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where can i find wholesalers of eco friendly products in the UK?

I currently own a lighting shop and am keen to start selling some modern Energy saving products such as the ECO-kettle, Bio wash balls and various other innovative products. though i am having problem finding decent wholesalers or direct manufactures. most of the pay for wholesale directory sites online seem to be a total con. oh and please don’t answer if your advice will be to sign up for yet another £100 wholesale directory using your affiliate code! 🙂

Why are ECO friendly products so pricey?

Especially when the goverment wants to encourage less polution, most products are not struggling family friendly.

How important is Eco-Friendly Products for your company?

Preserving our environment requires making new consumer choices about everything. Shopping green online rather than burning gas to drive from store to store is most efficient and economical way not only to save time and money but also the planet. How do you participate in saving the environment?

Why are some people more attracted to eco-friendly products over others?

Is it by the way they look?
By the price?
Why do some people go for them and others don’t? what do you think are the main reasons?

How will the world benefit from my buying eco-friendly products?

Does it truly make a difference? Someone help me understand the “Green movement”

Are climate change scientists altering weather / sea level data to advance a political agenda?

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/research-center-under-fire-for-adjusted-sea-level-data/

The University of Colorado’s Sea Level Research Group decided in May to add 0.3 millimeters — or about the thickness of a fingernail — every year to its actual measurements of sea levels, sparking criticism from experts who called it an attempt to exaggerate the effects of global warming.

“Gatekeepers of our sea level data are manufacturing a fictitious sea level rise that is not occurring,” said James M. Taylor, a lawyer who focuses on environmental issues for the Heartland Institute.

Steve Nerem, the director of the widely relied-upon research center, told FoxNews.com that his group added the 0.3 millimeters per year to the actual sea level measurements because land masses, still rebounding from the ice age, are rising and increasing the amount of water that oceans can hold.

“We have to account for the fact that the ocean basins are actually getting slightly bigger… water volume is expanding,” he said, a phenomenon they call glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA).

Taylor calls it tomfoolery.

“There really is no reason to do this other than to advance a political agenda,” he said.

Climate scientist John Christy, a professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, said that the amount of water in the ocean and sea level were two different things.

“To me… sea level rise is what’s measured against the actual coast,” he told FoxNews.com. “That’s what tells us the impact of rising oceans.”

Taylor agreed.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/research-center-under-fire-for-adjusted-sea-level-data/#ixzz1PqAEwYN6

Yea yea. Fox News. Get over it. Answer the question based on the article and not the source.

Prospects for College?

I was wondering if what kinds of colleges could be reach, target and safe schools for me.

Looking for: University of California or private liberal arts colleges such as Pitzer, Oberlin, etc.

Cumulative GPA so far: 3.05 unweighted
2009: 3.2 Fall, 3.2 Spring – unweighted
2010: 3.2 Fall, 3.2 Spring – unweighted
2011: 3.2 Fall, 2.3 Spring – unweighted

APs/Honors taken: 2009: none; 2010: AP European History (score: 5), English Honors; 2011: AP Environmental Science, AP United States History, AP English Language (scores not received yet); 2012: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP English Literature.

SAT I: 2030 first time, second time unknown
SAT II: 740 US History, Literature and Math I to be taken later

Reason for bad Junior year GPA: Going through problems — anxiety issues because of academically demanding, nationally ranked high school; medicated for anxiety issues; etc.

Hobbies: Dance (12 years)

Volunteer Work/Work Experience: 3 years for the San Francisco Tenant’s Union, 2 years for an arts nonprofit organization (creative writing)

Japan disaster questions!!?

Ok, well my health teacher gave my class an essay to do about Japan and the 2011 Earthquake/ Tsunami. I need to know:
1) 3 physical health issues
2) 2 other health issues (emotional, mental, spiritual or environmental)
3) at least 5 things that Japan people need to have on a daily basis (this on is really easy, though)

please could you leave me links so I can check your information?? anything you have to contribute would be really helpful…Thank you!!

Do you know that CAG slammed the National Biodiversity Authority for allowing questionable patents?

CAG’s findings on biodiversity conservation, in particular, will fill environmentalists with dismay. It turns out that a lax NBA allowed commercial enterprises to exploit biological resources with very little monitoring…

Environmental groups tracking NBA have been warning that the authority’s processes are far from transparent, and have raised disquieting questions on the access being provided to companies to exploit India’s biological resources without due process.

A report titled ‘6 Years of the Biological Diversity Act in India’, prepared by Kanchi Kohli and Mashqura Fareedi from Kalpavriksh environmental group and Shalini Bhutani of the international non-profit GRAIN and released in early 2009, had pointed out serious flaws with NBA’s style of functioning..

First the NBA, had refused them access to documents on its proceedings. It was only after Kohli filed a Right to Information application in 2007 that the researchers were able to get some data. Then filed a complaint with the Central Information Commission which ordered NBA to provide the required documents.

The CAG report is equally perceptive and highlights concerns on the loss of biodiversity to foreign commercial enterprises. It notes that the Biodiversity Act (2002) empowers NBA to oppose the grant of IPR in any country outside India on biological resources obtained from here or on knowledge associated with such resources. Although NBA had appointed a legal consultant in November 2005 it “did not take effective action to contest questionable IPRs”.

Tailpiece: Just recently, Gautam relinquished charge of NBA and took over as chairperson of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority!

For more read article:
”Biodiversity—India’s other scandal” by Author(s): Latha Jishnu
In the online journal:
Down to Earth – Science and Environment online. / Issue: Jan 15, 2011
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/2795
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Now do you find any difference from the greedy politicos and the learned scientists in quest of knowledge and power?

How does my list of colleges fit in with my stats? And any suggestions?

Alabama
Tennessee
South Carolina

UNC-Chapel Hill
UCLA
Davidson
Georgetown
Pomona
Occidental
Rice
UVA
Middlebury

Duke
Vanderbilt
Yale
Brown
Penn
Stanford
Chicago
Harvard

ACT
E-34
M-26
R-34
S-26

GPA
5.0 W
3.8 UW

Classes
2009-2010

Semester I-
Honors English I (B)
French I (A)
Contemporary Issues (A)
Honors Ancient History (A)

Semester II-
Honors Biology (A)
Honors Algebra I (A)
French II (A)
Health/PE (A)

2010-2011

Semester I-
Honors Geometry (B)
AP Art History (A)
French III (A)
Honors English II (A)

Semester II-
AP US History (A)
AP Chemistry (B)
Honors Algebra II (A)
French IV (A)

2011-2012 Schedule

Semester I-
AP Environmental Science
AP English Language
AP World History
Spanish I

Semester II-
AP English Literature
AP Statistics
AP US Gov’t and Politics/Macroeconomics
Spanish II

Extracurricular Activities (I went ahead and listed them in order of most important)
1. 10-month (paid) internship with a local production company (2010-2011)
2. Fencing, saber and foil (2009 to present)
3. Children’s book reviewer and guest blogger (2009 to present)
4. Duke TIP Center for Summer Studies (2008 to present)
5. Member and Volunteer for HoLa Hora Latina (2010 to present…and no, I’m not hispanic 😉
6. Statistical Coordinator of the Chess Club (2009-2010)
7. Volunteer for Children’s Festival of Reading (2009)
8. Member of the Math Club (2010 to present)

I’m not sure what else to add except that I expect to have pretty good recommendations (1 extra from my teacher at Duke) and that I’m adding a book review as a writing sample.

I’m also graduating a year early (hence the strange transcripts) and I started taking my classes online after 9th grade (I don’t know if this hurts or not?)

Anyway, please let me know if you think these schools are like WAY out of my reach or if I need some more mid-range schools (I’m open to suggestions) or anything else you can think of. I’m taking the SAT in May, so I don’t know if my score for that will be better or not (hoping for around a 2100 but who knows) I’m also taking the US History, Math 1b, and English Literature subject tests in June and of course the AP exams in May but I have no idea what my score will be like.

Thanks for the help! Sorry if this kind of rambling/messy. I’d also love it if you could suggest some schools for me to look at.
To the person who told me I should take with my counselor, I have. However, she mainly quotes me stats from the Princeton Review which is helpful but I’d really like personal opinions from people who went some of these schools or know someone who did, ect.

Should the governments of the world be investing in renewable energy instead of reducing CO2?

What kind of feed back on Bjorn Lomborg”s documentary (based on his book)”” Cool It”

Will America lead the world in renewable energy, or simply rely on tax cuts for the rich to lead the way?

which country follows the best practices in the use of renewable energy resources in the world?

Why are governments around the world so reluctant to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources?

State The Following:
1: Answer
2: Reason (if applicable)
3: Any Other relevant Information

How long will the world be around if we use non-renewable energy?

Are there any Natural Hazards or Migration issues in North America currently?

I should be able to; Describe it, locate and describe it, Describe social, environmental and and political impacts as well as make solutions for the method.

what political/environmental, ethical issues are going on in the UK?

i know about the ozone layer and green house gasses issue (global warming) and about excess packaging that is used in products and therefore creates too much waste and people not recycling enough and about drugs and gang culture but is that alot of a problem in America more than the UK? what other issues are going on in todays society?
teens mugging old people specially in winter and rape and abuse. any others? what do you think? any comments welcome 🙂

Is ignorance our greatest enemy in America?

I think the greatest threat to America has not changed since 1776: ignorance on the part of the general population. When people are not well educated, they’re easy to manipulate — that’s what gives corrupt politicians the leverage they need to control people. When people are not well educated, they support aggressive behavior overseas which deepens the cultural differences that drive terrorism. When people are not well educated, they don’t understand what’s happening with the economy, which makes them sitting ducks for greedy financial institutions. When people are not well educated, they fail to understand environmental issues and become ripe for picking by those who have hidden agendas regarding the environment.

Finally, when people are not well educated, they see poor, uneducated illegal immigrants as potential competitors for their jobs, which increases their fear, hatred, bigotry, and unreasonable attitudes about immigration reform.

So I generalize: our biggest enemy remains, and has always been, ignorance.

Old John Ritter movie that featured an eco-future America riding around on bikes?

John Ritter made this comedy movie (maybe in the early 80s?) about a post-energy crisis America riding around on bicycles, and I think in the opening scene, you see a Volkswagen Beetle car half-buried in the ground and made into a small ‘mobile home’ type of thing…it was a parody on how America would look if they took environmental issues to heart…can anyone remember the name of the movie??? thanks…

How has America’s economic prosperity affected consumer waste and pollution?

No one had to tell our grandmothers to “reduce, reuse, and recycle” during the depression, as they did so out of necessity. After the economic boom following WWII the virtue of thrift was lost in an influx of cheap massed produced goods. It seems that during our current recession that people are rethinking their purchases out of either concern for the environment or reduced amount of disposable income. Do you think that environmental issues could be greatly reduced if people changed their spending ?

Is this the most ingenious alternative energy source yet discovered?

Its poop! How amazing that this could be the wave of the future. A totally renewable energy source!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_usa_energy_excrement_odd

How do the democrats and the repbulicans differ about solar power and other alternative energy?

I’d like a source like a .org, CNN, reliable news source, ect. please!

Is alternative energy really the way forward or would it be better to build more nuclear plants like France?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14847610

q 11/49

How can the use of alternative sources of energy be encouraged?

“US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that his administration will hand out nearly $2 billion (£1.3bn) for new solar plants that will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources.”
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/92353

Have you heard about Moore’s Law in relation to alternative energy products?

Moore’s Law is the law which states that the number of transistors which can fit on a microchip doubles about every six months. This is why computers have improved so dramatically in the last twenty years. German technology company Siemens stated in a recent press release that Moore’s Law seems to apply to Solar Technologies as well, and that modern day solar panels are at a comparative stage of development to an old fashioned Apple IIe that many Gen-X-ers learned to type on in elementary school.

If this statement proves to be true, and if solar technology does make such tremendous advances, what kinds of laws will have to be put into place to prevent Conservative vandals from destroying solar installations just because they’ve been trained by FOX News propaganda to hate alternative energy? Do you believe existing laws against vandalism will suffice or do you believe the interstate commerce statutes that apply to power lines should also apply to solar installations owned by individual homeowners?
@ John D – if those homeowners are living off the grid there would be no way to apply those laws but if the homeowners are connected to the electrical grid in an area where net-metering is permitted then that grid connection would make those laws applicable.

Geothermal energy is often the great hope of renewable energy as it can be continuously and reliably produced?

Geothermal energy is often the great hope of renewable energy as it can be continuously and reliably produced 24/7. While it it has the best potential, it is very limited geographically. The best geothermal resources are in Alaska and California, and the best potential resources are west of the Rockies. How do we overcome the geographic limitations of geothermal energy?

How to purchase and use Renewable Energy Certificates?

Can someone please explain if and how I can buy renewable energy certificates for my apartment electricity use. My local energy company does not currently provide renewable energy and I am under the impression I can buy certificates from renewable energy companies and use those certificates to pay for my current electric bill.

Can you please explain this process.

How renewable energy solar power works?

My father is asking me to post a question about this.He is planning to buy an alternative renewable energy resources.Is it true that you will save electricity from alternative home energy solutions? Any suggestions and help on this post is highly appreciated thanks.

What are the effects of renewable energy used in 3rd world business?

For a graduate project in Asia, I am looking at renewable energy and its effects on growing businesses. I want to look at developed and developing businesses that use renewable energy. Can anyone point me in the right direction with regards to finding areas in Asia to research? I wanted to stick with 3rd world.

How is renewable energy good for the economy?

Can renewable energy truly be good for the economy, and how so?

How can i start a planned community like a sustainable living community?

Minus the modern spiritual hippy mumbo jumbo.

What incentives does your local/state/federal govt offer to encourage environmentally sustainable living?

eg rebates for installing solar hot water or rainwater tanks, free light globes etc. I want to make a case to my city council (who do very little in this way) so I’d like to know the government body as well as the incentive they offer. Thanks

What can one do in day to day life for a sustainable living?

What lifestyle changes one can bring to lead a Sustainable, environment friendly life

What is sustainable urban living? i need it for my geography lesson.?

for my geography lesson i need to know what sustainable urban living is. help

Does anyone have a personal experience in sustainable living/farming?

what was your experience and is it still up and running? what problems did occur? what rewards did you find?

What is a “green” or “eco-friendly” fabric to use for upholstering kitchen furniture (removable slipcovers)?

Where can I buy it? It must be washable!

Eco-friendly materials for furniture?

i need a eco–friendly material for making a children’s bed. any sort of wood would be fine but i am on a tight budget. i am searching everywhere but even if i do find a nice wood it wont have any sort or price. the bed i am making would be easier with large pieces of this wood and i will be painting it. it should be about 3cm thick (1 inch).

if anyone could help me find a product like this it would be so great. i have looked for a while but still have found nothing.

What kind of fixtures are there, for like, say, attaching together pieces of a chair, that are eco-friendly?

I have a product design exam coming up, and its somthing to do with eco–friendly‘ness and furniture. So i was wondering what different ways are there of “attaching parts” not using screws and bolts.. and can u get any enviromently glues?? that are water proof and reli strong?

Environment friendly sofa and love seat?

I plan to buy new living room furniture. I wanted to buy some thing elegant and environment (or eco) friendly. I could use some suggestions, which furniture store is best to look for eco friendly furniture in Tx?

How to be eco-friendly with everything?

I would love to be eco–friendly with my clothes,furniture,make-up,etc.Does anyone know any brands that make eco–friendly products?I am a down to earth kind of girl and would love to start being more green.Any suggestions appreciated!

What are the environmental issues that the earth are facing right now?

If you’re watching television news, can you tell me what are the environmental issues that the earth are facing right now?

What are good environmental issues to write a persuasive essay on?

I need to write a persuasive essay on environmental issues such as farm animals or zoo breeding. Any ideas? (and NOT global warming!) Any links?

What are some environmental issues concerning airplanes?

What are some environmental issues concerning airplanes? How do airplanes affect the environment?

How can I relate environmental issues to my peers?

I’m doing a speech for speech class about environmental issues (between overfishing, deforestation or invasive species) and I need to find a way to relate this to my fellow classmates.
My professor has asked me to find a way to relate it to my classmates (one of those topics) to make them interested however I’ve been having trouble with it.

Anybody have suggestions of how I can do this?

Why have environmental issues appeared on the international agenda?

Is it because of the need to improve the globe so as to conquer issues including global warming, climate change etc? This question is largely focused on Asia. Do you think it would be right to go into detail about these environmental issues and explain how they are affecting the rest of the world?

Thanks very much!

Why do righties always go ape over George Soros?

What has he done? Certainly not all of this.

The Koch brothers’ influence empire
A list of right-wing action groups and think tanks
This list of organizations is long but they have one common thread: promoting an antitax, antiregulatory ideology that will ultimately gut government’s ability to
ensure markets functioning properly for everyone and protect consumers against abuses in the system. In addition to promoting this right-wing ideology, some of the
groups on this list, such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, seek to undermine the science behind climate change. Indeed, many of the policies these organizations
promote not only further a right-wing ideology but they also increase profits for Koch Industries.
Cato Institute—$13,887,640 Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research—$300,000
Citizens for a Sound Economy2—$12,356,712 Environmental Literacy Council—$287,516
George Mason’s Mercatus Center—$9,674,500 Property and Environment Research Center—$258,144
Americans for Prosperity Foundation—$5,610,781 Center for Equal Opportunity—$240,000
Heritage Foundation—$4,115,571 Institute for Energy Research—$237,000
Institute for Humane Studies—$3,630,091 Atlas Economic Research Foundation—$221,100
Bill of Rights Institute—$3,070,909 Ethics and Public Policy Center—$190,000
Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas—$2,617,842 Citizens for Congressional Reform Foundation—$175,000
Institute for Justice—$2,615,000 Frontiers of Freedom Institute—$175,000
Reason Foundation—$2,516,521 Texas Public Policy Foundation—$174,500
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship—$2,481,786 The Phillips Foundation—$165,000
Federalist Society—$2,058,999 John Locke Foundation—$134,472
Institute for the Study of Human Origins—$2,035,912 Fund for American Studies—$133,650
American Enterprise Institute & Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory
Studies—$1,979,400
James Madison Institute—$121,924
Manhattan Institute—$1,575,000 John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy—$120,086
Washington Legal Foundation—$1,457,500 Young America’s Foundation—$107,500
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education—$1,400,000 Leadership Institute—$101,500
Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment—$1,385,500 American Council on Science & Health—$101,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute—$700,499 Laffer Center for Global Economic Growth—$100,000
National Center for Policy Analysis—$672,000 Association of Private Enterprise Education—$98,500
American Legislative Exchange Council—$668,858 Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives—$93,903
Capital Research Center—$665,000 Center for Independent Thought—$92,500
Tax Foundation—$637,369 National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Legal Foundation—$88,000
Independent Women’s Forum—$485,000 Carbon Dioxide & Global Change Center—$85,000
International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics—$440,000 Mackinac Center for Public Policy—$84,151
Acton Institute—$416,250 Market Based Management Institute—$82,500
Fraser Institute—$373,721 Media Institute—$80,000
Pacific Research Institute—$370,000 Heartland Institute—$77,578
American Council for Capital Formation—$325,000 Goldwater Institute—$75,000
George C. Marshall Institute—$310,000 Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation—$65,000
10 Center for American Progress Action Fund | The Koch Brothers
The Koch brothers’ political-influence empire
A list of right-wing action groups and think tanks
Libertarian Review Foundation—$60,000
Americans for Tax Reform—$60,000 Students in Free Enterprise—$30,000
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions—$55,946 Center for Excellence in Education—$27,500
Center for Freedom & Prosperity Foundation—$54,266 Ayn Rand Institute—$25,000
National Tax Limitation Foundation—$50,000 International Policy Network—$25,000
North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law—$50,000 Becket Fund for Religious Liberty—$20,538
Free Enterprise Education Institute—$45,000 Atlantic Legal Foundation—$20,000
South Carolina Policy Council—$45,000 Institute for Political Economy—$20,000
Center for Individual Rights—$40,000 Media Research Center—$15,005
Texas Justice Foundation—$40,000 Future of Freedom Foundation—$10,000
Foundation for Economic Education—$38,267 Pacific Legal Foundation—$10,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation—$37,500 Foundation for Human Development—$5,000
Institute for Policy Innovation—$35,000 American Spectator—$4,500
Critical Review Foundation—$33,000 Galen Institute—$3,590
Hudson Institute—$32,650

So I guess I’m saying you really have no right to bring Soros up.
Oh please, who are you referring to and yes the Koch’s have their influence peddlers permeating everything.

FDR’s WPA: What should Obama do?

Millions were unemployed in the 1930s. FDR instituted the WPA – a U.S. government employment agency that helped build infrastructure across the country. Los Angeles’ Colisseum was built by the WPA.

Obama should institute something similar, both to rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure (e.g., the fallen bridge in MN) as well as in alternative energy.

The Oil Crash: Who’s prepared?

The latest measurements confirm that the world’s oil and natural gas supplies are running out too fast. At some time between 2010 and 2020 the world’s supply of oil and gas will fall below the level required to meet international demand.

The US government is aware that we are about to endure a disastrous international energy shortage. According to Dr James McKenzie, a senior member of the climate change programme at the World Resources Institute in Washington, USA: “That’s why we went to war in Iraq.”

We always knew the world’s oil reserves would run out eventually. The oil was formed by natural geological processes which occurred over millions of years. Oil consumption presently exceeds 25 billion barrels a year and demand continues to spiral upward, out of control. The outcome is inevitable.

In the 21st Century we rely on oil (petrol) and gas for transport – cars, lorries, ships, aircraft – as well as electrical power. We cannot survive without oil and gas, and when the supply runs out the great engine of Western civilization will finally grind to a halt. We are heading for an event that will be remembered as one of the great disasters of human history, and life is going to get harder for everybody as the day of reckoning draws nearer.

In the years ahead, wars will be fought over oil and fuel as the oil-dependent superpowers struggle in vein to preserve our unsustainable way of life. We are entering a period of great change and there are be difficult times ahead. The process has already begun. Students of prophecy will be familiar with certain relevant verses from Christian scripture concerning the signs of the end times (Matt. 24.8; Mk 13.8, Rom. 8.22; Rev. 12.03, 21.1-4). As it was translated in 1961 in the New English Bible: “With these things, the birth pangs of the new age begin” (Mt.24:8; Mk.13:8). Whether you are religious or secular, you should be aware that the tide of history is turning.

In North America, where we use far more oil than anywhere else on Earth, the vast majority (71%) of electrical power generation is entirely dependent on fossil fuels – coal (52%), gas (16%), and oil (3%). The world’s natural gas is running out along with the oil, and the coal supply is not unlimited either. Nuclear energy contributes only one-fifth to the US power network, and 7% of power is hydroelectric. Only 2% of US electricity production is from renewable sources. As we continue to burning up the world’s dwindling fossil energy sources at a terrifying rate, we simultaneously unleash catastrophic damage to the natural environment.

The Insider recently reported a wave of four major electrical power outages which struck the US; then the UK; followed by Denmark and Sweden; and then Italy, Switzerland, Austria and France. The effects only lasted a few hours, but each case was the biggest power failure in the history of the affected country. These massive power cuts were separated by a matter of days. The governments were only practicing this time. This is just the beginning.

It would be prudent to pursue alternative energy sources before it is too late, but the oil corporations will never allow this to happen. So important is oil as a resource that it brings great wealth and power to those who control it. Consequently, our corrupt politicians, whose power is lavishly funded with oil money, prefer to serve the short-term interests of greedy oil executives than the long-term interests of ordinary people like you. But as long as we have food in our bellies and entertainment to keep us busy, why should we care? Thus, it is the immorality and indifference of our species that ultimately leads to our own demise.

Nothing lasts forever. Like all the great civilizations in the past, ours has a limited life-span. A few years from now the Westernized world will reach the point where there is no longer enough fuel to sustain civilization in its present form. This will literally be the end of civilization as we know it.

Is climate change really even an environmental issue?

I didn’t source these quotes because they are freely available all over the Internet. I also didn’t check every one to see if it’s authentic. However, just based on how often they show up, I’m going to assume that at least the large majority are and that’s enough for you to answer the question.

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“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsiblity to bring that about?” – Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Programme

“No matter if the science of global warming is all phony… climate change provides the greatest opportunity to bring about justice and equality in the world.” – Christine Stewart, former Canadian Minister of the Environment

Quote from Club of Rome: “In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill….All these dangers are caused by human intervention….and thus the “real enemy, then, is humanity itself….believe humanity requires a common motivation, namely a common adversary in order to realize world government. It does not matter if this common enemy is “a real one or….one invented for the purpose.”

Quote by Al Gore, former vice president: “Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.”

Quote by Maurice Strong, a primary power behind UN throne: “Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?”

Quote by Jeffery Sachs, Columbia University, Director of The Earth Institute: “Obama is already setting a new historic course by reorienting the economy from private consumption to public investments…free-market pundits bemoan the evident intention of Obama and team to ‘tell us what kind of car to drive’. Yet that is exactly what they intend to do…and rightly so. Free-market ideology is an anachronism in an era of climate change.”

Quote by Emma Brindal, a climate justice campaigner coordinator for Friends of the Earth: “A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources.”

Quote by David Foreman, co-founder of Earth First!: “We must make this an insecure and inhospitable place for capitalists and their projects. We must reclaim the roads and plowed land, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of acres of presently settled land.”

Quote by Louis Proyect, Columbia University: “The answer to global warming is in the abolition of private property and production for human need. A socialist world would place an enormous priority on alternative energy sources. This is what ecologically-minded socialists have been exploring for quite some time now.”　

Quote by Michael Oppenheimer, major environmentalist: “The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can’t let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialization, we have in the US. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are.”

Quote by Barack Obama, “All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it’s here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster”.

Quote by David Graber, scientist U.S. Nat’l Park Services: “We have become a plague upon ourselves and upon the Earth. It is cosmically unlikely that the developed world will choose to end its orgy of fossil energy consumption, and the Third World its suicidal consumption of landscape. Until such time as Homo Sapiens should decide to rejoin nature, some of us can only hope for the right virus to come along.”

Quote by Sir John Houghton, first chairman of IPCC: “Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen.”

Quote by Al Gore, former vice president: “I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis.”

Quote by Stephen Schneider, Stanford Univ., environmentalist: “That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have.”

Quote by Amory Lovins, scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute: “Complex technology of any sort is an assault on human dignity. It would be little short of disastrous for us to discover a

Is this why Democrats want to push through cap and trade before the end of the month.?

Cap and Trade is being shoved through because of “man made” global warming. Al Gore has refused to debate this theory (yes, I know what a theory is) and told Congress last month that “this is the single most important piece of legislation ever.” Of course, Al Gore’s business has invested over 1 billion dollars in “clean” technology and carbon credits so he just may be “wishful”, if not just greedy. (My opinion)

However, the Earth actually appears to be cooling and the man made global warming “theory” is being questioned by more scientists everyday. Of course, the liberal media machine of NBC (who is owned by GE, who will benefit from this bill as well…….) keeps the fear rolling, refusing to debate the issue, let alone question it.
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· Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren’t quite understanding what their robots are telling them.

This is puzzling in part because here on the surface of the Earth, the years since 2003 have been some of the hottest on record. But Josh Willis at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the oceans are what really matter when it comes to global warming.

In fact, 80 percent to 90 percent of global warming involves heating up ocean waters. They hold much more heat than the atmosphere can. So Willis has been studying the ocean with a fleet of robotic instruments called the Argo system. The buoys can dive 3,000 feet down and measure ocean temperature. Since the system was fully deployed in 2003, it has recorded no warming of the global oceans.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88520025

I know this goes on to say that the Earth can cool for a few years, even in a cycle of global warming. (Imagine that….weather cycles!) I am all for alternative energy, as well as clean air and water. What I am opposed to is this cap and trade that is being shoved through under the guise of “man made” global warming, which will cause increased prices on everything from gas to food, and of course energy costs.(no to mention job losses)

This is even better……
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/09/arctic_aerosols_goddard_institute/

Is this the right time for this? What do you think?
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25348657-401,00.html
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