TFA His theory on why Texans love their trucks and SUVs? "The larger the car, the bigger you feel," he said.

Apparently, brains and penises are not bigger in Texas

The headquarters state of America's oil industry spewed 670 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2003, enough that Texas would rank seventh in the world if it were its own country
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Jesus. That's horrible.

Well, that's about right...

I'll start off the flamewar with this: why do people feel like they're entitled to pollute the planet and not be responsible for it? Texas, Alberta? Anyone? Why shouldn't you pay for cleanup of the huge mess you're causing?

are the heads fatter in texas?

DUH! The state is probably larger than 10 or 12 states put together...

But you'll never hear that kind of fact from...

Ah spit... Who am I kidding... Half the people in the US will believe anything as they never learned how to think...

I've noticed a strong correlation between owning a white pickup truck and driving like an asshole.

Rick Perry needs to be reminded on a regular basis that a majority of voters DID NOT vote for him in the last election.
Damn the 4 candidates for governor.

And the lies about how big shiat in Texas really are.

Thats a surprise. Its hard to imagine driving around without seeing some "patriot" in a texas edition f-350, without anyone else in the truck. These are the same farktards that drive right on the edge of my lane, inches away. They are also the ones that park their vanity trucks in 2 spaces.

Yeah, everythings bigger here, except IQ's it would seem. Im suprised I dont see more truck nutz...

eqtworld: They have a lot of oil in Texas, they should use that cash to buy a shiatload of carbon offsets Lobbyists.

/problem solved


"Carbon offsets" my ass.

GT_Frog: DUH! The state is probably larger than 10 or 12 states put together...

But you'll never hear that kind of fact from...

Ah spit... Who am I kidding... Half the people in the US will believe anything as they never learned how to think...

bigger than say Ca?

NubianzWithAttitude
"I've noticed a strong correlation between owning a white pickup truck and driving like an asshole."

George Bush don't care about African American pickup trucks.

GT_Frog: DUH! The state is probably larger than 10 or 12 states put together...

But you'll never hear that kind of fact from...

Ah spit... Who am I kidding... Half the people in the US will believe anything as they never learned how to think...

still not the largest state.

/Alaska is a ton bigger
//I bet the CO2 is from all the steers. Anyone know if the high population of Queers would effect this?

GT_Frog: DUH! The state is probably larger than 10 or 12 states put together...

But you'll never hear that kind of fact from...

Ah spit... Who am I kidding... Half the people in the US will believe anything as they never learned how to think...

True. And Dubya thanks that half for electing him, TWICE!!

/No offense to my fellow Texans for my last post.
//You really never know around these parts, might as well apologize now.
///Which state can I come to when I have to run and hide??? Wow, lots of slashies this evening.

Al Gore lives in Texas?

What about per acre. Or per capita?

Fishflinger: Rick Perry needs to be reminded on a regular basis that a majority of voters DID NOT vote for him in the last election.
Damn the 4 candidates for governor.

Hutchison will take him out in 2010.

FTA: Texas political leaders read "environmental protection as government activism" and want no part of it, said Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jim Henson?



And yeah, the environment is a liberal concept.

GT_Frog: DUH! The state is probably larger than 10 or 12 states put together...

But you'll never hear that kind of fact from...

Ah spit... Who am I kidding... Half the people in the US will believe anything as they never learned how to think...

I'm not even American but I know that California has something like 13 million more people than Texas. And lower carbon emissions.

I live about 18 miles from the border, and when the wind blows from the east for more than a day -- which is fortunately rare -- I can smell Houston.

Well, maybe not Houston, but something funky.

HornedFrogFan: Nice to see a another TCU grad around here. Class of '03 myself. When did you attend?


/Texan
//drives an SUV
///all wind power at home - 0 carbon emissions summer and winter

What a bullshiat article. Of COURSE Texas puts out more carbon emissions...because we're a big farking state and we have a bunch of ugly ass refineries.

How about this for an article: Rhode Island puts out least amount of carbon emissions.

NO shiat!

/Texan
//Drives a 35 mpg car
///Hates big trucks/SUVs

I noticed that the stats quoted were from 2003...

5 years ago!

I wonder if anyone has stats for 2007...

patssle3: What a bullshiat article. Of COURSE Texas puts out more carbon emissions...because we're a big farking state and we have a bunch of ugly ass refineries.

How about this for an article: Rhode Island puts out least amount of carbon emissions.

NO shiat!

/Texan
//Drives a 35 mpg car
///Hates big trucks/SUVs

perhaps those refineries should be a little cleaner.

It is a scheme: dump enough carbon in to the air until the earth warms, the ice melts, and Louisiana finally gets washed in the Gulf of Mexico.

THEN, and ONLY THEN we can star working on Arkansas and Oklahoma in the same way.

/suck it, haters

oldebayer: I live about 18 miles from the border, and when the wind blows from the east for more than a day -- which is fortunately rare -- I can smell Houston.

Well, maybe not Houston, but something funky.


Winds in the east . . .
Mist comin' in . . .
Like something is brewin',
About to begin . . .
Can't put me finger
on just what's in store,
But I have a feelin' what's about to happen,
has all happened before.

For the loss. Texas is freaking huge so it takes a shiatton of gas to drive across it (and that includes travelers passing through as well as Texans.

Let's also not forget the fact that Texas refines pretty much all of the oil used by the rest of the country. Nope, oil refineries don't cause any pollution.

Let's all just pretend its those rednecks and their big trucks causing all our environmental problems, not like those dicks idling their Hummers for 6 hours on the 5 mile commute to work in places like DC.

/Do you get to use the HOV lane if your truck bed is full of illegal immigrants? I might have to take a few day laborers to the office with me in the future.
// I don't actually drive to work. I ride a bike or take the bus. Only have to fill up my car like once every 2 months.

jeblis: What about per acre. Or per capita?

Per acre, you might have a point.

Per capita? California is the most populated stated in the union.

/The more you know.
//I hate texans.
///Why do they celebrate the Alamo? Last I checked, they lost.

They are called oil refineries... you know the crap you put in your prius you hippy? yeah... stfu

/phosphorous pollution is a much bigger problem...
//bikes to work ∞ mpg

I'm going with the emissions are so much from the trucks as this:

TFA: "Texas is . . . is the leading producer of energy, has the largest refining capacity and has the largest petrochemical industry in the nation

Sleeping Monkey: TFA His theory on why Texans love their trucks and SUVs? "The larger the car, the bigger you feel," he said.

Apparently, brains and penises are not bigger in Texas

Those guys are everywhere. I don't see nearly as many of those dickheads in Houston as I did in Richmond, VA though.

jimmywanger: Per capita? California is the most populated stated in the union.

Feh, census data isn't that good at counting all the illegals we have here.

Then again, California's got plenty of 'em too.

Texas gave us Ron Paul.

Commie Nazi Terrorist: Texas gave us Ron Paul.

and dubya.

Judging by the size of the average person I see in Texas, and the food they eat, I'd bet they're at the top of the list for methane emissions as well.

Makes perfect sense, and I bet they're doing it on purpose. Think about it, the more carbon you put into the atmosphere the warmer it will get. Then the sea level will rise and water will move inland, making the border smaller to patrol.

So if global warming = less Mexicans in the US then they should get a tax credit for gas guzzlers.

EL_FABREZ: Makes perfect sense, and I bet they're doing it on purpose. Think about it, the more carbon you put into the atmosphere the warmer it will get. Then the sea level will rise and water will move inland, making the border smaller to patrol.

So if global warming = less Mexicans in the US then they should get a tax credit for gas guzzlers.

I am gonna bet Mexicans move faster then a rising tide.

Nordsk: bigger than say Ca?

Texas is the largest of the lower 48 states. So yes. It is bigger than California.

Judging by the size of the average person I see in Texas, and the food they eat, I'd bet they're at the top of the list for methane emissions as well.

Ah, when you can't think of anything constructive to say, make fun of the illegals....

halfwaytoheaven-

It's so great to see a fellow TCU Alum...I was actually there from '93 to '98 (took the five year plan, of course!) I guess we may have just missed each other.

Anagrammer

Poor use of a al-Sahhaf (Baghdad Bob) image. His shtick was the refusal to admit defeat, comically trying to deny reality while the government he was the mouthpiece for was collapsing around him. He is the diametrical opposite of the "Chicken-Little" label you are trying to plant on scientists who consider carbon emissions to be harmful. If the man could be considered symbolic of anyone in the climate change "debate", it could only be as the voice of a powerful elite defending the status pro and insisting there is no cause of action in denial of all evidence to the contrary.

So whether the issue of industrial-related climate change is real or false (hint: it's real) your weak grasp of symbolic humor pretty much makes me think that your understanding of the actual issues is equally feeble.

Shostie: Nordsk: bigger than say Ca?

Texas is the largest of the lower 48 states. So yes. It is bigger than California.

What you mean is that it is second largest state.

/texans love to be reminded of that

Shostie: Nordsk: bigger than say Ca?

Texas is the largest of the lower 48 states. So yes. It is bigger than California.

Sorry, I should have clarified that I speaking in terms of per capita.

serial_crusher: For the loss. Texas is freaking huge so it takes a shiatton of gas to drive across it (and that includes travelers passing through as well as Texans.

Yeah that's a lot of it. Well, with a slight exception in Dallas and Austin, we don't have a really great sense of public transportation here.

There's a lot in central-ish Texas, but in general they're still like 100-200 miles apart. Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, then getting more south there's Houston and Galveston. Once you look at the area referred to as "east Texas" or "west Texas", there ain't a lot of anything.

bobbette: I'll start off the flamewar with this: why do people feel like they're entitled to pollute the planet and not be responsible for it? Texas, Alberta? Anyone? Why shouldn't you pay for cleanup of the huge mess you're causing?

God spilled that oil 6 thousand years ago and Albertans are cleaning it up for many years.