Drive naked, save gas/increase mileage

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/07/beck.energy/index.html

one paragraph from the story:

 

That column was a steaming pile of crap. I don't know how you in good conscience argue against cutting consumption on the basis that it's "annoying."

 

Talk about taking something out of context.

He said asking everyone to unplug their television every day was annoying and people would never do it. Not cutting consumption as a whole.

 

My apologies, the rest of the consumption-cutting suggestions he described as "gimmicks," so I take responsibility for mischaracterizing Glenn Beck.

 

Filling your tires IS a gimmick. Sorry.

 

How is it a gimmick if it's true?

 

No need to apologize when I categorically reject the notion.

 

Did you read the link? The majority of people already do that. The people who don't aren't likely to do it for a long-term solution.

It's a short-term fix. It's not a solution...it's a gimmick.

 

Good point. If it was accurate.

But no one actually said it was a solution. It was brought up as a comparison: We can save as much gas properly inflating our tires, as we would with offshore drilling.

But I wouldn't expect any more than an intellectually dishonest and flawed argument from Glenn Beck.

 

Right. Great. OK, so it's a strawman argument, because one option is real and the other is make-believe?

Much better defense.

 

How can it be a strawman argument if it was never an argument to begin with? The point was that offshore drilling is unncessary because the gains would be as minimal as keeping your tires properly inflated.

But instead of understanding context, we'll just focus on a couple of words and ridicule.

 

As FDP said above, I categorically reject this.