Name:   architect - Subject:   Another reason I dispise Trump...HYPOCRISY Date:   5/23/2016 9:33:29 PM (updated 5/23/2016 9:45:55 PM)

Hound, this string was not started as a discussion of global warming but as a questioning of a politician's hypocritical use of an issue which happens to be global warming!  With Trump there are others with equal relevance.  I don't dispise Trump for his opinion on this or any other issue...I despise the fact that he seems to be able to get on all sides of so many issues and have his supporters so easily accept it.

To begin with, I don't give two hoots in hell whether Trump or anybody else does or does not accept the fact of global warming.  I do have a problem with a man running for president of this great nation saying, for his personal benefit, one thing about global warning for political consumption while doing another for private gain!  Do you have a problem when what Trump says contridicts what he does?

Next, I do not have solar panels or a wind generator.  I no longer have the knees to ride a bicycle.  I do recycle almost everything (at my wife's insistance).  I did remove all lawn about 5 years ago and replace with drought resistant shrubs and ground cover that never needs major trimming.  I do walk to the drugstore, bank and the neighborhood Kroger for many purchases.  My wife and I both drive midsize high mileage 4 cylinder cars.  My office is less than 4 miles from home and she is retired so we both put less than 5500 miles a year on the meter (I try to walk at least 5 to 6 miles per day and do tend to smugly feel morally superior to the 5 out of 6 SUVs drivers I see on those walks with no other person in the vehicle)! As needed we replace appliances with high efficiency models.  We wear aweaters in winter and open the windows in spring and fall and keep the thermostat at 64 in winter and 74 in summer.  I do always turn out the lights and have low flow toilets.  I am no saint and do not claim to be, but I try and I do know the earth is warming for whatever reason, I do know it can be mitigated without wrecking the economy and I do know the issue has been consciously selected by the rightwing as a wedge issue and for that reason it will, unfortunately, be the "next generation" that will have to face it when it is a bigger task and that will suffer much more than yours and mine.

Finally, I do respect your choice to put your trust in Donald Trump, but considering your wise comments and advice over the years on this forum, it does come as a surprise.