06-02-2016, 01:12 PM
Quote:You asked 10 questions, most of which do not require answers. So I asked and answered a relevant question, just to show you how it's done.
So....you copped out. At least you own it.
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06-02-2016, 01:12 PM
06-02-2016, 02:57 PM
Yes rather than answering the deep and probing question, "Like really?", I copped out. Like really.
06-02-2016, 03:27 PM
06-03-2016, 11:02 AM
Too bad Oface, looks like you guys lost another one in your quest.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016...-skeptics/
"A landmark bill allowing for the prosecution of climate change dissent effectively died Thursday after the California Senate failed to take it up before the deadline."
Looks like being a heretic isn't quite illegal just yet. :thumbsup:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016...-skeptics/
"A landmark bill allowing for the prosecution of climate change dissent effectively died Thursday after the California Senate failed to take it up before the deadline."
Looks like being a heretic isn't quite illegal just yet. :thumbsup:
06-06-2016, 09:27 AM
Did you hear that? It was the sound of another green initiative exploding.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...try-chief/
Why, it's almost like these ideas are only good so long as the government is giving people money to do them...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016...try-chief/
Why, it's almost like these ideas are only good so long as the government is giving people money to do them...
06-09-2016, 06:42 PM
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10367522.html
Extremely good commentary from today^^
Also, "Paris, tx" is a great movie.
I'll talk more about the article later. Feel free to go crazy now tho.
Extremely good commentary from today^^
Also, "Paris, tx" is a great movie.
I'll talk more about the article later. Feel free to go crazy now tho.
06-10-2016, 06:01 PM
Quote:<a class="bbc_url" href='http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10367522.html'>http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10367522.html</a>
Extremely good commentary from today^^
Also, "Paris, tx" is a great movie.
I'll talk more about the article later. Feel free to go crazy now tho.
From the article:
"Texas is getting pummeled by a double-whammy: extreme precipitation and drought, depending on the Pacific Ocean’s natural cycles that can either produce hot and dry (La Niña) or wet and cool (El Niño) conditions. Climate change intensifies the weather events they spawn.
Last year, for example, more than 35 trillion gallons of water fell on Texas in May, enough to flood the state’s entire 268,820 square miles with 8 inches of water. A study published last October in the journal Geophysical Research Letters concluded that “anthropogenic [human-caused] global warming contributed to the physical processes that caused the persistent precipitation in May 2015.”
Back in 2011, meanwhile, Texas suffered the costliest drought in its history. Texas A&M University calculated that farmers and ranchers lost $7.82 billion. The likely culprit? Climate change. A July 2012 study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society compared the dry La Niña year of 2008 with La Niña years in the 1960s and determined that climate change has made extreme hot and dry conditions in Texas in La Niña years 20 times more likely today than 50 years ago."
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This is one of my favorite things about climate change. Texas is home to a huge amount of climate science deniers. And guess what? They are gonna get their teeth kicked in. Gotta love poetic justice. Unfortunately it will of course be the taxpayers that eventually bail them out and we'll be paying 100s of dollars to the dollar in what it would have cost to prevent it.
06-10-2016, 06:08 PM
More:
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, was forced to declare a state of disaster in four dozen Texas counties, or, as he put it, “literally from the Red River to the Rio Grande,” but made no mention of the role climate change likely played.
That’s not a surprise: Abbott is a climate science denier. He maintains it is an open question whether human activity is influencing the climate. “We must be good guardians of our Earth,” he told the San Antonio Express-News in 2014, “but we must base our decisions on peer-reviewed scientific inquiry, free from political demagogues using climate change as an excuse to remake the American economy.”
Never mind that peer-reviewed science is unequivocal about the threat carbon emissions pose to the climate.
What about U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, who represents a Texas congressional district that includes San Antonio and Austin? Both cities just experienced intense rain and severe flooding and Smith is the chairman of the House Space, Science and Technology Committee. Surely the head of a science committee must be aware of the link between global warming and extreme weather.
Nope. Like Abbott, Smith is a confirmed climate science denier. Although he rejected that characterization during a meeting with constituents last November, claiming that he’s merely a “semi-skeptic,” he went on to dispute mainstream climate science."
And:
"Smith not only subscribes to specious theories about climate change, he also harasses climate scientists in the federal government and at nonprofit organizations with whom he disagrees. Last fall, for example, he subpoenaed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its internal emails and research data because he believes the agency’s scientists are using “skewed” data. And just last month, he requested internal documents and emails from my organization, the Union of Concerned Scientists, because we have been openly encouraging state attorneys general to investigate ExxonMobil for failing to disclose to investors and the public what its scientists knew about climate change."
Le Culprit:
"What could explain this stark divide between French and Texan politicians? There may be a number of reasons, but an obvious one to consider is the role of undue corporate influence. In France, corporations are not allowed to donate money or provide services to political candidates or political parties. In Texas, it’s a very different story.
Abbott, a former Texas attorney general, won the governorship in 2014. The $4.2 million he received in contributions from the oil and gas industry for his gubernatorial campaign was more than twice the amount he got from any other sector. Among his top benefactors were Nustar Energy ($90,000), Koch Industries ($57,500) and Valero Energy ($50,000). Other donors included ExxonMobil, which kicked in $15,000, and Chevron and ConocoPhillips, which each donated $12,500.
The oil and gas industry, meanwhile, has been Smith’s leading patron during his nearly 30 years in office. Over the last decade, his biggest contributors from that sector include Koch Industries, which gave him $87,000, and Valero Energy, which gave him more than $100,000."
"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, meanwhile, was forced to declare a state of disaster in four dozen Texas counties, or, as he put it, “literally from the Red River to the Rio Grande,” but made no mention of the role climate change likely played.
That’s not a surprise: Abbott is a climate science denier. He maintains it is an open question whether human activity is influencing the climate. “We must be good guardians of our Earth,” he told the San Antonio Express-News in 2014, “but we must base our decisions on peer-reviewed scientific inquiry, free from political demagogues using climate change as an excuse to remake the American economy.”
Never mind that peer-reviewed science is unequivocal about the threat carbon emissions pose to the climate.
What about U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, who represents a Texas congressional district that includes San Antonio and Austin? Both cities just experienced intense rain and severe flooding and Smith is the chairman of the House Space, Science and Technology Committee. Surely the head of a science committee must be aware of the link between global warming and extreme weather.
Nope. Like Abbott, Smith is a confirmed climate science denier. Although he rejected that characterization during a meeting with constituents last November, claiming that he’s merely a “semi-skeptic,” he went on to dispute mainstream climate science."
And:
"Smith not only subscribes to specious theories about climate change, he also harasses climate scientists in the federal government and at nonprofit organizations with whom he disagrees. Last fall, for example, he subpoenaed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its internal emails and research data because he believes the agency’s scientists are using “skewed” data. And just last month, he requested internal documents and emails from my organization, the Union of Concerned Scientists, because we have been openly encouraging state attorneys general to investigate ExxonMobil for failing to disclose to investors and the public what its scientists knew about climate change."
Le Culprit:
"What could explain this stark divide between French and Texan politicians? There may be a number of reasons, but an obvious one to consider is the role of undue corporate influence. In France, corporations are not allowed to donate money or provide services to political candidates or political parties. In Texas, it’s a very different story.
Abbott, a former Texas attorney general, won the governorship in 2014. The $4.2 million he received in contributions from the oil and gas industry for his gubernatorial campaign was more than twice the amount he got from any other sector. Among his top benefactors were Nustar Energy ($90,000), Koch Industries ($57,500) and Valero Energy ($50,000). Other donors included ExxonMobil, which kicked in $15,000, and Chevron and ConocoPhillips, which each donated $12,500.
The oil and gas industry, meanwhile, has been Smith’s leading patron during his nearly 30 years in office. Over the last decade, his biggest contributors from that sector include Koch Industries, which gave him $87,000, and Valero Energy, which gave him more than $100,000."