Bill Nye Says 'Give A F**k' About Climate Change Instead Of Deflategate

[Plucketeer]

24. I agree with you

I live in central California - out amongst the walnut and orange groves. In spite of this bowl of a valley having THE worst air in the nation, people here regularly heat their homes with wood. And to be more to the point - I'm not talking about folks using wood as their primary heat source because that's all they can afford - I'm talking folks who can afford to use propane or electricity.
But there's an ingrained tradition here. Families have had relatively cheap wood at hand (from the aforementioned tree crops) since before anyone can remember. And like the useless excitement (excrement) over a stupid sports event, who would turn their back on "tradition" to do something as inconsequential as contributing to air quality???
I live in a little housing development that dates to 1970. There's 8 homes that make up this neighborhood. Our home and one other of those 8, don't use wood for heat. Hey - this is a blood red part of this great blue state. NO ONE is gonna tell these intellects to buck tradition - even if it DOES mean that they and their future generations might suffer on local or global scale!
Hell - one neighbor is continually suffering from the air quality here, but while he acknowledges the air's at fault - his home heating with lumber never seems to occur as a contributing factor!...... "Hey! I got a great deal on a cord of seasoned walnut! I kin jus' leave those expensive heat pumps off altogether!"
Also.... everyone here drives giant dually pickup trucks - even those that don't "farm". Blasting around in them with NOTHING ever in the bed. And the times there is something to be "hauled", the trunk of a car would suffice. Of course, these folks are ecstatic with the recent plunge in fuel prices. "YIPPEEEEEE.......... we can blast about in our monster-mobiles once again. We can even afford to drive over to the coast to get a breath of fresh air once more!"
But what ya gonna do? These folks aren't gonna be hanging out here at DU. These are minds that hold Reid and Pelosi accountable for this valley's water crisis - never mind that the skies have dried up for 4 years running. We're not going to change minds like this as to how the world is at a point of crisis thanks to the determined blindness that's fueled by their greed. No sir! Take that tree-hugger BS somewheres else!