Good Heavens, FFH, don't tell me you've bought that political bilgewater!
Those in the rest of the world don't want to kill us because we are Westerners. They want us to get our freakin' noses out of their business and stop messing in their own countries.
Which is exactly how we would feel if another country came in and started interfering here.
You've obviously never seen a beheading Alqueada style...
No, but many people who subscribe to an eschatology that includes the destruction of Earth see no need to preserve anything. After all, Jesus is coming soon.
No, many do care about the quality of air we breathe, the depleting ozone layer, acid rain, etc. etc. You'll soon find that out when Mitt Romney steps up and speaks out concerning these extremely important issues.
I offer for your consideration former Interior Secretary
James Watt..
Horrible...
Interior Secretary Watt was known for gutting environmental law in this nation, and his religious belief that Jesus coming soon would make it all moot was the direct motivation for his utter failure to do his duty.
Stupidity on his part.
I'm pleased to see the rise of interest in the Christian community, especially among younger Chrisitans, in the idea of being a "good steward" and I hope that trend continues, because it will do a great deal to counter the negative ideas people have about Christians because of people like James Watt who came before.
Out with the old in with the new...
Your version of "end times" doesn't seem to result in the Earth going up in flames,
Yeah the earth will not be purified with fire until the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ on the earth, which would be approximately 3,000 A.D. according to the Biblical timetable... I
suggest that different understanding of prophecy is what causes you to have a very different pov, and one that would encourage preserving the environment.
Well don't get me wrong, I believe this earth will be completely renewed, but only when we get our act together and start trying to heal the environment, but it may be too late and all we can do is slow it down until Christ steps in and saves the planet, literally, from our own destruction...
The earth is already pretty much beyond repair, so all we can do is delay it's destruction, which we have brought upon it...
It would be wise to delete cold fusion from that list, FFH, along with perpetual motion machines.
No way, cold fusion was developed right here at the University of Utah and is being developed as a "free energy" source of power for cars, homes, businesses, etc..as are magnets...
See
www.SolarEnergyLimited.com (this company has just recently aquired
www.D2fusion.com whom the main develper of cold fusion, back in 1989 at the University of Utah, works for).
See also
www.Steorn.com
It will deplete the topsoil over time, and topsoil is not renewable. Ethanol from crops is a good stopgap measure while we develop other sources of energy, but we are fools if we think we can do that forever.
The E-coli bacteria has been harnessed to convert any biodegradable waste into glycerine or glycose which will then be converted to ethyl alcohol (ethanol)
Only waste materials are needed, which this earth has more than enough of...
Paper mills produce enormous amounts of waste, as do saw mills, which are ideal for biomass production of ethanol.
Ethanol will be made from all biodegradable waste materials, which are currently just being used as landfill...
As long as your engine is built for it. It ruined my old Honda years ago, when E15 was first available. It never had vaporlock problems before the one time I put ethanol in it. I'm not the only person who had the problem, so it's not an anomaly.
I have an 87 Honda Accord and I know what you mean, the old carbureted engines were not that great, but fuel injection solved that problem of vapor lock...
All or most all cars made now can take ethanol and are made to automatically adjust to ethanol with absolutely no problems...
I am done with Hondas tho and gas engines eccept for my bike, which I have run 50 percent ethanol with no problems, even have done full ethanol, but needed to adjust fuel air mixture...
It runs like a dream with a 50/50 mix gas and E85. It's like a turbo boost...
My bike is also a Honda but with dual racing carburetors and can handle the ethanol no problem....
I have concerns about ethanol because of what it's made from. I have corn allergies, and while I would love to move back to the Midwest, it might make me sick to do so. My business friend has gluten/soy allergy, and if the ethanol is made from chaff or soy, that will make her sicker.
The finished product is nothing more than ethyl alcohol, basically the same thing that's found in wines and beers...
Perhaps we will both have to retire to Bulgaria.
Ethanol is a clean burning fuel and it is much much much less toxic than gas and less harmful and dangerous...
It burns clean with no smell other than a burnt clean smell if that makes any sense.
I have suffered from tons of various different allergies and ethonol does not affect me in the slightest.
All the major gas stations will soon be selling it..
I'm living in the South, where ethanol is not the rage, and that's probably just as well for me.
Get ready for a big takeover in this country, as is already happening in South America and Europe..
Remember it's not the corn they are using it's the husks and all other farming waste materials, like sugar cane wastes after the sugar cane has been harvested...
The wood and paper mill industry has been throwing it's waste out and it has piled up over the years and been used as land fill..
Alll we have to do is tap into that waste and use it...
It's stuff that was previously burned or thrown out...now being used as an alternative fuel..
The Formula 500 racing cars are all going ethanol now as will Nascar...
Bill Gates also boasts of having no paper in his company, in order to help save the environemen, it's all electronically handled...
I try to use as little paper as possible, by following his example...
You will soon see that there is a new breed of Christians who are extremely environmentally conscience.
The LDS church as invested nearly a million dollars in Pacific Ethanol (PEIX Nasdaq ticker) the largest producer of corn waste ethanol in the country based in California...
We just bought a new car - and it isn't in the list; but we chose it because the emissions are minimal (compared with other cars). We have also had a condensing boiler installed that only gives out water vapour..........
