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TheGoatWhisperer Veteran Author Ohio Posts:488 Points:234,055 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:11:37 AM Ignore TheGoatWhisperer Report Abuse Leaning against the walls and sitting in aisles, more than 80 students crammed into a classroom on the second floor of Linsly-Chittenden last Saturday afternoon. A handful wore seemingly normal white “Y” T-shirts, but with a noticeable change: The bottom half of the shirts had been dipped in black dye, intended to make them look ominous, like they were caught in a rising tide of oil. Saturday marked the kickoff meeting of a campaign to get the University to phase out its endowment investments in the fossil fuel industry for ethical and environmental reasons. Visit Yale Daily News for full article

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Leaning against the walls and sitting in aisles, more than 80 students crammed into a classroom on the second floor of Linsly-Chittenden last Saturday afternoon. A handful wore seemingly normal white “Y” T-shirts, but with a noticeable change: The bottom half of the shirts had been dipped in black dye, intended to make them look ominous, like they were caught in a rising tide of oil.

Saturday marked the kickoff meeting of a campaign to get the University to phase out its endowment investments in the fossil fuel industry for ethical and environmental reasons.
Visit Yale Daily News for full article

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jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,893 Points:618,470 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 10, 2013 4:22:04 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Our long term future is not fossil fuel.
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,301 Points:2,398,095 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 10:58:08 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse foolish kids
Petrock Champion Author Lexington Posts:9,258 Points:2,584,485 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:48:56 AM Ignore Petrock Report Abuse Good luck with that one! Everyone is using energy from fossil fuels.
iFueler Champion Author Durham Posts:64,983 Points:204,800 Joined:Nov 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:37:34 AM Ignore iFueler Report Abuse this, like most oil topics, is very complicated
10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,480 Points:2,280,745 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:34:39 AM Ignore 10k Report Abuse i bet not a single one of them walks or rides a bicycle either..
doc029 Champion Author Orlando Posts:13,825 Points:2,748,640 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:34:38 AM Ignore doc029 Report Abuse Ok
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,840 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:32:21 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse There's nothing wrong with a little CO2, @TheGoatWhisperer. However, we are nowhere near "a little CO2" at this point. Basically, we've released enough CO2 into the atmosphere that it would be like lighting all of the Earth's trees on fire and letting it burn for a century. What do you think THAT would do to the atmosphere?
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,985 Points:439,840 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:29:32 AM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse The "tapped out wells" were never tapped out, @ican2step. It just cost too much money to get the last drops of oil out of the ground. Now, fracking is letting Big Oil squeeze the ground for every last drop. Too bad the ground is too contaminated to use after Big Oil is done with it.
Bigwaynef Champion Author South Carolina Posts:11,667 Points:2,107,460 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:28:10 AM Ignore Bigwaynef Report Abuse Do it again and again...
GasholeMI Champion Author Lansing Posts:10,274 Points:1,745,015 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:28:03 AM Ignore GasholeMI Report Abuse Fools. It is more likely that people will decrease or stop contributing to the school.
SparkieMi Champion Author Kalamazoo Posts:3,395 Points:614,770 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:26:56 AM Ignore SparkieMi Report Abuse Really... Remember there is at least two sides to a story!!!!
mrreferee Champion Author Savannah Posts:1,363 Points:579,445 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:26:46 AM Ignore mrreferee Report Abuse weird,,,,
sawdust1825 All-Star Author Illinois Posts:975 Points:463,155 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:24:58 AM Ignore sawdust1825 Report Abuse Dumb
unicornpmb Champion Author Buffalo Posts:8,626 Points:1,656,240 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:20:46 AM Ignore unicornpmb Report Abuse Freedom of speech, right.
ican2step Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:1,806 Points:451,425 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:20:08 AM Ignore ican2step Report Abuse Wow! If it's a fossil fuel, why are the tapped out wells filling back up?
WIWalt Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:1,848 Points:441,060 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:19:32 AM Ignore WIWalt Report Abuse ok
Nicoalbum Champion Author Ottawa Posts:6,162 Points:1,215,750 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:18:49 AM Ignore Nicoalbum Report Abuse Also, a low-calories diet might help
Rooster922 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:3,920 Points:681,820 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:18:24 AM Ignore Rooster922 Report Abuse Really
arb0526 Champion Author Greensboro Posts:2,112 Points:437,345 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:17:26 AM Ignore arb0526 Report Abuse The young ones will be running this country in 5 - 20 years. Will they still feel the same by the time they are our ages?
Tsunamiron Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,564 Points:584,450 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:16:50 AM Ignore Tsunamiron Report Abuse Change is slow, but it is happening.
TheGoatWhisperer Veteran Author Ohio Posts:488 Points:234,055 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Feb 9, 2013 12:13:41 AM Ignore TheGoatWhisperer Report Abuse Will they quit exhaling ending toxic CO2 pollution?