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Climate Change -- conspiracy theory or is it time we all drive a Prius?
| March 12th, 2021 at 10:56:53 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 |
That's a fair point, but you have to consider the source (or reporter's lack of source). It's common for non-believers to shoot down BS from people who don't know what they're talking about. People used to laugh about Ted Danson's predictions. As if it mattered. The actual climate models are getting better and more sophisticated, but even the early models were pretty accurate. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-how-well-have-climate-models-projected-global-warming The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| March 12th, 2021 at 11:13:20 AM permalink | |
| Tanko Member since: Aug 15, 2019 Threads: 0 Posts: 1988 | This was shown on ABC's Good Morning America in 2008, with Bob Woodruff hyping the ABC special 'Earth 2100'. They predicted, by 2015, most of NYC would be under water, gasoline would cost $9 per gallon, and a gallon of milk would cost $12.99. Fortunately, Obama arrived just in time and saved the planet. |
| March 12th, 2021 at 11:28:24 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 971 | That's a good example of what I am talking about. It's not science. Hell, it's not even journalism. Science fiction on a TV morning show is not a climate model. The mind hungers for that on which it feeds. |
| March 12th, 2021 at 11:37:12 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11807 |
Is Bob Woodruff a scientist?????????????????? ROTFL Good Morning America is a TV show Its not science, its entertainment Its the boob tube. Its Mental masturbation It has nothing to do with science Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 12th, 2021 at 11:43:58 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | well let's all make sure we aren't making decisions like about who to vote for, based on listening to reporters AND activists, or Ocasio-Cortez starts to sound good I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| March 12th, 2021 at 11:53:44 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11807 |
?????????? The smart logical people listen to all views I'll listen to media regarding science but it does not equal listening to scientists. Common sense is to weigh what you hear according to the source Media on health is a weak source New England Journal of Medicine an excellent source on health Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 12th, 2021 at 5:20:13 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18213 |
What was that silly sci-fi global warming movie about 2004? I remember a woman I knew at the time actually believed it was a prediction not a sci-fi. She sent out an email to all her friends scared for the future. How many other sheep like that out there? The President is a fink. |
| March 12th, 2021 at 7:53:18 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
ox·y·mo·ron noun a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction There is climate and there is science, the two cannot be connected. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 17th, 2021 at 11:35:57 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18764 | An argument I hadn't heard before. Nuclear becoming too expensive compared to other options. https://www.dw.com/en/nuclear-climate-mycle-schneider-renewables-fukushima/a-56712368 You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| March 18th, 2021 at 4:56:18 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5112 | The expense of nuclear power has been a problem for a long time. Subsidizing it to get a safe power source and zero carbon emissions makes sense though, especially if it is true that if we quit making each new plant 'custom' the cost can be lowered to something competitive. Each point made, someone can counter I assure you. I've been listening to that side of the argument recently quite a bit; good to see the other side. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |