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Global Warming, er Climate Change is a National Security Threat

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Quote:The notion that scientists the world over are lying and that you somehow know more than them is, IMO, more conceited and arrogant than saying man can actual effect the climate of the earth. 

 

No you should just continue to follow what makes you most comfortable. In this case it's believing the oil money backed deniers because it's the stance your side has picked as their horse.  
 

'Lying' is a strawman. Believers will state what they believe. Are Catholic Priests 'lying' when they state their religious beliefs? What the scientists publish is mostly very modest compared what comes out of press releases. Press releases state a worst case scenario. Scientists who depend on federal funding will emphasize the worst case scenarios because that's what keeps the funding coming. That's not a lie, it's what they believe. Of course the probability that the worse case will happen is very close to zero, but it's not a lie as long as they believe it's not zero.


 

'Conspiracy' (not from you, but from others) is a strawman too. It doesn't take a conspiracy for people to act the same way to benefit themselves. How many people take out a mortgage because of the tax advantages? Is that a conspiracy?


 

And make no mistake, scientists are humans too. What happens to you if you have a degree in Climate Science (and you should be suspicious of any field that's name ends in 'science', e.g. Creation Science) if the funding dries up? Who pays your mortgage or pays for your kids braces? "Would you like fries with your burger" is not what you want as a job when you paid $50k or more for your degree.


 

The 'oil money' claim is also nonsense. Oil companies couldn't care less whether or not governments impose regulations on carbon emissions, they'd just raise their prices to compensate. Shell and BP are big funders of CRU. The climate research group at Stanford lists Exxon as a funder. A lot more oil money is going to the Warmists than to the skeptics. There is no viable alternative to petroleum in vehicles. Gas/diesel has a very high energy density yet is reasonably safe. 'Big Oil' isn't going away, no matter what.


 

The rich leftist elitists don't care either, because they don't feel the need to obey the laws they impose on others (e.g. Sharpton and the other MSNBC tax cheats, Hillary, Geithner). Imposing carbon regulations will hurt the working poor the worst by far. The elites will just get someone else to pay for their fuel.





                                                                          

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Global Warming, er Climate Change is a National Security Threat - by MalabarJag - 05-22-2015, 12:43 PM



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