tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22237940.post6130249458728007479..comments2023-10-21T03:44:48.329-07:00Comments on Conservation Value Notes: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Catastrophe: This Doesn't Happen With Clean EnergyJon Gelbard, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14064135781502426896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22237940.post-37632467597393821032010-05-01T10:47:44.547-07:002010-05-01T10:47:44.547-07:00I hate this man made horror as much as anyone else...I hate this man made horror as much as anyone else. No matter which side of the warming/cooling/climate table one sits on, it is always the same attitude that underlies our short sighted decisions. I for one am sick to death of our supreme collective arrogance, our overweeningly superior attitudes, even our egocentric willingness to think we are so powerful that as humans we claim we are the ones who can kill or save the entire planet, all while saving us from our own unavoidable extinction. At the same time we strut about claiming we can outsmart nature. We second guess millennial changes in climate (natural climate, which we are not omnipotent enough to have altered, like six degrees warmer than now during the Mediaeval Warm Period or massive global crop failures & millions dying during the Little Ice Age). That is the same arrogance as any oil executive possesses. Climate saviourism & repeat cult worship politics which elect misguided, ill informed leaders, THAT is what got us into this mess. However, it might ALSO help for someone to explain the term "clean". Isn't that same indistinguishable human arrogance what also got us thinking that there is such a thing as "clean" energy? Please explain how these choices are not just as short sighted & harmful. If it isn't biofuels destroying food crops, turbines killing birds & blighting the landscape, or extremely toxic materials used in the creation of solar panels, what is it we are so all fired clever at doing? And I've got land in Chernobyl to sell to anyone who thinks nuclear energy is "clean" & a guarantee not to cause an equally horrific disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22237940.post-34889331391763912702010-04-30T09:21:55.265-07:002010-04-30T09:21:55.265-07:00Dr Jon, you speak the truth!
I really hope this t...Dr Jon, you speak the truth!<br /><br />I really hope this tragedy can be parlayed into something positive, namely the passing of that bill.Soulskierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485189531571128206noreply@blogger.com