Where will this “law” occur? Not in the US, as long as the CLS and its mouthpieces have their way. I am tired of hypocrites lecturing me. Al Gore is becoming like HillBilly: syphilis. (Thanks Marshall, I love that comparison!!)

Mark, you continue doing your thing, and I’ll continue to do mine. The world will not end or continue because of our choices. We are not even the pawns in this game.

What does my lack of running water have to do with my computer? I try to keep water away from my computer!

Really, for me to do what I need to do, I need my computer. I have found that running water is an option that is quite easy to do without. I just use walking water instead of running water. Not as big a deal as most people seem to think.

The reasons I choose to live this rather spare lifestyle are multifacited, but primarily its just so that I can afford to pursue a much-less-than-non-profit project that I am passionate about, at a level most people apply to their jobs.

I live this way also because I enjoy having no neighbors in the wintertime, in a fabulously beautiful and inspiring forest I share with nature and my dog. It’s poetic here.

I’m not trying to set any example for you or anyone else. I’m not suggesting that everyone throw out the comfortable lifestyles they enjoy and try to live this way. In fact, if my kids were still in the house I probably couldn’t pull this off.

However, if more people did live this way, obviously a lighter impact on earth’s resources would result. I am convinced that most people could reduce their consumption of earth’s limited resources if they chose to. At today’s rate of consumption, eventually it will no longer be a choice. Serious shortages will one day soon force change. Maybe not in my lifetime but very likely in my children’s lifetime.

Living this way does provide me an interesting perspective. I often think about how my lifestyle appears quite impovershed compared to the living standards of most of the industrialized nation’s citizens, but in fact mine is a living standard well above that of the average world citizen.

Just to provide a little glimpse…the only utiltites I buy are electricity, telephone and propane (only 50lbs propane per winter). My water and woodheat is paid via my own labors. I do without TV, DSL, dish washer, garbage disposal, garage door opener, lawn mower and many other things that I do not miss at all. I do use the laundromat every few weeks to wash clothing because washing clotes in the river presents other problems. I do drive an old car getting decent but not great mpg, because I can’t afford a hybrid and due to the area’s population density there is no public transportation. I do have a part time day job to pay for food, etc., but I really live on very little money compared to most of society around me.

There’s no law against driving Hummers and big SUVs to the mall, but eventually there will be. The writing is on the wall. Change is blowing in the wind.

I’m no hero. I’m just doing what I feel I have to do to get done what I feel I need to get done.

I guess that is all attributed to my tiny-ass appartment, and the only place I go is to work and back in my 4-cyl car that gets darn good gas mileage.

I suppose the implication is that they are noble savages whose enviro-purity we should aspire to. The quiz makes you think, but as Jake points out, the questions require a certain leap of faith. I thought it would be fun to throw it out to see how people would react and the nature of the quiz would speak for itself, which it evidently did.

BTW, Mark, how do you square having no running water with having a computer?

BTW: Which of the listed cities has weather like ours? Listening to the “meteorologists” that predict weather for CT, they are generally wrong about our weather here. Danbury? Hartford? NYC? NOT EVEN CLOSE. Try listening to WGNA FM out of Albany. Remember, we are south and east of Albany. Their prediction, Tuesday, for weather SOUTH and EAST of Albany was 6-10 inches of mixed precipitation. What is on the ground here?

SO, the test is designed to show that MAN is responsible for global warming.

Vegan questions? Not too political here.

Sorry folks, I will not take this “test.” If you believe its results, you are sheeple. I answered 2 questions honestly and scored a 32. I ignored the test. Now, let’s go back and really tell the truth. By leaving their preset answers up, I scored a 46. I used NYC as my hometown weather.

BTW, Terry, scoring 90% on a test is still considered an excellent score. Y’all need to meet my goals and raise your sights.

No, Al Gore is not merely a “reporter.” How many people like the mandated “low flow” toilets? That is an Al Gore creation. HE is a politician with an agenda. His agenda, based on his lifestyle, is do as I say, not as I do. Kinda getting bored repeating that phrase about the socialists that masquerade as Democrats.

Mar, who are you to decide how anyone should spend their money? See, that is part of living in a country where you can make your own decisions. When was the last time you heard of an American importing a doctor from a foreign country to treat a serious illness, like stomach cancer or maybe diverticulitis? Not sure of the illness, it might even be death, the press is tightly controlled in Cuba.

Where is your criticism of the saints of your ecological movement? Pelosi and Gore are only the high priest and priestess. Yes, the orders listed are correct. Don’t forget Moore, Streisand, and the rest of our “betters?”

Let’s try this: You live your way. I live mine. I don’t try and force you to change to my way of life, and you do likewise. If your postings are any indication, I have just asked you to buy a new H2 with all the bells and whistles.

That test is the height of silliness. Not worth the effort to point out all the fallacious assumptions that have to be taken to even ask those questions. I hope children aren’t being exposed to that site.

Responding to Tim Abbott above and the polls, I was referring to the National Journal Poll of US House members. I should have stated that. You can read it here:

http://syndication.nationaljournal.com/images/203Insiderspoll_NJlogo.pdf

And finally, for all the people who think the global warming debate is over, I would mention that there was similar scientific “concensus” around the “population explosion” in the 1960’s and Eugenics in the 1920’s. The former ended wasting tons of good people’s money for nothing (let alone things like China’s one child policy) and the latter led to a very nasty fellow in Germany trying to “cleanse” his country of what he considered a lower genetic order. So, global warming or no, we should err on the side of skepticism when politicians use “pure science” to promote their agendas.

Most interesting. Thanks again for passing it on. I would be interested to see what scores other readers get.
Paul, remember the political test? Will you be off the charts again? Marshall, you use too much electricity at Geer. I would put your score at 46!

Also, remember that Al Gore is acting merely as a reporter with his movie. He never made any claim to be otherwise. I trust his report based on ample hard science evidence, regardless of what his political aims may be. He certainly knows more about this issue than I do. And I dare say I trust the evidence of the majority of the world’s scientists more than the evidence posed by arm chair experts like Paul, above, who seem to make their claims to align with whatever axe they’re grinding.

To see if any actions taken to reduce or slow the effects of Global Warming will impact you, take this survey:
http://www.myfootprint.org
I always thought of myself as relatively sensitive about my impact on the world, but I was surprised to see that if all the people of the world adopted my lifestyle, we would need 2.4 earth’s worth of resources to support us all. How does your lifestye measure up?

Now, Mark may be willing to place his faith in people that cannot predict what will happen in 48 hours, but I and a host of others are not.

With my faith in the msm well documented, I have investigated this for myself. I spared myself algore’s diatribe; he has NO scientific credibility and does not practice what he preaches. Typical socialist attitude and behavior. Discoery Channel, The Learning Channel, The History Channel, and various sites, pro and con on the internet.

We are in a natural cycle of earth. Is it getting warmer? Yes. We are coming out of a period of cooling; climatologists peg this period as occurring during the “Dark Ages.” The earth cooled about 3 degrees centigrade during this period. It has been verified by written records and geological records. Not much of a change, but it did contribute to all sorts of natural disasters. Since our ecosystem strives for balance, if one period is cool, then the next will be warmer.

Is man the main culprit? NO. How much are we affecting the climate? NO ONE KNOWS FOR CERTAIN. Interesting tidbits:

More methane is released daily by the insects in the world than by man. That ant you step on is a leading contributor to greenhouse gases.

Our tax dollars have been spent by some idiot in DC to determine a way to reduce flatulence in cows. I believe the “study” had a $10 million price tag. The “study” concluded that the idea is impractical.

There are many more such follies. We may be able to reduce our emmissions of greenhouse gases, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s like wishing HillBilly would go away: it just doesn’t matter.