Talking Points

Chris is a “Pin-Ball Game” in a world of “Electric Trains.” According to Chris, normal thought is like an electric train. Dyslexic thought is like a pin-ball game. Chris says that dyslexia is his greatest gift. He can reassemble pieces into a new “whole.” Then dyslexia becomes his greatest detriment. He has to explain the new whole to the choo-choo trains.

In 1972 while a senior at U.C. Irvine, when Greenhouse Gas/Global Cooling was the theory, it had the same villain. So Chris built a car to meet 1986 air pollution requirements. What he learned three weeks after testing was he didn’t understand the properties of metal alloys under extreme heat and pressure. (In 1972 it was theorized that India and China would starve to death by the year 2000. Do you know how China doubled their rice production in one year?)

In 1994, created the best multi-family recycling program in California and earned the label “Recycling Maniac” from a Waste Management spokeswoman. Chris was the maintenance man for 241 condos. It made good business sense that if he diverted 50% of the garbage through recycling, the complex would save 50% on their garbage bill. That was a $25,000 a year savings. Recycling enough cardboard and newspaper to save 50,000 trees was a side effect.

Last month Chris reduced his air conditioning demand by 30%, yielding a return-on-investment of 20-30%, by applying radiant barrier products to his house. (That’s a big number in Phoenix.) If he helps a few million other homeowners save 20-40%, the Country saves One Quadrillion BTUs of energy. (That’s the equivalent of 17,000,000 barrels of oil.) Then if 51% of the profits of the One Quadrillion BTU Project go to college engineering programs, you understand the One Quadrillion BTU Project.

Yes, Chris does have solar-powered misters on his truck and a radiant barrier panel over the cab.

Yes, Chris has a “dual-pump, 5 stages, 250 PSI, remote controlled, 950,000 BTU backyard cooling system at his house.

The War:

No, Chris will not talk about the war. Chris’s #1 son is in the Air Force and his #2 Son is a Marine. #1 wants to be a pilot and #2 wants to standup for his Country. He can’t keep the tears away when he thinks of his boys.

Politics:

Chris is a JFK Conservative for 6 reasons. 1) National Defense: The Cuban Missal Crises. No nukes in my backyard and No did mean I’ll push the big red button. 2) Leadership: he gave us the moon. 3) The ROI (return-on-investment) of tax breaks: The investment is cutting taxes. The return is increased revenue to the Country. 4) Chris’s favorite: “Ask not what your Country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your Country.” 5) Socially aware. 6) Environmentally aware.

America is a three class system. There is the pyramid of the lower and upper classes with the ruling class on top. The ruling class talks to us in sound bites and listens through surveys. Chris says he is happy at the top of the lower class.

Global Warming:

Chris understands science, he’s not a scientist. (Is the objective of education knowledge or action?) He does not say the current theory is wrong. He does not have a better theory. He just does not understand Global Warming. His big question about CO2/Greenhouse Gas/Global Warming Theory is why are the icecaps melting where the Greenhouse Gasses are the thinnest during summer and nonexistent during winter?

The CO2/Greenhouse Gas/Global Warming theory is no longer science. It’s a sacred cow. Science is void of emotion. Theoretical discovery is just like building a jig-saw puzzle, only there’s no picture on the lid of the box and no precut pieces. Sometimes when you find a new piece, you have to reshape a piece already in the puzzle.

If you understand the comparison between a match and a forest fire, Chris will tell you he knows what Mosses felt like.