environmentalism

We have a local minister who broadcasts Sunday messages. Today's was an interesting one that I heard over the radio while in the hardware store. Apparently good Christians are not supposed to care about the environment. Here's his logic: The Rapture will be here any day God favors America...

A friend of mine posted this film on facebook and I've never heard of it before. I did a quick search of the Randi.org forums and didn't find anything for it... Comments? Flow - For The Love Of Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1j_LO7mrAQ&feature=related

I got to thinking about this this morning. What might be done about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? I was thinking maybe developing some plastic eating bacteria but then I thought that might have unintended side effects. Perhaps dropping some sort of resin that will bind with plastic and offset...

George Will, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112002619.html Free log-in ID required. Emphasis mine. With a bitter, pithy conclusion: I recall some of the previous "we're running out" scares to be due to misunderstanding the concept of "known...

Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth sequel stresses spiritual argument on climate Guardian (UK) Yes he's very spiritual. Like Oprah. :cool:

McCain says wants 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 And 100 ultimately. http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWBT00921120080618?feedType=nl&feedName=ustopnewsevening Finally someone willing to transition us to clean non-carbon emitting sources of power!

I think a debate about biotech companies would make a nice change from 11th Sept 2001. In 1996 a consignment of GM maize from the USA came to the attention of the public, and attempts to stop this from getting into our food were made, the public were then told by the biotech industry, stop...

This is something that a good few people have brought up in all the recent threads with our resident AGW-deniers (mhaze, TokenConservative, Dr. Imago etc.). Even if man-made global warming isn't really happening, what exactly is wrong with cutting our use of fossil fuels (which are known to be...

Looking at history, it seems that religions rise to prominence every 2000 years or so. Before Judaism and the idea of one god, there was pagan idol worship, then after about 2000 years came Jesus, and later Mohammad. If the 3 Abrahamic religions are on the way out, what is going to replace them...

At first blush this seems like a radically new and great way to vastly reduce personal computing energy costs and excessive waste but I can see the risks that people will cite of so much personal data being stored in a centralized place. I'd be more comfortable with the idea if private companies...

The Story of Two Houses - Look over the descriptions of the following two houses and see if you can tell which one belongs to an environmentalist. HOUSE # 1: A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house...

First, I should start off that I've always considered myself a skeptic and proud of that fact. I ask questions and look for answers on any topic of interest that comes my way. While Earth Day is now focused on the global warming issue—it should be looked at in many different ways. There...

For those of you who may not be aware, today is "Earth day". Earth day is celebrated in over 175 countries and it's goal is to inspire environmental awareness. I know that the attention span of the folks on this forum is generally pretty short so I'll try to make this post short. For those of...

I read the speech "Enviromentalism as a religion" by Michael Crichton (http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote05.html) and I agree almos completely. The only fact that I haven't been able to verify is this : "I can tell you that second hand smoke is not a health hazard to anyone...

Are all environmentalists 'woos'? I've seen that assertion many times about the so-called skeptic industry at large, and it still has me perplexed as to why. The environment exists, does it not? Can't activities by man be proven to have an affect on our environment? Shouldn't that lead to a...

A very interesting article on the "religion" of Environmentalism: Michael Crichton Remarks to the Commonwealth Club Jim.

http://www.econot.com/page4.html I'm reading this right now, and it seems to be pretty great. Anyone feel like debating about it?