Inside the House of Baldwin

Whether Global Warming is real or not, this video makes a very good argument. It would hurt more to not act, than it would to act. And by acting, we could make some changes in our world and in the economy that would, in the end, benefit everyone. Who can argue with that?

Below are some simple ways that you can help (source):

Replace a regular incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (cfl)

Move your thermostat down 2° in winter and up 2° in summer

Clean or replace filters on your furnace and air conditioner

Install a programmable thermostat

Choose energy efficient appliances when making new purchases

Wrap your water heater in an insulation blanket

Use less hot water

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Bill needs to be careful with the criticisms he makes, it may come back to hit him in the face (although I don’t side with GM…I don’t have an inkling of a desire to purchase one of their vehicles). 

Bill Gates reportedly criticized the auto industry, stating that “if General Motors had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

GM extended the comparison: 

For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.

Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you’d have to buy a new car.

Occasionally your car would die for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart, and drive on.

Occasionally, executing a maneuver like a left turn would cause the car to shut down and refuse to restart; you’d have to reinstall the engine. 

Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought “Car XP.”

Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive, but it would only work on five percent of the roads (my personal favorite).

New seats would force everyone to have the same size derriere.

GM would require all buyers to purchase a deluxe set of road maps even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would cause the car’s performance to diminish.