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No. Basically it went down like this...

Bush won. And I'm not really sure who said what when, but basically it came to light that the method of voting in Florida generated some ambiguous...

Funny Al Gore story...

I was in college during the election of 2000. MTV came to my campus to shoot some "rock the vote" special. There was a concert and shit so you had to buy a ticket. Rumor...

Do you openly embrace fanaticism, or is it something you do by mistake?
(I'm legitimately curious.)

I don't really think it matters where the break even point is.

I went hiking recently and saw a 25 foot deep basin carved into rock. 25 feet deep, and just as wide. Think about how much ice had...

I'm quite sure my position remains unchanged.

I am not at all skeptical that the earth is warming, and do not deny the impacts to species, coastlines, and whatever.

My answer to that is "so...

No, I think it's an apt question.

Extinct species? So what? Unless we're talking about people, chicken, or cows, then who fucking cares.

Altered coastlines? So what? Move!

Erratic...

I do hear it. My answer is "So what?"

Does not compute.

Pandoras box is open on fossil fuels. You can't close it. We will never, ever, be in a position where "mother earth" is producing fossil fuel deposits at a rate that's at least...

So was Enron

They website you linked rates China below sufficient. Two posts ago you used the word 'exemplary'.

How about you just give this shit up now before you embarass yourself too much.

You can play...

That's not what 'conservative' means. The word you're looking for is 'traditional'. 'The way the were' is a really broad and vague phrase. Once upon a time, the spot I'm sitting in right now was...

I don't think you can prove definitively that marginal reductions in pollution will reverse climate change.


Shitty analogy because it assumes that there are no side effects or unintended...

The claims in that video seem kinda dubious. Is it really 97%? Makes sense that 97% of scientists agree that temps are rising, but I don't recall seeing any other source claim that 97% of...

Uh, no.

I mean. really....no

You're a million percent wrong

If those questions are unanswered....should government be conducting policy as if they were answered?

Major emphasis on the word "IF". Also, it's disingenuous to refer to the US as one country out of 200. We're responsible for way way way more than 1/200 of the world's carbon emissions, so in that...

Believe what? All science seems to be saying is that "Earth is warming, and it's probably because of people". Ok, I believe them too.

However, they don't seem to have any kind of practical or...

False. I said I've mostly stayed out of it, and am only 'somewhat un-educated'. I admit I'm no expert, but I'm a long way from "knowing nothing"


False again. I'm not even sure what you mean...

"Physical harm" is such a loaded term. Your offenses are not particularly egregious, but certainly deserving of temporary punitive physical discomfort.


If you were actually educating him, don't...

Still though. I'm not much of a scientist, but I'm pretty sure that 3.8 trillion is way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way way more than the earth has the capacity...

Sounds like you're saying there are no consequences to climate change at all.


God I hope that student punched you in the face.

Ok Professor Fudgeknot, I'll rephrase the question. Would it be...

I'm not sure where he's getting the 1.9% number, but I doubt he got it from his arse. A simple google inquiry told me that the most recent data for Earth's population growth is 1.1%. Which means...

Could be. But the idea came from someone alot more informed about science than I am.

http://www.azquotes.com/quote/785018

I believe he goes on to suggest that the electricity consumed by that...

Why? Why is it a serious problem to deal with? Isn't a slightly warmer climate more suitable for human life anyway? Longer growing seasons, people leave their house more, etc etc etc.

I guess...

I've mostly stayed out of the climate change debate, so I admit that I'm somewhat un-educated on the topic. But maybe someone in this thread can help clear up some nagging questions I have.
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