Guys....I am out numbered here on this one here....but if G.Bush jr said there is global warming I am sure alot of you would jump on that bandwagon.....Be honest.....
Being outnumbered should never bother you. If you're convinced you're correct, you should see it as an opportunity.
Recently I've been hearing stories that if you're a truck driver and you get a ticket in my home state, you will also now get in the mail a seperate ticket from the EPA for air pollution. I was sitting at a truckstop counter in Scranton, PA a few months ago and, while drivers were discussing this (including one who said he got both tickets for going 5 over the limit on a downhill), I started thinking.
I jumped into their conversation with "You know? If he was coasting DOWNHILL, that means he actually gathered speed/momentum for the NEXT HILL and would have burned less fuel going up it? (Cuz, I guess we're not supposed to figure that out?) I suggested that while the state was handing out a speeding ticket, maybe EPA should send you a reward for protecting the environment.
I had about 20 truck drivers trying to tell me that the truck is going to burn more fuel coasting downhill faster, that the engine is going to turn more revolutions in a mile at a faster speed. I'm sitting there for over an hour trying to explain to all of them how this would be impossible, with it getting pretty heated at one point (well, on their side, anyways). One of them even asked me if it being me against all of them meant anything. They looked surprised when I said I wouldn't care if it were me against 100, because I knew I was correct. Would you believe that one even called me a stupid MF? Of course we had a little discussion about that person's intelligence and he ended up leaving, seems to be a trend with those who disrespect people they disagree with...ahem.
Finally one figured something out on a napkin (how he did it that way is beyond me) and started sharing it with the others.
If the truck were going faster on level ground or uphill, you might say it's buring more fuel (still, that would depend on how it's geared, cammed, and at what RPM the engine is most efficient at). It should matter before the EPA starts getting in the speeding ticket business.
Yeah, I guess I forgot to stop and think about whether or not I thought Republicans in high positions might agree or disagree with me before I engaged in analytical thinking on that one. Wow, is there a liberal who can engage in a debate without insulting those they disagree with? You do it in such a small way here. Maybe you thought it was small enough that you could get away with it. You're insulting the intelligence of people just because you disagree with them. You discredit yourself with your little (and I mean little, as in small minded thinking) comment. Maybe we should suggest that you only have your beliefs because the liberal left told you to? I'd say you owe some people here an apology.
