Yes, today is the day that all of us are supposed to become environmentalists.
If you read the article above, you will learn that unsustainable agriculture is now a prime culprit in the demise of the planet. So all you farmers out there, stop growing food for humans. We got to protect the insects.
In honor of Earth Day today, I think I will fill up my oversized SUV with gasoline, take a drive out to the country and try to find some farting cows.
Anyone else doing something special today ?
What a fucking idiot. Consensus of 97% of the scientific community agrees that we're destroying the planet for our kids and grandchildren by dumping CO2 into the atmosphere. Or maybe a geezer like yourself doesn't have kids and doesn't care. History won't be kind to idiots like yourself.
maybe I’ll take my 68 Chevy impala for a spin.
then I’ll jump into my bad ass Prius and drive to tj.
I thought dragonfire was the culprit.
Oh Ran-Dumb-Member. You really have no idea how old I am.
You really are a fucking idiot, @Warrior. Do you really think 97% of the scientific community would be on some kind of massive hoax? Or you influenced by the Cock brothers who have a financial stake in burning fossil fuels.
Look, I must have a fan ! Well, the advancements in the fracking technology might have been responsible for a sizable adjustment in my net worth. But that is another subject.
No one is against the planet, dip-shit-member. It's the way that environmentalists get their message out is what I am making fun of. " Kill all the cows so that the insects can live". Maybe Thanos had the right idea. Just kill off half the population. But he probably shouldn't have stopped at 50%. He probably would need to go to 90%.
Some of us are old enough to remember the 70s when the scientific consensus was that another ice age was coming.
Ya gotta hear from AOC.
Don't make me come over there and separate you two..... I like the population reduction idea; any volunteers?
They've been telling us for decades that catastrophe is just around the corner. Hasn't happened yet. So why should I have confidence in their predictions?
Literally nothing wrong with clean water and air. Nothing. Just don't get what the argument against them is.
"Some of us are old enough to remember the 70s when the scientific consensus was that another ice age was coming."
No, you don't have your facts straight. That was 50 years ago and even then the bulk of peer-reviewed papers predicted warming.
Making AOC the "face" of climate science doesn't make any sense when the bulk of the research is done by talented PhDs who've devoted their entire life to getting the facts straight and contributing to the best peer-reviewed journals. Why in the fucking world would 97% of these scientists participate in some type of hoax or conspiracy? Any single scientist who disproves global warming in a convincing way would instantly become a celebrity. What possible motivation would they have to promote a conspiracy?
The 2% to 3% of climate-science deniers are invariable funded by the Kock brothers and the fossil fuels industry.
"They've been telling us for decades that catastrophe is just around the corner. "
No, they've been telling you for decades that the CO2 levels will eventually rise to unacceptable levels. At 400 PPM, the CO2 level now is higher than it's been in 800,000 years on Earth (according ice-core measurement). Hurricanes like Sandy, Maria, Harvey and the fires in California are probably tied to climate change. This is just the beginning -- and as I said history will not be kind to the idiots who won't listen.
Again, what a fucking stupid thread.
Intensity of hurricanes have been increasing and most likely tied to increase in ocean temperature.
You'll never have any offspring @Dougster. So no worry.
"most likely" . Is that your form of scientific proof ?
I didn't say it was proof. There's strong evidence if you would open your fucking ears.
I'm supporting Earth Day by fucking a stripper bareback - I assume cindoms are not environmentally
^ That’s one way to go ;)
Papi. I commend your sacrifice.
Karma is a bitch
I remember scientists were predicting an ice age coming upon us back in the early to mid-70s. (and that was almost 50 years ago.)
and papi. yes.
I am not celebrating Earth Day.
I am saving my energy and enthusiasm for what I hope will be an especially thrilling Uranus Weekend early next month.
Earth dayu is more p[ablum for buffoons called progressives as represented well by old lady Random and his whines about history not looking favorably upon us. Um, dumb fuck, we'lll be dead and will neither know, nor care. The minute I read "plant based diet" I wanted to soak some logs in motor oil to burn this weekend. The nmumber one cause of climate change is overpopulation, buit no mention of it on bullshit left wing sites because climate change is just their ;latest scam to seek power. I have no kids or grandkids and don't care of the lives of your kids suck lefties. When you compromise on issues that matter to me I will consider working with you, but until then....fuck off.
@Warrior wrote: "most likely" . Is that your form of scientific proof ?
I was pondering how stupid that statement is.
Here's an analogy: suppose someone who's smoked cigarettes for 30 years dies of lung cancer. Can I prove that cigarettes killed him? After all, there are other causes of lung cancer. But there's overwhelming scientific evidence that smoking causes lung cancer and it's likely that cigarettes killed him -- but not proof. In the same way there's overwhelming evidence that rising ocean temperatures cause more severe hurricanes.
Pushing the analogy further, the tobacco industry tried for years to distort public perception about the danger of smoking in exactly the same way that the Koch brothers and the fossil fuels industry have funded a constant onslaught of misinformation about climate change. It's been a successful propaganda campaign for dipshits like you and @SkiBirther who don't read and can't think straight.
To me the opposite of progressive is decent human being. I eat what I like and I eat a lot of fruits and veggies. I also like meat. If Icey and Random are examples of climate change believers I am happy increasing my carbon footprint. Orwell warned us about assholes like you, not facists: YOU. There is overwhelming evidence that: the next statement will be a lie. One thing the dumb fucks called progressives can never prove: Suppose we're retarded and signed on to the "New Green Deal", if no other countries are that drastic, it will make no difference, other than destroying capitalism. Climate change is about destrying capitalism, not saving the planet. See: war on poverty.
Ran-Dumb, were you thinking about me all day ? I'm not sure if I should be honored or just creeped out .
"Fuck the young, I got mine"
Orwell was a socialist. You even graduate high school? Fuck the young, I earned mine. Sloganeering passes for intelligence amoung the unintelligent.
Let's start with the simple things. According to the current thinking, our coastal cities are in danger due to rising ocean levels. Since we can't agree on the cause, it still doesn't change the fact oceans are rising.
So let's get going on setting up coastal perimeters without development. Let's say, no business or residence within 5 miles of the ocean, and the area reverts to nature. After all, if we are so worried about the problem, this would be one of the quickest and easiest ways to start protecting ourselves from the future doom (12 yrs by some politicians).
"Since we can't agree on the cause..."
LOL!
@AZFourTwenty So tell us how you're going to find shelter for over 50 million people, one fifth of the population of the United States,that are within 7.5 miles of the coast, the hell with the cause, and do you know 39% of the US population lives within 62 kilometers of a low elevation area likely to be flooded at some point in the next 35 years.That's nearly 160 million people, and includes the 43 highest tax paying parts of this country. It'll be cheaper and more effective to build flood walls, than move them all out of harms way.
^I haven't even started in about business, are you aware that most of NYC is within 25 miles of tidal waters, how are you going to relocate that ?
But, but, but..@SkiBirther just told us that climate change is lefty plot to destroy capitalism?
Not gonna have much influence on my pretty home at 6200 ft
@25 Flood walls won't protect as much against stronger hurricanes.
My comment was tongue in cheek. There is so much talk about reducing our carbon footprint etc, but no talk about protecting against the perceived consequences. I am of the belief that we can't change our future impact enough to make a difference. If the talk was to change to protection, IMO it would become NIMBY.
I agree with Skibum, population control would be a better solution.
Setting aside the debate on climate change for a moment, I'm broadly in favor of less pollution. So, I'm on board with Earth Day. On the topic of climate change, I'm a believer and I do think of it as a critical strategic threat.
I have come to this point not via blog posts and news articles, but through direct interactions with climate scientists and engineers employed at US Navy and Air Force Warfare Research Centers, as well as "boots on the ground" engineers directly involved in maintaining the integrity of coastal facilities and bases.
They're a lot smarter than me. They overwhelmingly believe that it's a real thing and a real problem. Therefore, so do I.
Setting aside the debate on climate change for a moment, I'm broadly in favor of less pollution. So, I'm on board with Earth Day. On the topic of climate change, I'm a believer and I do think of it as a critical strategic threat.
I have come to this point not via blog posts and news articles, but through direct interactions with climate scientists and engineers employed at US Navy and Air Force Warfare Research Centers, as well as "boots on the ground" engineers directly involved in maintaining the integrity of coastal facilities and bases.
They're a lot smarter than me. They overwhelmingly believe that it's a real thing and a real problem. Therefore, so do I.
Dammit. Sorry about the double post.
@AZ420 seawalls can protect against rising sea levels, and can mitigate surge damage from strong storms, problem here is we lack the money to pay for what we truly need, because the goddamn politicians on both side of the aisle have opted to spend it in ways that benefit their power structure but do very little to address real issues, instead they attempt to demagogue every single issue rather than have a genuine conversation and arrive at a legitimate solution. That’s the real fuckn problem.
^ that’s funny coming from you you post in every thread you’re not blocked out of, imagine this you showed up less than 8 months ago you already have over 30% of the number of posts I’ve made in almost 10 years here.
25,
I was talking to a fellow about "climate change" causing flooding in Miami Beach. Se posted a picture to me of the standing water. He made one mistake. His standing water was "surrounded" by concrete and asphalt. All around in his picture where nature ruled, ZERO flooding.
Yep, climate change for sure! :)
Show me any dry area in South Florida west of US1 that there’s no network of levees and canals and tell me about nature, BTW concrete is a real culprit on the barrier island that comprises Miami Beach. My point has very little to do with climate change, I believe in the science doubt it at your own peril.
LOL
I'm flying to California.