What Can I Do About Global Warming?

[SOLDIERF1]

The answer is 'Nothing'. The sheer scale of the problem means that everything in this video is more or less pointless. We burn 85 million barrels of oil per day, nearly the same in coal and natural gas, these figures are all set to rise considerably in the coming years. The above solutions are like throwing pebbles at an oncoming Tsunami. Get Real.

[saratogaslim]

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[goog2k]

Good news!

potholer54, who's a semi-retired science journalist from Australia has produced 5 excellent YouTubes on the whole science of Global Warming, as well as many other great science vids.

Yesterday, he uploaded his latest, which I highly recommend -- already 4,884 views!

5. Climate Change -- isn't it natural?

/watch?v=w5hs4KVeiAU&feature=s­ub

It debunks denier's lies about periods of earth's history which had high levels of CO2, particularly the Ordovician.

[12Shadster]

obama who i'm sure all of your liberal scum love wasted over 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to make a speech in a corn fild in Iowa. How do like that you dopes.

[12Shadster]

Global Warming is a total lie you fools. I'm going to drive my large SUV all around today. haha

[sweetylove190]

wow saratogaslim ur amazing good point! im only 15 years old but you seem to know what your saying, since they say that younger teens like me shuld do something well i wanted to figure more about how I could help or influence others to save the enviroment :)

peace

[truthenforcer]

If I contributed twice as much carbon, I'd still be lower down the scale than all the hollywood assholes, commie-lib politicians like John Edwards and the biggest fuel guzzler of us all:

AL GORE!

Fuck it; I don't care since they don't.

[saratogaslim]

That's a great attitude. I'll go out on a limb and predict that you don't have any kids--and if you do, then your attitude is morally reprehensible. FYI..Al Gore has solar panels on his house, purchases the rest of his energy from wind farms, drives a hybrid, and invests in green stocks and mutual funds. By the way, when you refer to "liberals" (on your channel) I assume you mean educated, well-informed, open-minded individuals as opposed to selfish, morons like yourself...

[truthenforcer]

Yes, I am referring to sniveling egg-heads who hate America, supporting high taxes, more regulation, gay marriage, abortion, flag burning, global warming and surrender to our enemies.

And thanks for the info on Al Gore. At least it shows he's doing something to reduce his carbon print. But Gore is still miles behind me in terms of conservation.

But those measures sure make good talking points when the "uneducated" point out his hypocrisy. Again, fuck it.

[saratogaslim]

You sound like a great American--although putting a ban on gay marriage and flag burning would be "more regulation", wouldn't it? AND, surrender to the enemy? Which enemy? Bin Ladden? Yeah, he's in Afghanistan, right? And we're in Iraq... to bring Democracy...or is it because of WMDs...or to fight Islamofascists? I guess "real" Americans shouldn't question that...even though companies like Halliburton and Blackwater are making billions of dollars. And who's paying them? You're ignorant.

[truthenforcer]

In a post 911 world with nukes spreading, we can no longer afford to wait to be attacked. A leader must support pre-emptive attacks.

All the commie-lib democrat candidates were REJECTED. McCain, Clinton and Obama are all CFR; the defeatist commie-libs like Kucini-bitch and Mike Grovel were REJECTED by voters as was that fop Edwards.

The pussies are out and the grownups are in.

And none will cut and run in Iraq, and all will attack Iran.

Just Watch! We're gonna light up Iran next!

[saratogaslim]

One day you'll grow up and realize that there's more to life than high school wrestling and Bruce Willis movies. Until then, have fun playing with your light saber.

[vsaluki]

One of the biggest issues between GW alarmists and GW skeptics is over the amount of temperature forcing that comes from increased CO2. I decided to put together a 5 minute tutorial to explain the contention over this issue. Put the dots in the blanks where needed, remove excess blanks, and read it for yourself.

mysticminutiae blogspot com / 2008 / 01 / idiots-guide-to-co2 html

[saratogaslim]

Come on, you've got to give me credit on the Romney thing and global warming "myth". Thanks for the geography/environment lesson. One last prediction...One day, when your kids are grown, and they're dealing severe effects from global warming, they're going to come to you and say, "Why didn't you and your generation do anything?" All you'll be able to say is, "Well, I did;I called the people who cared 'hippies', and told them to kill themselves to eliminate their carbon footprint."

[saratogaslim]

Let me take a stab though. But first, I'm guessing you're not married;definitely don't have kids. You're down on the Reps, but voted for Bush twice. You're currently torn between Romney and Huckabee. You think that glob. warming is a myth despite rising temps, higher sea level, melting ice caps, migrating animals, etc. You throw those "kill yourself" comments out there to sound clever and for shock value. Am I close?

[saratogaslim]

Read your comments from the beginning. You started off by claiming that liberals want to "doink" Bush. Next you referred to me as a hippy (which even you would find funny if you ever saw me.) Then you encouraged people to "kill themselves to rid the world of their carbon footprint." Now you're backtracking. And my argument has not been coherent?

[LtotheP0859]

LOL i dont think humans are viruses. We reproduce all by our selfs :P ahha

but I just want a sustainable world. Because our population is so large we have to change the way we do business. I dont support killing anything in large quantities as that cause to much of a dramatic shift for the environment.

[cleo1994]

Most people wont have a problem with your suggestions. Recycling has been a part of our daily life for many years, at least here in Scandinavia. But we must look at our holy cow, the car. Let it become trendy to walk more, and let it be trendy to drive small cars, preferably running on renewable energy.

[saratogaslim]

Dickhead, read your own comments. "Idiocy" of the environmentalists? Taking care of the environment is an idiotic thing to do? Being a steward of the Earth is an honorable thing. I'm curious what in this video you take exception to. And, by the way, promoting suicide to eliminate carbon footprints seems a bit extreme to me, no?

[saratogaslim]

There was a time, not long ago, when every small town had farms. Everyone was an environmentalist because their livelihood and their very existence depended on it. In my town, we were taught to respect the land. You have, once again, proven yourself to be an extremist and an arrogant fool.

[saratogaslim]

Well when you start throwing words like "values" around, then start encouraging people to kill themselves, then write on your channel that environmentalists should "sacrifice themselves to their god", sounds to me like you're discussing issues of morality. You've exposed yourself as an extremist, far from a true conservative.

[saratogaslim]

Again, we may be agruing about apples and oranges. There is obviously a neo-con movement today which has interwined itself with a social conservative movement. HOWEVER, "Goldwater" Conservatives were very much opposed to the gov't imposing its own morality on society. And as they say...you can look it up.

[saratogaslim]

PS...you should be. You'd fit right in.

[saratogaslim]

I'm glad that you at least recognize that we need to produce our own energy, but I suspect your narrow-minded view of the world is focused on oil and coal instead of wind, solar, and other renewable sources. The reason the stone age ended was not because we ran out of stones, but because people found a better way.

[saratogaslim]

You're wrong if you're talking about traditional Conservativism, whose tenets include a diffusion of sovereignty, importance of states' rights, autonomy of the branches of govt, a public who should support limiting govt powers, decentralization of govt, favoring Congress over the executive branch, etc, etc. In other words, nothing that so-called conservatives stand for today.

[saratogaslim]

Ah, yes. You see, people like enviroterrorist--who have the intellectual capacity of a squirrel--have been so conned, or shall I say "neo-con"ned, into thinking that taking care of the environment and using less fossil fuels is a bad thing, a "liberal" thing, that they've fallen asleep at the wheel.

[saratogaslim]

They've forgotten that true Conservatives--Barry Goldwater Conservatives--haven't forgotten that the root word of Conservative is "conserve".

[LtotheP0859]

Yes...your right we could reduce our population to more sustainable levels, but I do not see a need for that as we could just change the way we live to support much more people.

Come on you Rep, use your head :P

[LtotheP0859]

You didnt mention anything to do with transportation :(

[saratogaslim]

Good point. I was focusing more on things in the home. I drive a Honda Fit, but Hybrids are great. And public transportation, bikes, walking.....Thanks for the feedback.

[LtotheP0859]

Absolutely. thats my only critique of the video. Mabey make a 20 things you can do... :)

[flakyjon]

PROTIP: You're not going to save the world faggots.

[saratogaslim]

Go back to jerking off to David Duke videos. What pricks like you don't get is that using less energy is PATRIOTIC. Importing less foreign oil is PRO-AMERICAN. Using clean, renewable energy leads to NATIONAL SECURITY. Get your head out of Bush's ass, dude.

[finnigan00]

Cool video. But refresh my memory; Why should we turn UP our thermostats in SUMMER? What will this do to help? I ask because it's something I'd consider if I knew what good it was doing.

[saratogaslim]

I probably wasn't really clear on that. I meant that if you have central air--which I'm guilty of, although I try not to use it much--instead of setting it at 65 or 67 you can be very comfortable setting it at 70 or higher. I know people who crank their central air then walk around wearing sweatshirts all summer. That's just wasteful, foolish, and downright selfish. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[finnigan00]

Ah, well I'm from the UK, so I for one don't have that. We just use a standard, plug-in, electric fan :p

Still, cool video.

[LtotheP0859]

Yep Im from Canada and we do the same thing. I know 1 person with AC in there house. BOO AC!

[saratogaslim]

...in fairness, though, I pay extra to get 100% of my energy from wind power.

[LtotheP0859]

Thats cool man...I wish we had an option like that here.

/goes and checks.

[shonspirulina]

exellent video very well done.