Author Topic: Help Stop Global Warming... (Read 22228 times)

UncleBob · « **on:** October 17, 2007, 04:56:02 AM »

Okay, ideally, when (if) you shower/bathe, you're clean when you're done, right?

So then, you take a clean towel to dry yourself off. But, since you're clean, the towel should still be clean, right?

Therefore, I suggest we stop washing/drying our towels. If every American did this, it could help save approx 7 million cubic metric tons of energy per year (estimated by numbers I made up just now).

Who's with me?

ShyGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2007, 05:01:24 AM »

You dirty hippie, post a picture of yourself as a pirate.

Mashiro · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2007, 05:13:23 AM »

Wouldn't unwashed towels be terribly uncomfortable to keep drying yourself with? And wouldn't the dampness lead to not so great organisms living on the towel?

. . .

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UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2007, 05:15:45 AM »

This only works for a while, because a moist towel is an excellent breeding ground for all sorts of things.

that Baby guy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2007, 05:17:43 AM »

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
Okay, ideally, when (if) you shower/bathe, you're clean when you're done, right?

So then, you take a clean towel to dry yourself off. But, since you're clean, the towel should still be clean, right?

Therefore, I suggest we stop washing/drying our towels. If every American did this, it could help save approx 7 million cubic metric tons of energy per year (estimated by numbers I made up just now).

Who's with me?

I just don't take showers. I coat my body with tuna, go outside, and let cats lick me to get clean. It's really great for my complexion, and it takes no energy, as well as feeds strange cats I've never seen before. It really is the way to go, I'm surprised you all aren't doing it. No need for towels, either.

vudu · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2007, 05:18:15 AM »

I air dry.

Stogi · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2007, 06:01:33 AM »

I wish I had one of those car-wash dryers, but smaller, right in the doorway between my sinks and the tub.

That would be the sh!t.

bustin98 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2007, 06:10:04 AM »

Did you see America's Funniest Videos last week? The winner was a guy who opened his door in the middle of the car wash to wipe something off his windshield. The brushes were running and they just went to the back of the truck when he opened the door. And they came back up before he could shut it.

He had to hold the door on all the way home. But at least he made a profit thanks to his winnings from the show.

Anyway, thatguy, have you seen Road Trip? Thats like putting peanut butter on your wang and letting your dog lick it off. Only you have strange cats. I'm chuckling to myself as I type this. Oh, the images in my head.

Ceric · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2007, 06:18:01 AM »

I personally believe that global warming is expressly caused by the shifting of heat out of our cars and homes out to the atmosphere.

"Modern Convenience. Killing the next Generation.

"

Also Thatguy, People from Mongo use oil to clean themselves. Thanks Flash Gordon.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2007, 07:16:52 AM »

Help Global Warming, Burn your Trash Daily.

Seriously, I think this global warming political stuff is crap. In the 70s it was global cooling, and now supposedly it is warming...but nobody takes into consideration nature into the equation and just assumes it is caused by human technology and development.

vudu · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2007, 07:25:08 AM »

OH MY GOD TODAY IS WARMER THAN YESTERDAY WAS WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!

Mashiro · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2007, 07:56:31 AM »

Yeah what do scientists know!

ShyGuy · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2007, 07:58:12 AM »

GUYS, I'M SUPER SERIAL ABOUT THIS

18 Days · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2007, 08:39:56 AM »

You could just dry your washing in the (new and improved) sun instead of the dryer.

Around half or more of the American exchange students we get in the Student Vilalge have NEVER hung out washing to dry or done the dishes by hand.

decoyman · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2007, 09:22:45 AM »

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
Help Global Warming, Burn your Trash Daily.

Seriously, I think this global warming political stuff is crap. In the 70s it was global cooling, and now supposedly it is warming...but nobody takes into consideration nature into the equation and just assumes it is caused by human technology and development.

Dude, they DO take it into consideration. And besides that, it's not just a few scientists saying it's real, it's the concensus in the scientific community – in North America, the EU, the UN. YES, there are historical fluctuations in the temperature of the earth. But the change this time is MUCH, MUCH faster and more drastic than at any time in history. And we're on a scale of billions of years here.

What's political is that Big Industry (petroleum, auto, etc.) stands to lose a lot of money if Global Warming comes to be accepted by the general public and they start changing their buying habits accordingly. So, what do you do if you're Big Industry and happen to be bloated with power and money? Well, you set out to discredit scientific findings as a reckless fear-tactic by Tree-Hugging Hippies who want to destroy our way of life and the American Dream!

The stupid thing, is if these industries and giants of business weren't so stubborn and rigid, they could ride this wave and STILL be profitable for a looooooong time to come. However, change is difficult, and status quo is much safer. The easy thing to do is get lobbyists and money to do their talking for them, with little regard to the effects they're having on the environment.

/rant

... Well, then. Back on topic, I'm with UB on this one. I aim for a week per towel, and notice no problems.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 17, 2007, 09:42:54 AM »

Ban decoyman for his political hate speech. Better yet, lock this thread and ban all participants.

decoyman · « **Reply #16 on:** October 17, 2007, 09:46:58 AM »

Dang, forgot the picture of a monkey for funhouse approval! I'd be fine if I found a monkey, right? Monkeys are funny, everybody loves monkeys!

stevey · « **Reply #17 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:04:02 AM »

Help Stop Global Warming...

VOTE COLBERT FOR PRESIDENT 2008!!!

FoldMeTwice · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:38:06 AM »

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Originally posted by: UncleBob
Okay, ideally, when (if) you shower/bathe, you're clean when you're done, right?

So then, you take a clean towel to dry yourself off. But, since you're clean, the towel should still be clean, right?

Therefore, I suggest we stop washing/drying our towels. If every American did this, it could help save approx 7 million cubic metric tons of energy per year (estimated by numbers I made up just now).

Who's with me?

Been there, done that (one towel for one week, letting it dry on the air everytime), now where do I get my cookie?

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #19 on:** October 17, 2007, 10:39:52 AM »

How come people will always quote Big Business as cooking scientific reports, but will not think that political agendas can and often do use cook scientific reports.

The UN report on global warming...the ones the scientists actually commented on said that the issue is not as huge of an issue as it is being made out politically.

And just recently a Scientific report stated that their numbers prove the Sun is a variable that has no effect on current global warming. Really, how did you test that science? You can't not eliminate the sun from environmental models. Also, scientists do not even take into effect water vapor in their models, because it is impossible to study water vapor movement throughout the Earth. Water Vapor accounts for more CO2 than anything else.

Global Warming is the latest scare crisis from humanity that believes that mankind has more power to affect this world than we actually do. The truth of the matter is we do not have any idea what is the norm or ideal temperature for the Earth because we have been on this planet for too short of a time...and we can't accurately know about how the natural course of temperature changes over time because of just natural cycles of the Earth, Sun, Weather...ect.

I would rather not cripple our economy against the other world economies because a political movement that is completely reliant on a theory which is based on flawed human models.

I can't and won't believe it.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2007, 11:37:56 AM »

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
How come people will always quote Big Business as cooking scientific reports, but will not think that political agendas can and often do use cook scientific reports.

The UN report on global warming...the ones the scientists actually commented on said that the issue is not as huge of an issue as it is being made out politically.

And just recently a Scientific report stated that their numbers prove the Sun is a variable that has no effect on current global warming. Really, how did you test that science? You can't not eliminate the sun from environmental models. Also, scientists do not even take into effect water vapor in their models, because it is impossible to study water vapor movement throughout the Earth. Water Vapor accounts for more CO2 than anything else.

Global Warming is the latest scare crisis from humanity that believes that mankind has more power to affect this world than we actually do. The truth of the matter is we do not have any idea what is the norm or ideal temperature for the Earth because we have been on this planet for too short of a time...and we can't accurately know about how the natural course of temperature changes over time because of just natural cycles of the Earth, Sun, Weather...ect.

I would rather not cripple our economy against the other world economies because a political movement that is completely reliant on a theory which is based on flawed human models.

I can't and won't believe it.

i agree, we should not take reports on global warming seriously

i am also against widespread literacy and the refrigeration of food

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:01:51 PM »

Actually I think all cows should be killed because there methane emissions are destroying us all and making the world get hotter! I blame the cows for the world warming up during the ice age as well.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:16:55 PM »

That's it, I'm going to message Crimm

that Baby guy · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:25:36 PM »

I'll have you know, maggots grow out of meat that isn't refrigerated. And the sun revolves around the Earth. History proves that there's idiocy in science, and that there has been for as far as we've recorded. The inventor of the idea of antibacterial soup was considered an insane radical in his day. Why do we have to believe the scientific fad of the time? There are two major ideas in science that are lacking full observations, yet have already been decided on by scientists. The first is evolutionary speciation, which is believed to be true mostly because segregated flies with different genes refuse to breed with each other. The second is global warming, where scientists have proposed data on the history of global temperatures and global CO2 levels.

Like Spak said, water vapor is concluded to be a much more powerful green house gas, anyways, so blaming things on CO2 is still a far over-dramatization anyways.

Mashiro · « **Reply #24 on:** October 17, 2007, 12:42:04 PM »

Pollution is bad I think we can all agree on that.

So wouldn't cutting down pollution and emissions be a goal ANYWAY for the people of earth?

Or do we just wanna f*ck the planet over for future generations and let them handle it? Seriously, a clearer more earth friendly way of life is the way to go REGARDLESS of how serious a threat global warming is.

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Author Topic: Help Stop Global Warming... (Read 22228 times)