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Originally Posted by guineapig
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Does every government on the planet have something to gain out of tricking the entire world into believing that there is an issue here when really there is none?
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If someone's making a buck off of it, or getting more power and control over people and business - indeed they do have a LOT to gain. No one can honestly say Al Gore hasn't made any 'gains' from it. I'd be much more apt to believe someone
who isn't flying a private jet everywhere,
leaving his limos idling for hours to keep them cool and buying
9 million dollars mansions, lol.
So yeah - I'm horribly cynical and if there's a core reason I'm cynical - look above at those links
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And **Especially** - when corporations and government seem to go
ON AND ON about something
Ad nauseam and there seems to be a 'push' to make it 'trendy'.
Two other things REALLY bring out the cynicism in me:
Government and 'Trends'.
Still - I think we most certainly have a responsibility to our environment and I certainly think we need to develop cleaner and more efficient energy - which brings me to the - maybe core reason I don't buy the hype... I really think cars could be 500 times more efficient than they are now.
Assume - just for the sake of debate - that a technology exists that would allow a standard V8 to get 200 Miles per gallon. Would the oil companies allow that?
So - science aside. I might really be inclined to believe the science in and of itself - it's the 'politics' and such surrounding it, that make me cynical.