Are gas cars the cigarettes of the near future?

[creeg]

And I will be wearing a fake whip cream bikini, riding a stolen horse in the 100,000 densely populated Wyoming wasteland, still looking for some hot chick I've never met... and if I was to find her, you and I would both be completely happy!

Im assuming this is a movie reference, but I dont know what movie.

[Mark B]

Civilization was stagnant for thousands of years. Man invented the wheel and built a cart and pulled it behind a horse. Thus the invention of transportation.
No one invented anything new for a very long time.
When the alien space ship crashed in Roswell, Nevada, the US government got all the current techonology from that ship to bring civilization to what it is today.
I am sure that we will find a way to invent some form of clean and economical transportation before we pollute the earth and run out of oil.
For now I still love to drive my VX.

[navistar]

Global warming and cooling is a natural, cyclic thing...period. It's caused by the Sun's radiation...duration, output level and type of nuclear activity.

But beyond the PC & BS there is no consensus among thousands of scientists that the Earth is experiencing a rise in average global temperature. It's a political agenda thing.

http://opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008597
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/.../reg15n2g.html
http://www.populartechnology.net/200...l-warming.html
http://theanchoressonline.com/2007/0...lobal-warming/

and hundreds of other articles....

For those of you who are that concerned and want to do your part...cancel Moab.

[Ldub]

For those of you who are that concerned and want to do your part...cancel Moab.

BLASPHEMY !...don't you blaspheme in here...

[nfpgasmask]

Well, this thread turned out to be as interesting as I thought it would be.

We are all very opinionated about what we think is happening. I'm sure there were similar conversations just like this one, about smoking. Take the below quotes, and change them a bit...

You're buying the smoking causes lung cancer thing, lock, stock and barrel?

Im quitting smoking for 3 reasons:
1) dont have to pay for cigarettes
2) minor health issues
3) I get to say that I kicked that dirty habit.

I am sure that we will find a way to make smoking safe before we all die from lung cancer. For now I still love to toke my Reds.

Lung cancer and heart attacks are hereditary, a genetic thing...period.

And finally, me:

CHEERS, MATE! HERE, HERE FOR SMOKE FREE RESTAURANTS!

But I just watched Thank You For Smoking....and this movie almost made me want to go to the store and buy a carton of Luckys. Just watch the first 10 minutes of it, and you will see what I mean!

So, you see what I am getting at here. This thread perfectly illustrates what I was originally writing about. I know this was a really odd thread, and probably both pointless and stupid, but...

I don't know what is true. I don't really know if smoking causes lung cancer or if greenhouse gasses really do cause climate change. But what I DO KNOW, is that there are consequences to human activity, and I don't think we as a species have the brain power, or the collective will to fix it before its to late.

Bart

[Scott Harness]

Go Bart!

[Griffin]

there are consequences to human activity

Bart

Ever wondered why? That is a deep thought right there.

[nfpgasmask]

Ever wondered why? That is a deep thought right there.

Yes, all the time. What is it about people that make us so off balance? Is it our "intelligence"? Is it because we are really aliens? Who knows, but despite the fact that we are only a few evolutionary steps away from a chimp, there is still something vastly different about us that changed us into the one animal that cannot coexist in harmony with the rest of life on Earth, let alone each other.

Bart

[ZEUS]

On a Mudvayne CD, there is a sound bite of a scientist describing humans. His theory suggests a group of apes started eating the nearby mushrooms as part of their standard diet... yes the GOOD mushrooms. This altered their primitive mind state... and this clan of hippie apes evolved into something like cavemen and eventually humans... then of course humans split into races - and the native Americans will tell you, white man is to blame for all the troubles we deal with now. As crazy as we are, that theory actually makes sense to me!

[AlaskaVX]

Maybe someday I can drive my Vehicross to the top of Eska Falls, set up camp, and smoke my cigarette IN JANUARY! I can't wait, so please everyone, I beg you.... Support Global Warming!!!

[navistar]

Maybe there's something humanly profound in this quote I once saw.

"When I read about the dangers of smoking, it scared me so bad, I stopped reading."

[navistar]

Oh...and another one:

"Anyone can stop smoking...it takes a real man to die of lung cancer!"

[nfpgasmask]

Maybe there's something humanly profound in this quote I once saw.

"When I read about the dangers of smoking, it scared me so bad, I stopped reading."

Absolutely. This cuts right to the core of a very important, and detrimental aspect of human behavior. That is, that we would rather ignore problems until they individually smack us in the face. Ignorance is bliss. We have become a creature of convenience, and we don't like change either. And because of that, we simply won't change, until the loaded gun is pointing at our heads. And 9 times out of 10, that loaded gun has to blast away dollars for anything to happen.

Think about, if you got charged by the pound for every bag of trash you threw out that was not separated into recyclable piles, wouldn't you recycle? Its simple. Change will only take place when it impacts people's bottom line.

Bart

[navistar]

Well I continue to ignore a problem that constantly smakes me in the face. My VX only gets 19 miles per gallon!!! And I'm not going to change!!!