CA Energy Commission Seeks to Regulate Television Use

[Xargos]

W-H-A-T???
So with the abundance of energy we should NOT want to use it? That defies any logic I can conjure up, let alone contrive.

Yes, by all means let's keep using dirty energy that pollutes our air, making it harder to breathe. We should all want that, shouldn't we? That sure sounds logical.

But if it makes you feel any better, I started "hyper-miling" when gas got to be about $5 a year or so ago and now it's a habit for me. I always shut my car off when I'm sitting at stoplights. My wife thinks I'm nuts. I think everyone should do it, but I know that I'm in the minority. The other day though, I did hear someone else starting their car at the same stoplight I was at.

I appreciate the effort, but it still won't increase your mileage by enough to offset the difference in the vehicle. My 35+ MPG around town is without hyper-miling, and on the highway it hits 41+ MPG. Once the Mustang becomes a 30+ MPG around town option I will consider it more practical.

Also, as with opinion, freedom is the key to the success in our country. Let people be free to pursue excellence. Don't restrict them with regulation after regulation after regulation, etc.

Excellence? That would include personal responsibility. Money and possessions don't measure excellence.

Furthermore, Climate Change is a constant regardless of human interaction. So I'm not totally convinced of the supposed human warming trend. A volcano has a much larger effect on the atmosphere than our industries. Should we mortgage our economic future on something so speculative.

Yeah, sure there is no human influence.

Plenty of studies say otherwise, and taking a chance on those studies being wrong is more of a risk than doing something. Even if the studies are wrong, which I seriously doubt, I still want my clean air.

 

[lsiberian]

Dinosaurs died out around 64 million years ago, and despite what that creationist museum in southern Ohio would have its visitors believe (or the Flintstones for that matter), I'm pretty certain you won't find a serious paleontologist suggesting that humans and dinosaurs were around at the same time.

Still, your point is well taken.

What about the fact that people in Africa have seen dinosaurs without ever having been to a museum? Not sure if you've heard about this. There are still very deep jungles in which we haven't been and going into is extremely difficult. The existence of crocodiles, and komodo dragons indicates it may be possible for large reptiles to still be sustained in our environment. Of course I subscribe to the oxygen depletion theory for the reason of dinosaurs dying out. Not a widespread group, but it makes more logical sense to me than just the catastrophic event alone theory. Also there are stories of dragons, and cave paintings of dragons. These are compelling for sure. It seems the world we live in is less absolute than we would like. We can certainly say that Dinosaurs didn't dominate the earth with humans and certainly the larger species are likely gone. I don't think a T-rex could hide, but some of the smaller species certainly could survive.

The creationist arguments are crazy, but if a person understands the perspective I think you can respect it.