California Looking to ban Big Screen TVs.

[MOBIUS]

Worth it just to see Asher's reaction.

Totally worth it.

What, that he's outed you as a total ***** - yet again?

[RGBVideo]

Lol global warming is a lie

what the flying **** has energy consumption to do with global warming?

[Asher]

Many places generate electricity via coal-fired plants.

[RGBVideo]

such as: china, india, africa

modern countries use nuclear

[Asher]

We clearly do not live in the same world.

[Asher]

Source of electricity in the USA (2006):

[Asher]

So does this answer your question?

what the flying **** has energy consumption to do with global warming?

[RGBVideo]

the point is that global warming has, during the last 10 years, become a political tool to push pet issues of legislators. very few of the people who use the term understand what it means anymore, and very little of the political legislation pushed has anything to do with it.

ps: in case you haven't noticed it, you're becoming another oerdin

[Asher]

the point is that global warming has, during the last 10 years, become a political tool to push pet issues of legislators. very few of the people who use the term understand what it means anymore, and very little of the political legislation pushed has anything to do with it.

ps: in case you haven't noticed it, you're becoming another oerdin

Sorry dude, that's offensive. I'm actually correct here.

You asked a stupid question, displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of where energy comes from in the USA, and got summarily educated. Suck it up, big boy.

The simple fact is there is a very obvious and very direct correlation between electricity use and greenhouse gas emissions in the USA. Stop trying to move the goal posts and pretend that your point is all about political points, you're squirming way too much.

[RGBVideo]

You asked a stupid question

debatable

displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of where energy comes from in the USA

no

and got summarily educated.

congrats for your mad wikipedia skillz, but california is very different from rest of the usa in it's energy use

also, the only result of CA (or whole US, or whole north america for that matter) using less coal is a lower price of coal, and thus china using more of coal in it's energy use thanks to laws of supply and demand. that's why none of this moralizing and government control has anything to do with global warming

[Asher]

debatable

no

No? What the ****?
You said this:

such as: china, india, africa

modern countries use nuclear

Coal makes up FAR more of the USA's power generation than nuclear. Yes, you demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding.

congrats for your mad wikipedia skillz, but california is very different from rest of the usa in it's energy use

Use or generation? You are getting even the basics ****ed up here.

California Gross System Power 2003/Fuel Type Gigawatt-Hours [2] [3]
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Fuel Type              GSP            % of Total

Coal ...............  59,016              21.3
Large Hydro ........  44,926              16.2
Natural Gas ........ 102,005              36.9
Nuclear ............  41,925              15.2
Renewables .........  28,740              10.4
     
Renewables Breakdown:
     Biomass .......   5,574               2.0
     Geothermal ....  13,771               5.0
     Small Hydro ...   5,146               1.9
     Solar .........     758               0.3
     Wind ..........   3,491               1.3
                     --------
                      28,740

Coal and natural gas still make up the majority of CALIFORNIA-SPECIFIC energy generation.

[Blaupanzer]

Irony is a favorite political strategy is America. I suspect if I lived elsewhere, I would be laughing my ass off over this.

[Drake Tungsten]

VJ got pwned.