In my opinion, I think it's undeniable that this is the issue of our time and those of us who aren't in denial should at least put it in their top 3 political priorities and act accordingly — Xtrix
In my opinion, I think it's undeniable that this is the issue of our time and those of us who aren't in denial should at least put it in their top 3 political priorities and act accordingly. — Xtrix
And over 800 thousand years:
graph-co2-temp-nasa.gif?ssl=1 — Xtrix
Astronomical events like the precession of Earth's axis cause secondary causes, like ice caps, air and ocean currents, vegetation and bacterial life. — magritte
More important, what to do about it? — EugeneW
we don't need a washing machine each, we can share. — unenlightened
Our only hope is fusion, or solar energy and hydrogen to make the energy portable. Or even better, a drastic reduction of economical activity. Try that telling capitalists though... — EugeneW
These days, everyone thinks they're the Englishman. This is the problem that has to be solved before we can effectively deal with climate change. It is a psychological problem. — unenlightened
The trouble with psychological problems is that every man and his dog has a theory about how to fix them — Isaac
Every Englishman and his dog has a theory about how to solve everyone else's psychological problems, but no clue at all how to solve their own. I'm always trying to change your mind and keep mine the same. This is the problem. — unenlightened
There seem to be an awfully large number of self-help books on the shelves... — Isaac
Books written to change the readers' minds are exactly authors' theories about how to change other people's minds. Who has a theory about how to change their own mind? It would be superfluous, would it not?they don't seem to be about changing other people's minds, but rather the reader changing their own. — Isaac
All written without exception for the other chap, by people who think to have no further need to unfuck themselves. — unenlightened
Books written to change the readers' minds are exactly authors' theories about how to change other people's minds. — unenlightened
Who has a theory about how to change their own mind? It would be superfluous, would it not? — unenlightened
Would you agree that not knowing what is the optimal temperature or what is the optimal co2 level all other speculations are futile. — stoicHoneyBadger
Would I agree with the random musings of an Internet troll with no understanding whatever of climatology? That’s an easy “no.” — Xtrix
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