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OK, I'll stick my toe in here a bit more. I agree that if we all just shop for news and opinions we agree with, we'll miss a lot. That applies to both (all) sides of politics and or issues we face today. It's unfortunate that so many of us have accepted tribalism. There are some on this forum...

G8, No. For all / any of your or other's personal pokes, I'm not back. Just making an occasional flyby these days and looking for another RV forum. Life is just too short to spend much more time doing things that are not fun. And I've found little of that here lately.

Global warming refers to the average temperature of the GLOBE getting WARMER. That's why it is a more descriptive term than "climate change" - which could be accurate if the climate changed in either direction. Weather is a local phenomenon that can actually get colder in some locations and...

On the forest thing... climate change = more forest fires. But that is not the whole story. A Tree Plantation is not the same thing as an actual forest that contains different types and ages of trees. When we clear-cut and then replant all the new trees at the same point in time we create a tree...

I wouldn't suggest it without drilling a blade hole first. But as long as your bamboo isn't thicker than the blade is long, I see no problems.

We have all heard "Pack it in - Pack it out and Leave NO Trace. But sometimes campers and tourists take the pack it out too literally. 1. My step father was a US Forest Ranger and he passed along some good rules. Maybe you know a lot more, but I'll start. In the forest he always said do NOT...

Keith, that sounds a lot like what-about-ism. Just because someone else does (or did) something stupid doesn't excuse the next idiot in line - who actually might be a more BIGLY idiot. I don't want to identify which, just to keep this as non-partisan as possible, but I have seen some...

Back to the climate question... IMHO, yes we were inching toward another Ice Age. They do seem to come and go on this planet. And perhaps "some" global warming might help delay that. But, it's the RATE at which we are creating greenhouse gasses and warming the planet that is setting off alarm...

We've got a sunny week in Oregon too. I'm taking advantage of it to work on both my camper vans. Doing my Happy Dance.

I don't think the world is ending. I DO think the world will be less pleasant. There may not be enough food or clean water for everyone. We will see more refugees moving around the world. You don't have to be as old as me to notice droughts, storms, fires, etc. are all getting worse. WE (you...

I applaud your efforts. You might add the following: 1. Buy rectangular blocks of butter packaged in paper - the old fashioned packaging way. Then get a butter dish so you can let it get soft. 2. Look for powdered flavors for your drinks in paper packaging. 3. Never buy disposable water bottles...

Plastic... Yes. It would be good to get it out of the land fills, but we certainly should not burn it "as is" since it is almost entirely made from oil and gas burning it is essentially burning a fossil fuel. ThePlastic2Oil idea seems to have promise since heating it to over 800degrees to...

HEY! I'm in the EV crowd and I think you may be attributing words and ideas that were not spoken. I haven't seen what you are referring to and I'd personally be totally happy with ANY carbon neutral and pollution free algae or any other fuel. If the algae eats plastic or any other undesirable...

The biggest problem I see with 24h gallows is how often we get it wrong. On the other hand I have absolutely no problem with using some sort of reliable "truth drug" and lie detector and whatever else we can develop to investigate major crimes. Heck, if I was innocent I'd welcome it if the other...

I'm hearing a bit of "what about that-ism" in this thread and which has nothing to do with converting from ICEs to EVs. That is OK by me, but I am just saying "I see it." We already either recognize the need to change or we do not. As far as other petroleum uses, unless it's to make something...

Carla, Thanks for adding that. What might be a "given" for many of us might not be so for all of us.

Yes. Science has always changed, evolved, and advanced. So far at least, nothing remains exactly the same. But, at any point in time we have to proceed as if that moment's best science is correct or at least most likely. Otherwise we get paralysis by analysis. For this moment in time, I think...

And yet... no mention of the harm done by current alternative or "on balance" how does the lithium extraction compare to fossil fuel extraction, pipeline leaks, oil ships running aground, and so on or its long term use as Mr. Morris described? I am not surprised. We (on this forum) have our own...

Most mining can be harmful in some way or other. That is not to say we shouldn't pay close attention and look for better ways to do things. We have "Blood Diamonds" and it is said that "gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world." Yet women everywhere still wear diamond...

All good points!!! In any combustion process or any fuel generation system (from extraction to end use) we just need to keep carbon (or more specifically - carbon dioxide) in mind. Releasing it into the atmosphere is a BAD idea. As is releasing any associated pollutants. I could run down the...