SAY WHAT? Climate Change Deniers in the Media Are Evil?

I don't know of anyone that denies there is climate change. We just don't believe in man made climate change to the extent we are causing the earth to die. We also are not so arrogant as to believe that we can control the climate to "correct" what the earth has been doing for longer than man started thinking about the weather. The earth has gotten cooler and the earth has gotten warmer.

When I was in elementary school, they were screaming about global cooling due to pollution. They warned us that crops would stop growing and we would all die. Now that my kids are in school, they are told we are going to die due to global warming. Then, they realized that the trend is that the earth is again cooling some. The science is flawed and only fools believe it. Al Gore has a huge mansion that is sucking many times more power than his neighbors. He flies around in jets and to offset all this he sells "credits" by planting trees. He is a hypocrite that is making money off his lies.

Answer a couple of questions for me if you are so worried about the earth. What is the perfect temperature for the earth? And, What is the actual way that we can warm and cool the earth? How do you know when you have done enough?

Everyone is talking about green energy. They came up with Ethanol and thought that would be an earth friendly way to produce energy. There are a few problems. Ethanol is less efficient than gas so we burn more gas in our cars due to it being there. It also uses more petroleum based fuel to make ethanol than the fuel it replaces. Also, it damages the cars causing the engine to wear out earlier. Also, one of the largest sources of Rain Forest deforestation is cutting down trees to grow corn. The last problem is that with the government subsidizing corn production, it has caused the cost for food corn to sky rocket.

How about hybrid cars? They have a huge carbon footprint because of the way they are made. Then, they don't have as good of a gas mileage as I had in my Ford Festiva 20 years ago. I used to get around 50 miles to the gallon.

How about CFL bulbs? They are made in China, are shipped over to America on ships that burn petroleum based fuels. That more than offsets the "carbon" savings in them. Also, they contain mercury! We banned thermometers when I was younger because of the mercury they contained. Now we have bulbs that require us to leave the room for 30 minutes before cleaning them up if they break because they are toxic. We are also supposed to dispose of them properly. How many do you think wind up in the landfill instead?

It is a hoax to give people power and money. Most of the ways they suggest to fix it are usually worse than what we have and are sometimes dangerous.

I doubt you would find anyone that thinks global warming is a hoax that would say it isn't a good thing to look for alternative energy sources. I would personally like to have an electric car but they don't work for most people. Plus, for now, the "electric cars" are still run by coal or oil in most cases. Where do you think the electricity comes from?

You've got a long post; however, I'll try to address it paragraph by paragraph - starting with the second.

Pointing out that there have been mistakes in climatological models in the past (roughly 40 years ago now?) is a valid reason for disbelieving what the models predict today. However, to ignore those models simply because they use to say something different ignores the idea that science and scientists are constantly attempting to improve the accuracy of their theories based on better data, improved communication, and a stronger understanding of extremely complex environmental interactions.

There is no "perfect" temperature and no one will ever claim that there should be a perfect temperature. However, there are fluctuations and deviations from the mean temperature which can have dire consequences. Warming and Cooling the planet can be accomplished in numerous ways. For example, increasing green house gases will warm the planet and increasing upper atmospheric clouds should cool the planet. Again, achieving an "ideal" temperature or change is not the goal. Understand that the planet will be fine regardless of what we do - it's the affect on wildlife (including humans) and fauna which should concern you.

You're correct about Ethanol to a certain extent. Corn based ethanol is vastly inefficient relative to the amount of resources necessary to grow corn. Saw grass based ethanol would have been a much more efficient and effective method for harvesting ethanol. Unfortunately, the "saw grass" lobby didn't have much play with Bush Jr or his constituents.

Hybrid cars are still, for the most part, a vast improvement over the average car found on the US highways today. Pointing out that there was a car with better gas mileage 20 years ago doesn't mean that a significant portion of the US population drives those cars (or that they are still made).

CFL bulbs should last for roughly 30 years. Their carbon footprint is vastly lower than a bulb that has to be replaced every two years. As for "leaving a room for 30 minutes after being broken?" Well I will admit that is news to me so I have no comment.

Electric cars are still vastly more efficient and have a much lower rate of consumption relative to gasoline based vehicles because of the efficiency rate for power companies converting coal or oil into electricity. Furthermore, because they run on electricity - given enough technology and economies of scale, they could be powered eventually by green energy methods such as solar, wind, or geothermal. There's no reason not to invest in the technology now.