Posted by:
randyj
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Date: August 30, 2016 10:50PM
There have been two recent threads on this topic:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1867821http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1864217,1864217#msg-1864217Obviously, different people have widely varying opinions on the subject. So I have a solution to the problem: Everybody who believes that mankind is causing the earth to warm by putting too much carbon into the atmosphere etc. should pool their resources and buy an island in some cold region where they can live amongst themselves and be as cold as they wish. For instance, they could buy Greenland or Baffin Island or some remote Siberian Island, and just live there and wait for the island to warm enough to be agreeable to human life.
Now, since the major problem is the use of fossil fuels, then those should be banned on the island. Here's a partial list of items which are made from petroleum:
http://www.ranken-energy.com/products%20from%20petroleum.htmSo none of those items will be allowed on the island. Residents will have to use fuels that humans used before petroleum was developed: wood, whale oil, bear grease, beef tallow, etc. That will also make it necessary to ban people from uttering the words "Save the whales."
Since most modern, everyday products have parts made from petroleum, residents will have to live without them as well. That means no telephones, no computers, no electricity, no internet, etc. In other words, the residents of---shall we call it Doomsday Island?---will not be able to communicate with the outside world. This will benefit the rest of the humans living on the planet, because we will not have to listen to the residents of Doomsday Island constantly whining and annoying the rest of us about climate change (like religious people who go around yelling "The end is near!"). The Doomsdayers can enjoy life as did the resident of "The Village," safe from the unbelieving outsiders who will not listen to the warnings. Sounds like a win-win to me.
I also recommend reading this:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1867821,1868017#msg-1868017