Global Warming - Real Or Fake? You Decide!

Originally posted (in slightly modified form) at Ecotality.com on June 20, 2007.

Top Ten Ways You Can Tell Global Warming is Real

1. Linen napkin sales skyrocket.
2. Michael Bloomberg dumps GOP affiliation, intending to run for President as an independent candidate.
3. Curious lack of concern among incensed Tennesseans regarding Al Gore's solar panels.
4. Carpooling suddenly seen as hip.
5. Polar bears observed body surfing toward the Jersey shore.
6. Christmas trees now have coconuts.
7. President Bush seen readying Air Force One escape pod to Alpha Centauri.
8. American flag colors changed to red, white and green.
9. Fox News taken over by federal government and turned into world's most powerful wind farm.
10. Two words: peak oil.

Sports Illustrated Calls On Al Gore To Help Make The Stanley Cup Finals Greener

Originally posted at Ecotality.com on May 30, 2007.

Sports Illustrated's Michael Farber has written an open letter to Al Gore, pleading with the former Vice President to help green up the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup finals format.

Farber is concerned with the NHL’s current 2-2-1-1-1 system, wherein two games of the best-of-seven final series are played on one team’s home ice, followed by two games on their opponent’s home ice, returning back to the first team’s home ice, then to the opponent’s again, and finally – if seven games are required – one final game in the rink where the whole thing started. Confused? Perfect! Consider yourself a hockey fan.

Farber is seeking a more environment-friendly configuration:

You see, a 2-3-2 final would be a blessing for the environment. The NHL would be doing its patriotic best to be green -- beyond its recycling of Anaheim Ducks defenseman Sean O'Donnell.Read more »

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