This was part of my original post at freakindiscussion, a freeper blog in Asheville (
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=178984 )that I recently posted to in response to their Gore bashing over An Inconvenient Truth before they degenerated it into a total flame war..
So called "conservatives" will not be able to answer them:
For all of you conservatives who still don't believe in global warming, I have some questions I'd like to ask you:
1) Please explain to me, even if you don't accept global warming, why is it OK to be wasteful of your own money and resources?
What's so "conservative" about that?
After all shouldn't conservatives "conserve"?
2) How is it "in your own rational self-interest" to be wasteful if you are an Ayn Rand-esque CATO Institute loving Libertarian?
It has for centuries been an American proverb - "waste not want not" and Benjamin Franklin was famous for his saying that "a penny saved is a penny earned."
If I told you I could save you $30 in energy costs by replacing a single incandenscent bulb in your house with an equivalent fluorescent bulb and another $10 in replacement bulb costs, why would you intentionally throw away $40?
Depending on your particular house this could amount to hundreds of dollars a year.
3) How is it patriotic to unnecessarily waste energy that we must obtain at great cost of national blood and treasure in the Middle East from countries that don't particularly like us?
How is it patriotic to waste important materials in "a time of war" if you believe that this is indeed a time of war as the President claims?
In World War II, we rationed gas and food, we car pooled, and we recycled everything. A famous war poster of that time said it well "If you're riding alone, you're riding with Hitler".
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/use_it_up/images_html/ride_with_hitler.html Why is it that we feel no need to recycle or conserve anything in THIS war?
4) Finally, how is it "Christian" to be bad stewards (Matthew 25:14-25:30) of God's creation (Genesis 1:1-1:26) through waste, pollution, and extravagant consumption if you believe that God created this Earth? Remember that to those to whom much has been given, much will be expected. (Luke 12:48)
Doug De Clue
Orlando, FL