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MADem

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44. Yes, I sure can, and I've told you how I have taken it. You're crapping on the thread.

Mon May 12, 2014, 07:27 PM

May 2014

I have more than my sufficiency of cynicism, thanks; but--speaking of "shitty"--it's rather like taking a dump, there's a time and a place.

It's very useful to have an "appropriateness governor" to gauge when's the right time to crap, and when's the right time to just hold it.

You'd have done well to just resist the urge, IMO.

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Obama�s Move On Solar Is Equivalent To A Year Without 80 Million Cars [View all] ProSense May 2014 OP

Wow. Impressive numbers. I hope it's enough. randome May 2014 #1

Kick! n/t ProSense May 2014 #2

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Reagan was such a tool. Cha May 2014 #13

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I dig this. byronius May 2014 #8

k&r n/t RainDog May 2014 #9

There are one billion cars on the road. rug May 2014 #10

There are ProSense May 2014 #11

When it comes to carbon emission you can't credibly talk about national borders. rug May 2014 #12

When ProSense May 2014 #16

That's .08% and the headline uses car equivalents. rug May 2014 #17

Yes, 80 million is 8 percent of the world's cars ProSense May 2014 #18

First, here's a blue link. rug May 2014 #19

Are you ProSense May 2014 #21

Math doesn't lie and bad math makes bad politics. rug May 2014 #28

"Bad math" does lie, and it also doesn't make for good comments. LOL! ProSense May 2014 #30

The OP doesn't upset me. It's a good, but small step. rug May 2014 #31

"What irks me is the urge to push it for more than what it is." ProSense May 2014 #32

I doublechecked; it is 8%. Whether the program equals 80 million cars remains to be seen. rug May 2014 #33

What ProSense May 2014 #35

Here's the bottom line--this is GOOD NEWS, and you appear intent on crapping on the thread. MADem May 2014 #42

You can take ir any way you want. Things are not good/bad. rug May 2014 #43

Yes, I sure can, and I've told you how I have taken it. You're crapping on the thread. MADem May 2014 #44

Oh I think the thread will survive some nuance. rug May 2014 #46

Well, what you're doing isn't nuance, unless you're "taking a big nuance" all over the thread. nt MADem May 2014 #47

If 80,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 are correct figures IDemo May 2014 #24

I don't know about the 80,000,000 but here's the source for one billion. rug May 2014 #29

I'm not doubting the one billion figure IDemo May 2014 #34

Since the US does not control energy policy for the entire planet, riqster May 2014 #37

Doin' my part by not driving a car. :) Thanks Obama Cha May 2014 #14

The math works. ProSense May 2014 #22

the well-travelled-path yields little. quadrature May 2014 #23

Those things you mention all put carbon into the air. DireStrike May 2014 #25

But EV's use less carbon energy per mile than equivalent sized internal combustion vehicles IDemo May 2014 #27

How can ProSense May 2014 #26

Solar PV. progress is painfully slow... quadrature May 2014 #36

No, it doesn't. This is an example of the misapplication of a saying--what yields little is the MADem May 2014 #45

Best reason to vote straight Democratic ticket in 6 months ffr May 2014 #38

So will you feel this way when Keystone is given thumbs up ... pbmus May 2014 #39

Yes. Yes. Certainly. Absolutely. ffr May 2014 #41