tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post3928105025456624720..comments2023-04-13T01:47:12.191-07:00Comments on Achieving Sustainability: Why I Don't Really Talk About Global WarmingDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-15541667111921320052007-12-17T20:21:00.000-08:002007-12-17T20:21:00.000-08:00Pietro,Thanks for your comments. In order to keep...Pietro,<BR/>Thanks for your comments. In order to keep things on track in my wee noggin, I'm going to follow your numerical system.<BR/><BR/>1. I agree with your concept on American efficiency and industriousness, "build a better mouse trap" right? But where do things like Hummers and McMansions factor into this scheme? <BR/><BR/>2.I dig this. I can't see why anyone who preaches that god has Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-82328884208153300652007-12-17T19:50:00.000-08:002007-12-17T19:50:00.000-08:00Doug,I should probably clear up what i was trying ...Doug,<BR/>I should probably clear up what i was trying to say. I know that we are causing Global Warming because the IPCC has proven it beyond a shadow of a doubt. That said, as you well know, Global Warming has been politicized due to a lot of factors and it's something that is far too important to be politicized, so for those who run this argument, I just move away from it and show them otherDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07273853131778107163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-52251121968344166082007-12-16T18:20:00.000-08:002007-12-16T18:20:00.000-08:00Following on Doug’s comment: what lifestyle change...Following on Doug’s comment: what lifestyle changes are necessary to live sustainably? How much do these lifestyle changes support or challenge specific political or cultural agendas? <BR/>1. A preference for efficiency, especially the efficiency of systems, is a long-established American tradition that dates back to Puritan frugality and was strongly expressed by Frederick Winslow Taylor in his Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03864922709509564858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-516272298728973737.post-37973706203096226502007-12-14T08:09:00.000-08:002007-12-14T08:09:00.000-08:00That strategy won't work, in my opinion, because y...That strategy won't work, in my opinion, because you're begging the question. Why bother living sustainably if how we currently live isn't a problem, isn't causing climate change we can't handle (if any), and thus IS sustainable? <BR/><BR/>Without convincing people of the reality of human-caused global warming, you cannot argue for the sacrifices that will be necessary to combat it. You have no Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152732581506524003noreply@blogger.com