quickie...

just a quick post in response to jenny's gas prices tft piece today.  just a couple of things they've learned me in a couple of classes lately.  why are gas prices skyrocketing?  there's that old law of supply and demand coming back to haunt us.  we've become so dependent on oil that we have that outrageous demand on the system while everyone is telling us how "short" our oil supply is.  so what does that spell?  $10 per gallon gas prices.  So where's the problem?  Um, how about the fact that we are NOT and WILL NOT be in any remote kind of an oil shortage in the next 1000 years.  The environmentalists want us to believe that we are so that we'll save the environment.  The big oil guys want us to believe that we are so they can jack up the prices.  And who makes sure that we all "know" that we're heading towards a shortage?  If you can name me a news source who doesn't have a daily article on oil shortages, then you'll be a first.  so i guess the only ones we can blame are ourselves for reading newspapers :)

on another note about this so called destruction of the environment we're doing.  ever notice how they no longer use the phrase "global warming" but instead have coined the phrase "climate change"?  That's because the average temperature of the earth actually went down last year.  crap, there goes that theory.  oh but wait, what about the green house gases effect?  hmmm...haven't heard about that one in awhile either?  i bet you'd like to know why that is, too, wouldn't you?  here's a chemistry lesson for you.  what compound contributed to over 90% of the green house gases effect?  H2O(g).  For those of you who can't quite remember what that is, it's commonly known as WATER VAPOR.  Hmmm...how do we plan on combatting that one?  Good luck.  Oh but wait...there's more.  What is the next largest contributor?  Granted water vapor is the majority of our "problem", the next biggest problem child is methane gas.  Wow, that sounds like pretty bad juju doesn't it?  I wonder where that crap is hiding out.  Cars?  Cigarettes?  Factories?  Baby's diapers?  nope.  try this one on for size: RAIN FORESTS!  That's right, we have evaporation and trees to blame for our environmental problems.  Crap.  What on earth are we going to do??? 

Ok, now let me have it.  I KNOW there has to be some opinions out there on this topic, so feel free to bash me :)   

Comments

[jenny]

i think i just learned more from you in two minutes than i've learned from anyone in the past ten years. :)

great follow up trav! i completely agree with you but i know there are quite a few people out there that would love to argue.