I don't care if we lose thousands of polar bears if it means the promotion of human life, the continued promotion of the capitalistic system, and the continued centralization of power in the hands of the United States. I don't believe in equality. — Hanover
Then they formulate arguments around such biases and believe they are actually intellectually engaging with the subject matter. But they're not, they're using rhetorical twists and turns not to convince the other side, but to make sure they're never acknowledging themselves to be wrong. It's the same behavior as flat earthers and other conspiratorial behaviors. It doesn't matter that there's a truckload of evidence, that there are educators and experts everywhere that friendly provide their knowledge if they want it, or that the publications are out there to be found if they wanted. The reason has nothing to with what is truth or not for them, it has to do with them. — Christoffer
"The science". There is no "the science". — Lionino
That said, I actually find this place to be populated by above average intelligence. — L'éléphant
But I will say that your view of me does not say anything about my character more than it does about yours. — Lionino
I spent the first half of this week reporting in Iceland, and I came away convinced that the country provides a window into our collective future in at least three important ways.
Iceland uses remarkably few fossil fuels to power its economy and heat its homes. Instead, 85 percent of the country’s energy comes from domestically produced renewables, primarily geothermal power and hydropower.
Iceland can claim such a high percentage of renewables, the most of any country in the world, thanks to its unique geology. Its land sits atop an incredibly active volcanic zone, and six major geothermal plants tap that subterranean warmth to provide heating for almost all the country’s homes.
Drive around the countryside, and you can’t miss steam billowing from the ground between the majestic fjords. Just this morning, an active volcano began erupting in a town I visited only a few days ago.
Geothermal power also produces about 20 percent of the country’s electricity, with the remainder coming from a robust network of hydroelectric plants. The oil that Iceland does burn is primarily used to power cars and trucks, as well as the boats that comprise the country’s large fishing fleet.
Iceland a small and wealthy country that is unique, to say the least, in having such abundant geothermal and hydroelectric resources. But as we’ve recently reported, new advances gleaned from the oil and gas business are making geothermal feasible in new locales. And as solar and wind power continue to expand at a rapid clip, it may not be long before more countries are powering their economies not with fossil fuels but with local, clean renewable energy.
The world just marked a year above a critical climate limit scientists have warned about
Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past 12 months for the first time on record, new data shows, breaching a critical threshold that, if it continues, will push the limits of life on Earth to adapt.
The past year was 1.52 degrees hotter on average than temperatures before industrialization, according to data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate and weather monitoring service. That 12-month average was boosted by the hottest January on record, which was 1.66 degrees warmer than the average January temperature in pre-industrial times.
I legitimately have no idea what people think of me. Members educated extensively in philosophy may recognize me as a dilettante, and these days I’m more visible in the Shoutbox than anywhere else so I’m probably thought of as a buffoon, and perhaps an arrogant one. — Jamal
I doubt most members think of me at all. — Vera Mont
These days I suppose I'm just the second-in-command shoutbox class clown, next to Hanover. — Noble Dust
I think people think of me as the Bob Hope of the forum. Which is great, as everyone loves Bob. — Baden
If I die, nobody would truly care. — javi2541997
And proud of it!
It annulls your climate activism. — baker
This is pretty much how I feel most of the time here: — baker
It's extremely offensive the way you assign to people stances they don't hold and then castigate them for them. — baker
We're tired of transplanting our ideals of democracy to ungrateful foreign lands. — magritte
Is Mikie wrong, or is everybody else wrong?
— Agree-to-Disagree
You are wrong. — unenlightened
You seem to think — Agree-to-Disagree
You seem incapable of understanding — Agree-to-Disagree
I have researched global warming extensively. Here are a few of the many graphs that I have made. How many graphs like these have you made? — Agree-to-Disagree
more mature and have more life experience — Agree-to-Disagree
The issue is the negative attitude that many climate activists have toward people. —
We've tried the friendly educational method for decades. They only become triggered and hostile like it's their privilege to be taken seriously, regardless of how utterly uneducated and downright stupid their ideas are. — Christoffer
ng, I am not a denier of anthropogenic climate change — Lionino
There were plenty of people worried about the bad effects of smoking around the 1900s but there wasn't any statistical proof. That came in the 1940s which led to more propaganda. — Benkei
Isn’t Hunter’s laptop relevant? — praxis