The Freeway to Serfdom
"One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license." - P.J. O'Rourke
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Who's up for a Carbon Party?! [updated]
Big, fluffy flakes of snow are falling on Vancouver as I type. Although we are assured that global warming and climate change are distinct phenomena, why not take action now to try and secure a warmer climate for future generations? Here are some helpful hints to increase your emissions this weekend, and counteract the Earth Hour lemmings pitching themselves into darkness.
[via fellow "Illumination Activist" Jay Currie]
MORE: Music to emit to. London Fog has a roundup of some hateful, frightening Denialcore tracks.
MORER: Mitchieville is one of the few Canadian municipalities not participating in the greenist candlelight vigil.
MORER STILL: How many of the darkened households and businesses actually understand the difference between peak load and base load in energy transmission systems?
BACK FROM THE CAR SHOW: I rushed home to catch the rest of the IRL season opener. 200 laps, 300 miles of cars going around in a circle under a fully illuminated 1.5 mile asphalt oval (according to the track info: "2.4 millions watts of power per hour are necessary to illuminate the Speedway. Equal to the amount of power needed to light 17,143 blocks with residential street lighting in South Florida").
Snapped the pic below in the middle of a sleet / snow downpour. Looks like everyone was trying to make it home in time to turn their lights out.
THE HOUR OF POWER IS UPON US: In case you think we reactionaries are taking this way too seriously, get a load of the comment thread at CTV. The thought of anyone deliberately sabotaging Earth Hour is bringing some members of the Khmer Vert to the brink of tears.
SMALL STEPS: 8:30 PM PST - With a few non-essential lights on, you too can help resist the Endarkenment.
Big, fluffy flakes of snow are falling on Vancouver as I type. Although we are assured that global warming and climate change are distinct phenomena, why not take action now to try and secure a warmer climate for future generations? Here are some helpful hints to increase your emissions this weekend, and counteract the Earth Hour lemmings pitching themselves into darkness.
[via fellow "Illumination Activist" Jay Currie]
MORE: Music to emit to. London Fog has a roundup of some hateful, frightening Denialcore tracks.
MORER: Mitchieville is one of the few Canadian municipalities not participating in the greenist candlelight vigil.
MORER STILL: How many of the darkened households and businesses actually understand the difference between peak load and base load in energy transmission systems?
BACK FROM THE CAR SHOW: I rushed home to catch the rest of the IRL season opener. 200 laps, 300 miles of cars going around in a circle under a fully illuminated 1.5 mile asphalt oval (according to the track info: "2.4 millions watts of power per hour are necessary to illuminate the Speedway. Equal to the amount of power needed to light 17,143 blocks with residential street lighting in South Florida").
Snapped the pic below in the middle of a sleet / snow downpour. Looks like everyone was trying to make it home in time to turn their lights out.
THE HOUR OF POWER IS UPON US: In case you think we reactionaries are taking this way too seriously, get a load of the comment thread at CTV. The thought of anyone deliberately sabotaging Earth Hour is bringing some members of the Khmer Vert to the brink of tears.
SMALL STEPS: 8:30 PM PST - With a few non-essential lights on, you too can help resist the Endarkenment.
