This is why Republicans are the most dangerous party in history. — Mikie
Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?
Not that I’m aware of. Is the Republican organisation - I hesitate to call it a party - committed to that? Overwhelmingly. There isn’t even any question about it.
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We’re going to maximise the use of fossil fuels - could carry us past the tipping point. We’re not going to provide funding for - as committed in Paris, to developing countries that are trying to do something about the climate problems. We’re going to dismantle regulations that retard the impact, the devastating impact, of production of carbon dioxide and, in fact, other dangerous gases - methane, others.
Republicans, for all their faults, were instrumental in the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. I don't know about you, but I think that was pretty nice on their part, and it definitely counterbalances any negativity one might perceive from their policy on climate change. — Merkwurdichliebe
Republicans are a far cry from being anything like these, — Merkwurdichliebe
Apparently it’s not clear to you that I’m talking about the today’s world— not the 1870s. — Mikie
Nazism was still localized. Climate change isn’t. Republicans want to accelerate it.
Again— those who can’t ackowledge the truth of this rather obvious point are those who don’t believe climate change is much of a problem to begin with. — Mikie
It’s not relevant here— at all. Red herring. — Mikie
Unless of course you deny what scientists are telling us because they’re bought off… — Mikie
scientists who are funded by "Big Climate"? — Agree-to-Disagree
scientists who are funded by "Big Climate"?
— Agree-to-Disagree
Who are they? Multi-National windmill manufacturers? — unenlightened
World history is always relevant to today's world — Merkwurdichliebe
Are republicans the only ones accelerating it? — Merkwurdichliebe
any reasons it could be denied that it is the end of the world, — Merkwurdichliebe
any reasonable scientific argument will prevail in due time. — Merkwurdichliebe
I object to the evidence because it appears unconvincing, — Merkwurdichliebe
So what sort of "science" is produced by scientists who are funded by "Big Climate"? — Agree-to-Disagree
The World Bank Group delivered a record $31.7 billion in fiscal year 2022 to help countries address climate change. — Agree-to-Disagree
The New York Times says that the US “took a major step toward fighting climate change” on Friday when the House of Representatives approved a $2.2 TRILLION spending bill that “includes the largest expenditures ever made by the federal government to slow global warming”. — Agree-to-Disagree
In America and around the globe governments have created a multi-billion dollar Climate Change Industrial Complex.
A lot of people are getting really, really rich off of the climate change industry.
Federal funding for climate change research, technology, international assistance, and adaptation has increased from $2.4 billion in 1993 to $11.6 billion in 2014, with an additional $26.1 billion for climate change programs and activities provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009.
This doesn’t mean that the planet isn’t warming. But the tidal wave of funding does reveal a powerful financial motive for scientists to conclude that the apocalypse is upon us. No one hires a fireman if there are no fires. No one hires a climate scientist (there are thousands of them now) if there is no catastrophic change in the weather.
If you are a young eager-beaver researcher who decides to devote your life to the study of global warming, you’re probably not going to do your career any good or get famous by publishing research that the crisis isn’t happening.
But if you’ve built bogus models that predict the crisis is getting worse by the day, then step right up and get a multimillion dollar grant.
Climate Change Industrial Complex.
But the tidal wave of funding does reveal a powerful financial motive for scientists to conclude that the apocalypse is upon us.
If you are a young eager-beaver researcher who decides to devote your life to the study of global warming, you’re probably not going to do your career any good or get famous by publishing research that the crisis isn’t happening.
Fine — it’s not happening. Or it’s not a crisis…or can’t be solved…or whatever the latest claim is. — Mikie
But look at the data, its science! — Merkwurdichliebe
Good god you’re pathetic.
That’s just a stupid strawman.
, etc.It’s amazing people can be such complete dupes.
Good data and reliable information — javi2541997
Have they simply been groomed by Koch propaganda? Sure. But it goes beyond climate denial. — Mikie
How dare I impugn the integrity of scientists and left-wing think-tanks by suggesting that their research findings are perverted by hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer handouts. The irony of this indignation is that any academic whose research dares question the “settled science” of the climate change complex is instantly accused of being a shill for the oil and gas industry or the Koch brothers.
Here is an interesting article to read :grin: — Agree-to-Disagree
It doesn't make 'follow the money' sense because no one has a money motive for doing it. — unenlightened
Now here’s the real scandal of the near trillion dollars that governments have stolen from taxpayers to fund climate change hysteria and research. By the industry’s own admission there has been almost no progress worldwide in actually combatting climate change. The latest reports by the U.S. government and the United Nations say the problem is getting worse not better and we have not delayed the apocalypse by a single day.
Has there ever been such a massive government expenditure that has had such miniscule returns on investment? After three decades of “research” the only “solution” is for the world to stop using fossil fuels, which is like saying that we should stop growing food.
We definitely need to follow the climate change money. — Agree-to-Disagree
Again, from the same article I linked to before:
https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/follow-the-climate-change-money — Agree-to-Disagree
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