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Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sun, 26 May 2013 00:07:34 +0000

OBSOLESCENCE: the process of becoming obsolete or the condition of being nearly obsolete.

Wearing out is not becoming obsolete.

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by mexsandalguy

mexsandalguy — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:43:20 +0000

Ouch but you’re making my little head hurt…
The running shoes are deliberately made with inferior materials that wear out – aka ‘planned obsolescence’.
Please – if you’ve got nothing more than other stupid replies please just quit.

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:17:39 +0000

That isn’t “planned obsolescence.” The shoes aren’t becoming obsolete.

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by mexsandalguy

mexsandalguy — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:56:38 +0000

@gamecock
I said very clearly ‘serious distance runners’ which obviously doesn’t include you if your running shoes last you 10 years.
It is standard practice to replace traditional running shoes like the Asic Gel Kayanos (which I personally ran in for 10 years) every 400 miles.
I run anywhere from 80-100 miles a week so if I was still running in those shoes and following SOP then I would burn through upwards of a pair per month or 12 pairs per year.

Comment on NASA Honcho: “Earth’s climate has done nothing but change” by mossrock

mossrock — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:50:45 +0000

At last, an honest perspective, as has been pointed out by our host for years.

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by mexsandalguy

mexsandalguy — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:48:27 +0000

@gamecock

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:39:44 +0000

Running shoes last me ten years.

Comment on Snow blankets parts of Europe — FLASHBACK: Climategater says ‘Children won’t know what snow is’ by bestruger1022

bestruger1022 — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:38:45 +0000

Obviously the deep ocean is sucking the heat out of Europe. There, mystery solved.

Comment on Shot Down: EPA lead ammunition ban blocked by federal court by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:51 +0000

Too bad we don’t have “loser pays” laws. CBD should have to pay NRA, NSSF, and SCI’s costs of fighting this crap.

Comment on Shot Down: EPA lead ammunition ban blocked by federal court by profitup10

profitup10 — Sat, 25 May 2013 21:20:20 +0000

The rain put more lead in the lakes, streams and oceans in one good storm than all of human applications. The Grand Canyon was once flat . . the Himalayan canyons were once plateaus . . millions of tons of hazardous containing materials are taken to the lakes and rivers then oceans each day. Silly humans think we have the power to slow down or reverse nature is a fools errand.

Comment on Study: Running shoes leave large carbon footprint by mexsandalguy

mexsandalguy — Sat, 25 May 2013 20:41:09 +0000

I would like to add a further conclusion, that while it’s not part of the direct manufacturing process costs, it remains a cost non-the-less. And that is the hidden cost passed onto the consumer by virtue of the inbuilt planned obsolescence that is part of every pair of running shoes. MIT’s manufacturing analysis rightly didn’t include the replacement cost because that is a consumer cost not a manufacturing cost. But it is a cost that has an environmental impact as well. Running shoes need to be replaced every 400 miles which means that serious distance runners will typically go through 8 or more pair of running shoes per year. Building stuff that lasts longer is better for both the environment and the consumer.
I believe in sustainability through using recycled materials to create products that last. Cheers. mexsandalguy

Comment on Bill Nye the Science Fool: Higher average global temperature provides heat for tornados by Jerrymat

Jerrymat — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

I taught high school science for a third of a century. The students’ favorite extra credit assignment was to watch a Bill Nye videotape on a science subject and make a list of his scientific errors.

Comment on Leno: Obama Can Close Gitmo By Making it a Government-Funded Solar Company by terrence

terrence — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:36:17 +0000

I LOVE it! Leno can be VERY FUNNY – especially when his one-liners contain TRUTH!

Comment on NASA Scientist: Climate models don’t support existence of liquid water on young Earth by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:30:37 +0000

That most of earth’s water was acreted from space is old news. Using “climate models” to guess how much water there was on young earth seems a colossal waste of money. Indeed, any reference to climate by NASA is a waste. That is NOAA’s job.

“Green said that three Earth-observing satellites will be launched this year, and they will help us better understand how the climate is currently changing and the implications that has for our planet’s environment.”

Let’s cancel them and resume Whitehouse tours.

Comment on NASA Honcho: “Earth’s climate has done nothing but change” by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 17:47:00 +0000

‘“Earth’s climate has done nothing but change,” Green said.’

Earth doesn’t have a climate; earth has many climates. It seems our green genius doesn’t know what climate means.

Comment on Tesla CEO calls for carbon tax by Paddy (@paddywagon69348)

Paddy (@paddywagon69348) — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:44:23 +0000

End all federal and stae subsidies and Tesla will file for Ch 11 relief within two years.

Comment on Population Bomb-er Paul Ehrlich: ‘Oil barons part of the biggest criminal conspiracy on Earth’ by GoneWithTheWind

GoneWithTheWind — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:36:38 +0000

Given his strong beliefs and presumed honesty (vs being part of the criminal conspiracy) has Mr Ehrlich driven a car, used electricity, flown in airplanes, heated his home, cooked his food, etc. Or is he a total phony who enjoys all of the benefits of fossil fuels while trying to dent those benefits to everyone else?

Comment on Gov. Moonbeam: If no action against climate change in 5 years, “it’s over” by Jef

Jef — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:09 +0000

Should we introduce him to Ehrlich?

Comment on Anheuser-Busch presses Germany to ban fracking until groundwater safety guaranteed by Jef

Jef — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:33:45 +0000

Drink Shiner!

Comment on Tyranny takes a forced holiday: Sequester shutters EPA, IRS today by Jef

Jef — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:28:26 +0000

Just in time to create a four day weekend. Who says the feds can’t plan anything?

Comment on California to ban beach fires by Jef

Jef — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:22:05 +0000

I like the way the reporter worded his article, the study was “concocted” to support the position. Sounds like true science.

Comment on Warmist Rant: Bad Astronomer says carbon dioxide is a poison; ‘Tie a plastic bag over your head and let me know’ by Terry

Terry — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:55:03 +0000

If Plait is concerned about CO2 levels, he should just not breath out.

Comment on Joe Bastardi responds to dead-ender Michael Mann on climate-tornado link by jonboy

jonboy — Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:35 +0000

Thank you erkforby, handn’t a clue either. Still going to have to look that up to be clear.

Comment on Now he tells us: Steven Chu admits no interest in energy economics until taking Energy Sec. job by Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:55:36 +0000

Yes, but don’t you see, he is one of the adults. And they all think that they are very reasonable and logical people. Scary, isn’t it.

Comment on Population Bomb-er Paul Ehrlich: ‘Oil barons part of the biggest criminal conspiracy on Earth’ by Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:52:00 +0000

If the oil royalty has barons, do we have to worry more about about the Duke of Oil? The article was absolute gibberish, just the kind of stuff Ehrlich would support.

Comment on Paul Ehrlich calls Sen. Inhofe a ‘genuine moron’ by Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:45:11 +0000

Is that the same Paul Ehrlich whose theories and predictions were totally invalidated 40 years ago? If so, why is anyone paying attention to him now?

Comment on Snow possible over Memorial Day weekend in Northeastern states by Bob

Bob — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:40:32 +0000

My AC went on the fritz. Great timing since I don’t need the AC! There is a silver lining in this global warming cloud.

Comment on Paul Ehrlich wants to prevent 1 billion lives by 2050 by Gamecock

Gamecock — Sat, 25 May 2013 09:30:53 +0000

Pol Pot. When I read Ehrlich’s Manifesto, I think,” Khmer Rouge.”

Comment on Bill McKibben: One degree of warming is ‘utter catastrophe’ by High Treason

High Treason — Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:48 +0000

Here in Australia, we will be “blessed” with his presence soon. Hopefully he gets a “frosty” reception.

Comment on Paul Ehrlich wants to prevent 1 billion lives by 2050 by IVillageIdiot

IVillageIdiot — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:59:00 +0000

If the guys was wearing a funny little uniform, you know what they would call that?

Comment on Population Bomb-er Paul Ehrlich: ‘Oil barons part of the biggest criminal conspiracy on Earth’ by scarletknight72

scarletknight72 — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:55:37 +0000

You can see these idiots never played sports as they have no concept of losing.

Comment on Detailing the greenwashed Chevy Volt by GDwolf

GDwolf — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:49:47 +0000

Big D judging by these comments, I think you hit a nerve.

Well Done

Comment on Detailing the greenwashed Chevy Volt by GDwolf

GDwolf — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:38:15 +0000

I have owned a Volt for a couple of months now and read quite a bit about it, including the objections. In my experience, whenever people get so emotional about a car, there’s more going on that they aren’t saying. They seem genuinely afraid of the Chevy Volt technology catching on. Lets face it, the concept could put a lot of people out of business. Maintenance, fuel cost everything about this car must scare the hell out of people who make a living overcharging for all the nuisances we have all come to accept about conventional vehicles. They will praise pure electrics and other technologies because they don’t see them as a threat while demonizing the one technology that could actually work for most people. Let’s see if their attempts to suppress this succeed; lets see how adept they are at manipulating us.

Comment on Paul Ehrlich calls Sen. Inhofe a ‘genuine moron’ by terrence

terrence — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:33:36 +0000

This guy has severe mental-emotional problems. I really doubt that he could pass a grade school arithmetic test. He is very sad, too bad I can’t laugh about, or at, him. VERY, VERY SAD.

Comment on Warmist dead-ender Steven Chu: Climate change is No. 1 problem by mossrock

mossrock — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:23:26 +0000

Ditto.

Comment on Warmist Rant: Bad Astronomer says carbon dioxide is a poison; ‘Tie a plastic bag over your head and let me know’ by benofhouston

benofhouston — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:32:45 +0000

I believe that he’s an astronomer by trade. He still has the best rebuttal of the moon hoax nonsense on the web, worthwhile reading.

Comment on Scalia screws conservatives again: Upholds faulty notion that federal agencies have the authority to determine the scope of their own jurisdiction if the law is unclear by benofhouston

benofhouston — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:31:27 +0000

I have to agree with the others, and I cannot argue with Scalia’s reasoning. If Congressional language is unclear, Congress cannot be relied upon to clarify it in a orderly or timely fashion. This is one of the primary reasons for rulemaking agencies in the first place. The alternative is eternal deadlock. While agencies have run amuck at times, and the courts have abdicated responsibility in the past, I do not see how they could rule otherwise.

Comment on Snow possible over Memorial Day weekend in Northeastern states by Joseph Bastardi

Joseph Bastardi — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:29:19 +0000

Been forecasted by Weatherbell.com since Wednesday. Tweeted numerous times publicly also. Probably already snowing down to 3k, but real fun and games sat and sat night

Comment on Paul Ehrlich calls Sen. Inhofe a ‘genuine moron’ by JW

JW — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:57:55 +0000

“Paul Ehrlich calls Sen. Inhofe a ‘genuine moron’”

Well, he would know.

Paul Ehrlich: Battling the Stopped Clock theorem for over 40 years.

Comment on House Dem on weather-climate talk: “It hasn’t worked so far. Nothing we’re doing is working” by whitetop

whitetop — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:52:56 +0000

There is conclusive evidence the government is capable of creating problems but are not capable of solving problems. They can spend trillions of dollars but never solve any problems.

Comment on Now he tells us: Steven Chu admits no interest in energy economics until taking Energy Sec. job by Ron Kilmartin

Ron Kilmartin — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:51:03 +0000

Another warming flake on the Stanford faculty. When are the adults going to take charge again?

Comment on Detailing the greenwashed Chevy Volt by shawn foster

shawn foster — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:48 +0000

Are we figuring the co2 emission from the naval, air and ground operations in the middle east and the emissions from the oil tankers that bring the oil, and a few incidentals like treasure and blood that pay for the geopolitics of oil?

Comment on Tesla: The Other Government Motors by Gamecock

Gamecock — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:15:11 +0000

One of the characteristics of fascism is an alliance between business and government. It would seem at first that strong, autocratic central control of your business would be undesirable. But the relationship creates a monopoly position for the business. Yeah, the rules are crap, but they are an absolute barrier to any competition, and, as a monopoly, you can always charge the cost off to your customers.

“Since policy will stifle, policy must be kept to a minimum and every policy carefully weighed.”

Better the federal government have no authority to make decisions. States can make rules for their banks, insurance companies, and taxis. Federal government decisions will be purely political.

Comment on Tesla: The Other Government Motors by MT Geoff

MT Geoff — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:29 +0000

I think that any government policy on manufacturing is likely to select losers simply because no policy is likely to be correct. I think conservatives or libertarians would wind up picking losers too. Too many factors.
History shows that government policy on the economy is stifling rather than nurturing and the less done, the better.
Now, some policy is necessary — rule of law to enforce contracts, for example, or requiring that banks and insurance companies be financially sound. I’d require that cab companies operate safe vehicles. Even this necessary policy will have some stifling effect, e.g. a poor soul with a car that has lousy brakes loses the chance to earn a living by driving people around. In that case, though, there’s the genuine externality of the poor soul driving into me when I didn’t ask to ride in his cab.
Since policy will stifle, policy must be kept to a minimum and every policy carefully weighed.

Comment on Now he tells us: Steven Chu admits no interest in energy economics until taking Energy Sec. job by MT Geoff

MT Geoff — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:29:26 +0000

Dr. Chu didn’t have any interest in energy economics after he took office either.
How did he get selected? He reflects the views of the official who appointed him. That’s why elections matter.

Comment on More Bad Astronomer Rant: Temperature in Kansas to hit ’120 degrees for months on end’ by Gamecock

Gamecock — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:00 +0000

117 in Phoenix . . . the humidty is so low, it only feels like 106.

Comment on Claim: Global majority faces water shortages ‘within two generations’ by Allen Brooks

Allen Brooks — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:22 +0000

Can’t let peope have water, need it for the snail darters and delta smelt or anything else enviros can dream up. One enviro told us: “We don’t give a damn about the snail darters, but they make a good excuse to prevent the constructionof the dam.”

Comment on Now he tells us: Steven Chu admits no interest in energy economics until taking Energy Sec. job by coolertemp

coolertemp — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:25:21 +0000

How do people like this get into a decision making office????

Comment on Warmist dead-ender Steven Chu: Climate change is No. 1 problem by MT Geoff

MT Geoff — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:42:59 +0000

This is the kind of thing I expected from Obama and the people he would appoint to high office. That is why I voted as much against him as for McCain. I liked Romney better than McCain or Obama.

Comment on California to ban beach fires by MT Geoff

MT Geoff — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:41:13 +0000

Howdy tadchem
I’d be very surprised if the pits are anything like 20 ft2. The ones I remember were only a few feet each way, say 9 or 16 ft2. Either way, of course, the fires in the pits are utterly insignificant in the air quality equation of Southern California. Nor would they produce enough CO2 to care about if CO2 was worth caring about which it isn’t.
And yes, a campfire on a beach probably does produce a lot more particulate than a diesel truck. That’s why the “split wood, not atoms” motto seems so silly to me.
You’d like to think the voters of SoCal would be tossing out nannies like this, but you’d be thinking wishfully.