Lights

Turn your lights off or keep your lights on, it’s a decision we all have to make and it’s a decision that has far-reaching implications on an environmental, societal and economical level. But it’s also one of the many contentious issues that constantly come up in the debate over how we might reduce out carbon emissions.

As a matter of fact, every damn thing about carbon emissions and greenhouse gases seems to be contentious. It’s getting to the point where you can’t try to better the world we live in without some know-all ignoramus pulling a half-baked scientific “fact” from their arse and claiming that it is gospel. Idiots cite "hundreds of scientists" out of the hundreds of thousands of scientists in the world who reject global warming as proff it's not happening.

“The world’s temperatures aren’t rising.” “It’s all part of an ebbing and flowing climate that has nothing to do with the horrendous amounts of pollution we pump into the air every day.” “Reducing carbon emissions is just a plan for governments to take more money off us.”

There have been dumbass nay-sayers for as long as there have been enlightened visionaries willing to take bold action or make brave predictions. With today’s communications systems being what they are these sorts of people are just so much more noticeable. Heck, look at some of the halfwits who make comments on sites like Renewable Energy World and the like.

Believers who are truly committed to making a difference will always win out against the lazy criticizing weaklings who prefer to hide at home and pour scorn on others.