{"id":303,"date":"2008-05-12T18:27:36","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T23:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=303"},"modified":"2008-05-12T18:27:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T23:27:36","slug":"right-and-left-burning-a-straw-man-for-carbon-offsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=303","title":{"rendered":"Right and Left: Burning a Straw Man (for Carbon Offsets?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Trabue has been burning the midnight oil, frequently commenting on a number of mine and Doug&#8217;s posts recently. In this, he recently denounces conservative ecological and stewardship. This is insulting and incorrect. I am as conservative as anyone. I also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drive a Honda Insight getting 60-65 mpg city and 70-90 mpg highway depending on conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Our family car is a diesel VW Golf, which gets ~50 mpg.<\/li>\n<li>We use the air conditioner sparingly in summer, running an house fan nightly to cool the house and only turning on the air when the interior temperature exceeds about 85F. In winter, nighttimes the thermostat is between 55-58 (&#8230; and may be colder next winter as the kids are getting older and hardier) and 62 and 66 during daytime.<\/li>\n<li>We installed a tank-less water heater for additional conservation two years ago when we replaced our water heater.<\/li>\n<li>We compost all our waste vegetable matter and recycle.<\/li>\n<li>The house in which I dwell, is the &#8220;starter&#8221; home we initially purchased. It is 35 years old now, we will likely this summer invest in upgrading the insulation and installing and attic fan.<\/li>\n<li>We may also price geo-thermal cooling and heating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And &#8230; to boot, I <em>don&#8217;t buy one bit of <\/em>the global warming snake oil Mr Gore and his minions are selling. But I find the contention that conservative=profligate consumer insulting and incorrect. Recall the recent comparisons of Mr Gore&#8217;s and our Presidents personal dwellings and their environmental impact. Also note, liberal Hollywood which is one of the hot beds of liberal activism and expression is also far more profligate in consumption than virtually anywhere else on the planet.<\/p>\n<p>Liberals seize the high ground on conservation by talking the talk. But far too often, they don&#8217;t want to walk they but <em>they do <\/em>want, by dint of force and regulation, to get the other guy to do it for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Trabue has been burning the midnight oil, frequently commenting on a number of mine and Doug&#8217;s posts recently. In this, he recently denounces conservative ecological and stewardship. This is insulting and incorrect. I am as conservative as anyone. 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