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Electric cars for an ice age?
The Orange County Register ^ | 2-5-2012 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 02/06/2012 11:37:16 AM PST by Mark Landsbaum

Call it global warming schizophrenia. It's the disconnect between what really is happening and what global warming alarmists demand must happen.

For example, many government officials and government-paid scientists insist the world risks being incinerated because humans generate a little more carbon dioxide than they used to. But they completely ignore the reality that CO2 hasn't proved to be a threat, let alone the horrific danger they make it out to be.

Why must they pretend this fiction to be true? Because so much rides on it.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Humor; Science
KEYWORDS: agw; alarmism; co2; electriccars; globalwarming

1 posted on 02/06/2012 11:37:26 AM PST by Mark Landsbaum
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To: Mark Landsbaum

If we have an ice age, an electric car would be a poor choice for transportation.


2 posted on 02/06/2012 11:41:25 AM PST by UCANSEE2
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To: Mark Landsbaum

“Why must they pretend this fiction to be true? Because so much rides on it”

Because to do otherwise would mean admitting they were wrong...and that’s the one thing, above all, that True Believers can never do.


3 posted on 02/06/2012 11:44:02 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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[ If we have an ice age, an electric car would be a poor choice for transportation. ]

Batteries hate being cold....


4 posted on 02/06/2012 11:46:20 AM PST by GraceG
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To: Mark Landsbaum
Why must they pretend this fiction to be true? Because so much rides on it.

What rides on it?

5 posted on 02/06/2012 11:58:56 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Why must the global warming establishment ignore reality? Because, they are government potentates whose power and control expands only if warming is a threat. They are government-funded researchers, who conveniently come up with contorted computer models to allegedly prove that warming Armageddon looms, which, not so coincidentally, earns them more government grant money. They are highly subsidized industries that otherwise couldn't pay the rent, let alone turn a profit, without their government checks...Says it all - excellent article.....
6 posted on 02/06/2012 12:01:04 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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CO2 is to be the future’s gold standard, or, if you prefer, the foundation of the next global fiat money scheme. Carbon futures offer a scam big enough to turn over trillion dollar debts. Think Enron times a few trillion of so. Warming is the hype needed to brainwash the suckers.


7 posted on 02/06/2012 2:05:29 PM PST by pallis
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To: GraceG

“Batteries hate being cold....”

And so do people. There’s been a batch of stories this winter about people watching their “range-meter” take a dive once they turn on their power-hog heater, in their electric car.


8 posted on 02/06/2012 5:46:30 PM PST by BobL (I don't care about his past - Newt will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
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To: GraceG
Batteries hate being cold....

So do the passengers.

9 posted on 02/08/2012 9:45:12 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: BobL
There’s been a batch of stories this winter about people watching their “range-meter” take a dive once they turn on their power-hog heater, in their electric car.

If you turn on the rear window defroster, does(can) the car actually move?

10 posted on 02/08/2012 9:49:29 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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