Celebs saying Humans are to blame for fires in cali....
Original post by Julybride08
I just read this on people.com....thought it was interesting.
Comedian George Carlin and actress Jamie Lee Curtis this week both suggested that the devastating wildfires raging in Southern California should not come as a surprise to a population that ravages the environment.
Offering his provocative opinion on The View Wednesday morning, Carlin paraphrased an old comedy rant of his, and characterized the fires as cosmic payback from a planet stretched to its breaking point.
'People are selfish,' he said. 'These people with the fires and the floods and everything, they overbuild and they put nature to the test, and they get what's coming to them, that's what I say.'
Joy Behar replied, 'That's a little harsh, George.'
But the 70-year-old comic continued: 'People think nature is outside of them. They don't take into [themselves] the idea that nature is a part of them.' Pointing to his chest, he said, 'Nature is in here, and if you're in tune with it, like the Indians – the balance of life, the harmony of nature – if you understand that, you don't overbuild, you don't do all this moron stuff.'
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Jamie Lee Curtis gave a similarly grim assessment of the situation, suggesting people are in 'ultimate denial' about what they're doing to the environment.
'Global warming, combined with people building houses in places they shouldn't, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera,' she said. 'It just compounds to become, as they call it, a perfect storm experience here. It's not by accident. This isn't an act of God. This is an act of man.'
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Re: Celebs saying Humans are to blame for fires in cali....
Posted by hannahshim
Posted by cbcf
oh no i definitely agree i believe we should learn from this and start making changes...but in my opinion i dont think we will as the human race. i think too many people are too involved in what they need in life and the ydont want to sacrific things to help make our world better!!! And I wish we could start mkaing stands to help protect our earth for the future and our children...but and i am not saying it cant happen i just think it will take a very long time!!
I totally agree with you.. Realistically speaking it is true
yeah but imagine if every single person who thought nothing can be done, actually just did something and nothing big either just some changes in their lifestyle to help, then that would make a HUGE difference because there are so many people who feel this way.
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Posted by AMGBride2008
Posted by ant n tilde
i'm sorry but once a celeb says something i just cant listen to it
yes, they are right but why should i listen to them?
donate some money and help those poor people get their houses back and then make me laugh or make a movie
Agreed!
Read this... go figure
LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
HOUSE # 1:
A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern 'snow belt,' either. It's in the South.
HOUSE # 2:
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, This house incorporates every 'green' feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.
So the answer is:
HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist and filmmaker) Al Gore.
HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as 'the Texas White House,' it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
