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Car Forum / Toyota / Toyota Cars / June 2007(OT:) Al Gore invents The Concert for Global Warming
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17168544/ Global Warming Concert Series Planned global-concert.jpgA series of concerts “bigger than Live Aid” is being planned in a bid to put the subject of climate change before a global audience, Financial Times reports. The goal is to get people to take action, likely in the form of personal pledges to reduce emissions. Although not stated in the article, sponsorship opportunities for corporations should be huge, both at the event, on broadcast TV, and in terms of pledges to lower emissions. Al Gore will make the official announcement tomorrow. The event, scheduled for July 7, will feature co-ordinated film, music and television events in seven cities including London, Washington DC, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Kyoto, with major broadcasters and media owners aiming to extend the reach of public awareness of global warming. http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/02/08/global-warming-concert-series-planned/ _____________________________________________________ Of course, being there is better than watching it on the 'Net, so I think I'll either get into my Gas Guzzling Supra, or my barely passed emissions Mazda (which has started burning oil recently) and travel to DC to see it live; get caught up in a 60 mile, lane to lane traffic jamb with a quarter million other cars that have also recently started burning oil, and do it in the name of... "SAVING THE PLANET!!!" And god bless you for it, Hachi. I wish I could make it to one of the shows, but I'll be too busy launching F-16s into the air so they can patrol against actual threats (all the while burning 1200 gals of JP-8 in the process) to us. > And god bless you for it, Hachi. I wish I could make it to one of the > shows, but I'll be too busy launching F-16s into the air so they can > patrol against actual threats (all the while burning 1200 gals of JP-8 in > the process) to us. (LOL!!! I was kidding, of course! All in all, I'd like to be doing what you're doing, but when I was young there was no room for me in a plane, so I passed on the Air Force. I suppose ground crew would have been cool, but I wanted to FLY! Even though I knew I wouldn't be a pilot, Gunner? No. Navigator? No. Radio Operator? No. Boom operator on a KC-135? No. Loadmaster on a (er, what are those big, ugly 4 prop'd things? I can't remember, even though I made and tested THOUSANDS of prop gearboxes for them! Puff the Magic Dragon is the armed version)? No. No thanks... Not me, pal. I relish knowing if I fall on the job the highest up would be off a wing while I'm climbing around on top of it. I'll keep my feet planted firmly on the earth, thanks (even if it means I don't get issued the cool shades). And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. > And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. We used to call the B-52 a BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F*cker) when I was in the Air Force. >> And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. > > We used to call the B-52 a BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F*cker) when I was in the > Air Force. Now, when I heard that on the History Channel, they called it the Big Ugly Fat F-F-F-F-Fellow... (just like that!) Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B, 6/28/2007,6:38:06 AM, wrote: > >> And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Now, when I heard that on the History Channel, they called it the Big > Ugly Fat F-F-F-F-Fellow... (just like that!) Yes, that was the public name. What then did you call the C5? mike >> And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. > > We used to call the B-52 a BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F*cker) when I was in the > Air Force. > What then did you call the C5? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > We used to call the B-52 a BUFF (Big Ugly Fat F*cker) when I was in the > > Air Force. Fat Albert  Signaturecarpetbagger: a person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist > Not me, pal. I relish knowing if I fall on the job the highest up would be > off a wing while I'm climbing around on top of it. I'll keep my feet > planted firmly on the earth, thanks (even if it means I don't get issued > the cool shades). And those big ugly bastards are C-130s. Thanks! The venerable C-130 Hercules. I used to build and test the gearboxes that control the prop pitch. They should hold the concert infront of polluting powerplants, autocompanies and oil companies. > They should hold the concert infront of polluting powerplants, > autocompanies and oil companies. We have done a good job cleaning up. I'd like to see the rest of the world follow us. Maybe they should hold it in Bejing. There is always room for us to improve too. Signaturecarpetbagger: a person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist > They should hold the concert infront of polluting powerplants, > autocompanies and oil companies. They don't have to. The old, oil-burning cars that will be showing up will provide enough 'atmosphere'. |
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