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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Well, that's rather defeatist to assume we are going to burn every drop of fossil fuels we find, converting every little bit to CO2 at some point in the future and we are only delaying the inevitable. And who knows. You are probably right.
But I'm still going pay a premium to have BullfrogPower, use public transportation rather than buy a car, keep the thermostat at 16 throughout the winter... and I don't care that you think it pointless. Even if it is, I still think it the responsible thing to do.
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I'm not in disagreement with you.
I don't think it's pointless for the individual. I do my best to keep the thermostat low, try to make sure that my family is using the least amount of energy possible. The cost savings may eventually sway me to purchase a hybrid at some point in the future.
I simply have a problem with the car company's marketing that driving hybrids will "save the planet". On a planetary scale, all it does is lower the demand/price for fuel (a depleting, finite resource), making it cheaper for other industries and developing countries to burn until there is none left.
If 10 people in North America driving hybrids lowers the price of gas enough for a few people to afford regular cars in China.. aren't we net equal as a planet? The only winners here are the car companies.