2006-10-30 |
| From a poster at Barbra Streisand's website Below is a link to a great article from The NY Times titled “Beyond Fossil Fuels” by Robert B. Semple Jr. The piece acknowledges that while stopping global warming is an overwhelming and daunting task, everyone has the power to make a difference by making simple, conscious decisions in their every day lives. The Streisand Foundation supports the non-profit group Earth Day Network, and they have compiled a list of a few easy ways you can conserve energy and help protect the environment from further deterioration: 1) Change old, incandescent lights to newer energy-saving models (compact fluorescent lights), turn off lights when not in use and dim lights when in use. 2) Update your heating/cooling system to a more efficient model 3) Tune up old heating/cooling systems, clean out the vents, buy a programmable thermostat 4) Make sure windows are sealed and doors are closed when running air conditioners and heaters 5) Turn on the energy saver switch near your refrigerator’s thermostat 6) Make sure that your refrigerator door seals properly 7) Clean out the condenser coil on your refrigerator (can improve the efficiency of your refrigerator by one third) 8) Wait until you have a full load before running your dishwasher 9) Invest in green stocks and renewable energy companies through socially responsible funds 10) Eat locally grown food and fruits and vegetables that are in season (if the food doesn't have to travel far, there's less carbon dioxide from the trucks that ship it) 11) Eat organic (the pesticides used on crops releases carbon contained in soil into the atmosphere) 12) Buy recycled 13)Scrap Streisand's Gulfstream to save energy in the manufacture of Coors Cans. Get her an organic bicycle hand-crafted by Chinese slave-laborers. 14) Stop playing Streisand recordings. 15) Prevent the mass burning of marijuana leaves by pop-culture conformists. 16) Force moonbats to stop bathing (sorry, already done) 17) Require Streisand, Ted Turner, Al Gore et al to power their mansions and production facilities with 12 volt organic solar cells hung from the roof of the unabomber's outhouse. "Beyond Fossil Fuel" by Robert B. Semple Jr., The New York Times |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #15 Barbara Streisand is trying to divert attention from other dangers: |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-10-30 22:12 |
| #14 21. Soylent Green! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-10-30 22:02 |
| #13 If Global Warming had lived up to its billing... This poor DEAD Sequioa would have thrived in my Chicago Suburban Home... Babs owes it a life!  |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-10-30 21:52 |
| #12 and say goodbye to 3-way bulbs....ya, I know... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-30 21:42 |
| #11 Actually all of the first 7 are good practical ways to slow your electrical use. And the Compact Fluorescents are a very good idea - if we could change EVERY incandescent bulb in the US to a CF, we coudl cut our annual electrical power consumption by a lot. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-10-30 21:39 |
| #10 Yankee approach: use up, wear out, when gone, do without. |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-10-30 19:39 |
| #9 We need to seal the volcanoes so they stop erupting and spewing their global warming causing crap into the air. I think a study on what would happen if we nuked a volcano might be in order. Sure it'll be messy short term but we're in this for the big picture and besides, we could probably sell the blasts on pay-per-view and help pay for some of the nuclear cleanup. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-10-30 18:40 |
| #8 1) Make sure that there's at least one other liberal on-board when riding in your limo. 2) Combine several trips in your Gulfstream V into one. 3) Turn the AC in your Malibu mansion up to 73. 4) Turn the heat at your Vail ski lodge down to 73. 5) Never pass the beans to Michael Moore. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-10-30 18:31 |
| #7 20. Close your windows so your furnace doesn't run all night. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-10-30 18:26 |
| #6 As are syphillis and gangrene, neither of which appeal to me. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2006-10-30 18:17 |
| #5 11) Eat organic (the pesticides used on crops releases carbon contained in soil into the atmosphere) Of course, eating organic means using more cropland, which uses more water, which uses more 'organic' fertilizer (ie stinky poop) which increases the risk of picking up E. Coli or Listeria around 8 times greater than regular food production. Since they do not use weed control chemicals, the farmer must rely on mechanical weeding, which means he's running his tractor far more, burning more disel fuel and putting out more pollution. Remember, arsenic is 'organic' too. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2006-10-30 17:55 |
| #4 19) Put Al Gore in a big pot and season him with about 500 pounds of Beano. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-10-30 17:53 |
| #3 1- Drink your own piss 2- Eat your own shit 3- Die before you're thirty 4- Convince Babs to put herself out of our misery. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-10-30 17:42 |
| #2 I always liked these three simple things you can do to save the earth: 1- Drink your own piss 2- Eat your own shit 3- Die before you're thirty |
| Posted by: bruce 2006-10-30 17:32 |
| #1 18) Only inhale. Exhaling CO2 adds to Gaias burden. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-10-30 17:32 |