It aint easy being "green"...or is it?

Perhaps the most frustrating thing about the "green" movement is in its simplistic ease. For all the things we know to be true about our climate, the Earth is warming, there are also a lot of things we don't know. True, there is a correlation between high CO2 levels and high temperature, but is this a cause and effect relationship? The truth, we really don't know. (See precession of the equinoxes) So, the story goes, what's the harm in taking precautions to lower CO2 levels just in case it is true. Seems easy enough right? Forget about worrying whether or not we are right or wrong, Al Gore has books to sell! The trouble is the ease to which this "cause" has been taken up by Hollywood and the media. What could make you feel better than believing you are saving the planet? I liken it to watching Bono or Angelina Jolie flying their private jets to third world countries and donating millions of dollars to their "cause". Never mind the fact hat it doesn't work. Never mind the fact that all those millions of dollars given to these countries through the U.N. just go through the hands of the leaders who are keeping the people down where they need them to be to stay in power. NO, buy up Mr. Gore's books so he can keep his private jet to pollute the world he is "trying to save". True, you will sleep better at night but will you actually be making a difference? Yes, lets follow California's lead and cut emissions by half over the next thirty years. If you want to know a little secret I can tell you how California is able to provide the vast majority of the energy needed for the state without polluting it. They have it produced in other states! So while California's emissions go down, a handful of other states' go up. (Look for my video post of me laughing during the next California blackout) Bottom line, no unrealistic federal emissions cuts. Our economy is already in bad enough shape, we have time.