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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: zack1234 on July 24, 2022, 03:22:20 AM
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Please give me a topic so I can Cut & Paste 67 paragraphs :)
Please omit topics that include man on man action.
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Why people cover themselves in tattoos and expect to be treated with respect and as normal (especially head, neck and face tatts).
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Why people cover themselves in tattoos and expect to be treated with respect and as normal (especially head, neck and face tatts).
why don't you ask them. guys or girls that have tattoos aren't afraid to say why. I got 18 of them and most of the time you can only see 4. would love to show them then to you and explain why.
at the steel mill they were surprised when I showed them, they thought I was a need. each one of my tattoos has a history.
semp
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why don't you ask them. guys or girls that have tattoos aren't afraid to say why. I got 18 of them and most of the time you can only see 4. would love to show them then to you and explain why.
at the steel mill they were surprised when I showed them, they thought I was a need. each one of my tattoos has a history.
semp
Of course they were surprised at a grown man with 18 My Little Pony tats.. Its just weird man :old:
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Poor the zach, tough growing up not knowing what a banana is.
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Extra credit if your C&P misses the point of the discussion.
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there is no point to the discussion. It's just another one-liner and there will be no real discussion about anything from the OP. He repeats this statement over and over in other threads - where there are no cut and paste jobs.
But let's see.
Let's talk about OPEC and Presidents again, Zack.
OPEC member states set oil production limits. These states produce about 40 percent of the world's oil and they export about 60 percent of the world's total petroleum.
During the covid, fuel demand around the world plunged. OPEC did not initially adjust production and there was a huge oil glut. Suppliers were trying to unload product. Prices sank.
OPEC and Russia did ramp down production, but they have not readjusted production to pre-covid levels yet.
The price of oil has a lot to do with production and OPEC plus other oil producers have a great deal of effect on oil prices. Saudi Arabia has the largest influence. Oil prices are also market driven and there is speculation.
No President can have much of an effect on the price of gas in the short term. It's not fair to say that a President is why gas prices are high.
Over the long term, a President can affect prices. Killing pipelines and attacking the oil industry, regulations, taxes, etc.
So what do you think, Zack? Why do you think prices are higher now?
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What did the US do in the 1970’s to control OPEC?
And why do OPEC do as their told today?
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Of course they were surprised at a grown man with 18 My Little Pony tats.. Its just weird man :old:
they're not ponies they're unicorns.
actually mostly names.
semp
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What did the US do in the 1970’s to control OPEC?
And why do OPEC do as their told today?
Why don't you tell us? This is supposed to be a discussion, right? Tell us what you think. I'm not going to guess what you are trying to get at - and I have no idea.
What did the US do to control OPEC in the 1970's?
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In Britain, bananas are offensive weapons and are banned :old:
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I think Zack should explain the
Jerry Nadler eyebrow hack to us.
How did he do it?
(https://iotwreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nadler-eyebrow-2.jpg)
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"Zack" The only surviving aborted baby.
See how things can go so bad.
Coogan
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Zack still mad about being poked in the eye repeatedly.
semp
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"Zack" The only surviving aborted baby.
See how things can go so bad.
Coogan
I.. ehhh never mind
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So, on the Troll Scale this is a four, but more likely a three. Not bad, Zach. It's certainly better than your other posts.
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Why don't you tell us? This is supposed to be a discussion, right? Tell us what you think. I'm not going to guess what you are trying to get at - and I have no idea.
What did the US do to control OPEC in the 1970's?
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Here's one...
It's 2022. Why isn't this forum formatted for mobile?
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I.. ehhh never mind
Bezos ex wife has given $3 million to planned parenthood.
The only clause it is to be used to kill black babies.
At least hitler did not hide what he wanted to do to the Jews.
The Elites don’t kill their offspring…fact
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Why don't you tell us? This is supposed to be a discussion, right? Tell us what you think. I'm not going to guess what you are trying to get at - and I have no idea.
What did the US do to control OPEC in the 1970's?
The US economy was in stagnation in the 1970’s Nixon took the US offnthe gold standard thus making the US more economically viable.
The US decided to import more oil from the OPEC nations
The Yom Kippur war required Nixon to support the Jews.
The Arabs raised the price of oil to $5 a barrel a increase of 70% as a protest.
The US decided to allow itself and Western Europe to go into a massive economic recession.
The West suffered but the OPEC countries revenue plummeted.
What did the US do?
It backed regimes in Iraq and Iran and invested in massive oil product in said countries.
The British opened up North Sea oil fields (higher quality oil than the rest….fact)
The British economy is funded by US loans from the IMF…FACT
The African members of OPEC sided with the US. (Nigeria)
OPEC now does as it is told and gets lots of money from the Western economies.
Bidens masters have now decided to go along to Enviromental holocaust route to hoodwink the stupid liberal rich masses into not using fossil fuels.
They have a new compliant controllable population in India and China.
You and yours are surplus to requirement.
Democracy is a hinderance to your masters you voted for Orange man bad who wanted to bring back economic production to the US citizen.
Do you think Clinton and her masters would allow that?
Bend the knee and put your masks on and save the polar bears
You suckers
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The petro dollar was established in place of gold
All oil purchases were required to be done in $$$$ making it the reserve currency
Numerous wars were waged to keep that agreement
We are losing that status now as multiple countries sell oil without the conversion to dollars
It's why they are raising rates now trying to strengthen it as printing trillions in funny money has devauled it.
Once the reserve currency is gone so is the United States
Interesting fact... how large is a trillion?
In seconds it is almost 32,000 YEARS!
Eagler
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You can’t cut and paste webpage content boomer. You mean copy and paste.
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As the human population continues to grow and pandemics, and famine increase in frequency as a result, electrical power demand is accelerating. Petroleum burning for electricity is over. We have to stop altering the atmospheric composition. The only real option is nuclear power, the sooner society gets over its irrational phobia of fission power and faces that inevitable reality the better. Modern nuclear power plants are far removed from the antique plutonium/u235 nuke plants the world is currently using.
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As the human population continues to grow and pandemics, and famine increase in frequency as a result, electrical power demand is accelerating. Petroleum burning for electricity is over. We have to stop altering the atmospheric composition. The only real option is nuclear power, the sooner society gets over its irrational phobia of fission power and faces that inevitable reality the better. Modern nuclear power plants are far removed from the antique plutonium/u235 nuke plants the world is currently using.
Is the waste from these newer reactors manageable? I'm genuinely curious
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My thoughts as well.
Germany is shutting down all of it's nuclear plants and France has only half now. I think the problem is the waste, but also the inevitable corrosion and messy cleanup of old plants.
I may be wrong- I am no expert.
The potential for disaster or war and these things taking damage must be considered as well.
Nuclear waste never goes away. At least practically speaking.
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I read a little about the pros and cons of nuclear energy.
One con is that they say nuclear plants store the waste on site for the most part and that it has to be stored and maintained for 200,000 years. Well beyond the life of a plant. The more waste spread all over the place over time and the more likely that it will get into the environment - ground or water.
The cost of mining uranium is another. It's not carbon neutral.
Plants take 15-18 years to be built and brought online.
On shore wind farms take 5 years to build and they are lower cost per KW than nuclear.
A lot of countries are phasing nuclear power out in favor of solar and wind farms.
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On days of no wind and clouds for a week I will take nuclear energy over these other two pipe dreams
Eagler
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Batteries and nation-wide production.. A difficult concept for some. :)
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If it was economically feasible it would already be done..
But it isn't and has to be propped up by making oil and nat gas so much more expensive to use by economy killing policies this bunch has shoved down our throat
Eagler
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On days of no wind and clouds for a week I will take nuclear energy over these other two pipe dreams
Eagler
There are countries that are essentially all renewable energy at this point. Hardly a pipe dream.
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If it was economically feasible it would already be done..
But it isn't and has to be propped up by making oil and nat gas so much more expensive to use by economy killing policies this bunch has shoved down our throat
Eagler
I agree.
Coal, oil and natural gas are far less expensive and they are plentiful.
Wind farms can generate a lot of power, but I've heard that a lot of times they are shut down because the system cannot handle the power - and wind farms do not store power. so that's a lot of waste.
Batteries also are not environmentally friendly. They require a lot of rare materials, mining, manufacturing and shipping. They are far from carbon neutral
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Also, windmills require at least 80 gallons of oil and maybe hundreds of gallons of mineral oil. And each windmill requires a pretty large footprint.
If I had the land and the money, I'd buy a windmill. They produce a large amount of power.
There are places where the wind pretty much constantly blows. a lot of them. The wind farms in California near Indio - they always have wind, but whenever I've driven by, maybe half of them are shut down. I suspect because they are feeding too much power into the grid. They have to be shut down.
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The wind farms in Texas seem to not be producing when you need the power the most. Very disappointing.
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The last time I drove through Indio was a couple months ago and I videotaped my drive through the area. Well, not videotaped, recorded with my phone whatever that's called. Lol.
First of all it's amazing how big that area is and how many of those windmills are out there. Driving at 75 mph it probably takes 5 to 10 minutes. I'd say at least 10 minutes to drive through the whole area.
It's always windy over there. Anyway, I recorded the drive-thru there because probably half of those windmills are sitting idle.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/08/22/149552/a-thorium-salt-reactor-has-fired-up-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
https://youtu.be/bbyr7jZOllI
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I think the waste is the biggest issue with nuclear.
200,000 years is a long time to keep it stored and safe
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Canada is almost ready to build a huge nuclear waste facility.there are 2 places being considered but the prime location is on the Bruce peninsula, it’s a rock formation that about 3 million years old and considered extremely stable.It’s part of the Niagara escarpment and mostly limestone,there is an existing nuke plant nearby and a second much larger facility is almost finished being built.
Jobs a plenty and the pay is great but it seems we’re busy building cricket farms…..
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There are countries that are essentially all renewable energy at this point. Hardly a pipe dream.
Can you name one?
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Can you name one?
Iceland.
If you need 2, Paraguay.
Costa Rica is 99%, Norway is 98.5%, Austria is 80%, Brazil is 75%, and Denmark is 69.4%.
(I look up things before I make either a bold challenge or assertion.) :)
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I know someone from Norway.
So, these countries do not have cars and trucks? Or they are all electric? Ships and planes too? The military? Everything is renewable.
I highly doubt it.
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I know someone from Norway.
So, these countries do not have cars and trucks? Or they are all electric? Ships and planes too? The military? Everything is renewable.
I highly doubt it.
Spikes was talking about energy production. (Or ask him in case I'm wrong.) :)
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That type of plant can use conventional power plant waste as fuel. Waste from thorium liquid salt is very little and remains radioactive for only 500 years. I understand China has one online.
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So no countries are currently all renewables, got it. Norway, where I'm from, is closest because it has natural water power. That won't work everywhere. Iceland is also blessed with enough geothermal for a small country. Norway always had hydro power, it's not a new green thing. They also have a lot of money because they pump and sell so much oil and gas.
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So no countries are currently all renewables, got it. Norway, where I'm from, is closest because it has natural water power. That won't work everywhere. Iceland is also blessed with enough geothermal for a small country. Norway always had hydro power, it's not a new green thing. They also have a lot of money because they pump and sell so much oil and gas.
Huh.
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So no countries are currently all renewables, got it. Norway, where I'm from, is closest because it has natural water power. That won't work everywhere. Iceland is also blessed with enough geothermal for a small country. Norway always had hydro power, it's not a new green thing. They also have a lot of money because they pump and sell so much oil and gas.
Essentially means in essence. Another synonym would be virtually or centrally. Basically, it means almost. So what Spikes said was "There are some countries that are almost all renewable energy." 99%, and 80% arguably, could be classified as "essentially all renewable."
To your point, you are correct. No country is "currently all renewables." It should be stated that no one has claimed that as of yet.
This topic brings a great quote from a former president to mind. "I know windmills very much."
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Essentially means in essence. Another synonym would be virtually or centrally. Basically, it means almost. So what Spikes said was "There are some countries that are almost all renewable energy." 99%, and 80% arguably, could be classified as "essentially all renewable."
To your point, you are correct. No country is "currently all renewables." It should be stated that no one has claimed that as of yet.
This topic brings a great quote from a former president to mind. "I know windmills very much."
None of which changes my point. A few countries have sufficient renewable energy. That says nothing about the ability of other countries to subsist on renewables.
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Because the wind and sun are in limited supply there? :)
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Not sure why both oil and solar/wind can't exist simultaneously
One should compliment the other while tech, civilization and its needs evolves
It's the destruction of oil before a viable total replacement is available is what's killing us
Mean ole oil...
Eagler
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It's the destruction of oil before a viable total replacement is available is what's killing us
Mean ole oil...
Eagler
Nobody is 'destroying oil.' I don't even think there's s large movement for that. :)
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Not sure why both oil and solar/wind can't exist simultaneously
One should compliment the other while tech, civilization and its needs evolves
It's the destruction of oil before a viable total replacement is available is what's killing us
Mean ole oil...
Eagler
did you know electric cars have been around longer that gas powered cars?
non electricity or oil powered mills even longer.
even bullets were redesign to cause less damage to the environment.
semp
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What I've learned over years.... Whenever some says, "no one is sayin blah blah" or "no one is doing blah blah", someone most certainly IS saying or doing blah blah.
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So no countries are currently all renewables, got it. Norway, where I'm from, is closest because it has natural water power. That won't work everywhere. Iceland is also blessed with enough geothermal for a small country. Norway always had hydro power, it's not a new green thing. They also have a lot of money because they pump and sell so much oil and gas.
It'll never work because there is too much money going to congress from the fossil fuel industry.
Wilbur Wright once said "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly”, and two years later they did. All it takes is the will to make it happen.
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I've driven electric vehicles for years...at least 45 if not almost 50 years..
Everytime I played 18 holes :)
Eagler
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What I've learned over years.... Whenever some says, "no one is sayin blah blah" or "no one is doing blah blah", someone most certainly IS saying or doing blah blah.
Facts over feelings. :)
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I've driven electric vehicles for years...at least 45 if not almost 50 years..
Everytime I played 18 holes :)
Eagler
Ah, golfiemobile.
We're looking for that here. Wife's workplace is less than two miles from our door. :)
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Norway has a tiny population of 5 mil that burn wood for heat. I guess you could consider wood a renewable energy source. But it’s not really any better for the atmosphere than burning hydrocarbons. They also don’t need ac..yet
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It'll never work because there is too much money going to congress from the fossil fuel industry.
Lots of money going the other way as well, thru subsidies.
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Billions going green once they force the next inflation boosting bill through.. maybe by Friday as they all go on vaca for a month...we're toast
Eagler
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Because the wind and sun are in limited supply there? :)
As far as supplying sufficient energy that's exactly correct. Solar and wind by their nature provide insufficient supply.
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Not sure why both oil and solar/wind can't exist simultaneously
One should compliment the other while tech, civilization and its needs evolves
It's the destruction of oil before a viable total replacement is available is what's killing us
Mean ole oil...
Eagler
Solar and wind power is a waste of resources. Nukes, oil, and coal, is the way to go. There is no evidence to support a need for green energy.
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There is no evidence to support a need for green energy.
Wow
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Solar and wind power is a waste of resources. Nukes, oil, and coal, is the way to go. There is no evidence to support a need for green energy.
How is that 'climate change' weather in the USofA lately?
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Perfect example of confusing weather with climate. :aok
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Climate effects the weather.
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We've been dead in 10 years for 50 years now but I haven't noticed any difference in the weather outside of the normal variation.
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It's the sun, stupid.
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We've been dead in 10 years for 50 years now but I haven't noticed any difference in the weather outside of the normal variation.
Climate change is the biggest BS scam of all time.
Is the climate changing? Of course. When has it not changed.
Fools eat this stuff up, but these fools get power.
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Climate change is the biggest BS scam of all time.
Is the climate changing? Of course. When has it not changed.
Fools eat this stuff up, but these fools get power.
so climate change is bs, then you add climate changes all the time.
semp
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How is that 'climate change' weather in the USofA lately?
SW US has been wetter and cooler this summer than it has in the past 4-5. So pretty good :aok
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The BS part is that we can stop it or need to stop it. And that we need to tax the toejam out ourselves, shut down industries and overregulate the living hell out of everything.
Who decided what the earth's ideal climate and temperature is?
More things were alive on land and in the sea when the world's climate was mostly tropical. The climate change lies never end.
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You still haven't clued in have you? It is not that the climate doesn't change but the rate at which the climate changes.
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You're the one who hasn't clued in. Buying into all of it.
Nothing bad is happening. There are no events that are happening that haven't always happened. No weather events. They aren't more severe or more frequent either. It's a bunch of lies and you eat it right up along with everything else the government tells you.
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You still haven't clued in have you? It is not that the climate doesn't change but the rate at which the climate changes.
You still haven’t and probably never will that it’s quite possible everything in the world is not about the human race’s comfort level.
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You're the one who hasn't clued in. Buying into all of it.
Nothing bad is happening. There are no events that are happening that haven't always happened. No weather events. They aren't more severe or more frequent either. It's a bunch of lies and you eat it right up along with everything else the government tells you.
The large majority of Asian countries and much of Africa isn’t freaking out about “climate change”, aka “global warming” errrr wait “global cooling” errr, hmmm what are we calling it this year again?
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Once certain types in online 'discussions' reach critical mass and start stomping their feet, raising their BP and such it would be nice if that could be harnessed as an energy source for the sake of generations they leave behind. :D
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The large majority of Asian countries and much of Africa isn’t freaking out about “climate change”, aka “global warming” errrr wait “global cooling” errr, hmmm what are we calling it this year again?
It's because they have more serious concerns, as we do.
The people who place climate change super high on the list of important things are absolute morons..
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China certainly is with extreme temperatures and draughts. Certain areas of Africa, there is famine due to lack of rain.
You're the one who hasn't clued in. Buying into all of it.
Nothing bad is happening. There are no events that are happening that haven't always happened. No weather events. They aren't more severe or more frequent either. It's a bunch of lies and you eat it right up along with everything else the government tells you.
Are you really that clueless? It is the rate of change. There has to be time for adaption.
Events are happening more often and are more severe.
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Doing my part to motivate emotional energy production:
(https://i.imgur.com/AbVNkCS.png)
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China certainly is with extreme temperatures and draughts. Certain areas of Africa, there is famine due to lack of rain.
Are you really that clueless? It is the rate of change. There has to be time for adaption.
Events are happening more often and are more severe.
Only in your mind. There are no facts about anything being more severe or different than anything ever before.
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Only in your mind. There are no facts about anything being more severe or different than anything ever before.
Pay no heed.
https://www.grid.news/story/global/2022/07/19/the-world-in-photos-from-england-to-spain-europe-is-on-fire/
(https://store.wnpa.org/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/f6333e4346dc23b38f5e82f23e54b03f/rdi/rdi/smokey-bear-portait-kids-t-shirt-sagu-smokey-seal-ssts_4.jpg)
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Not that you will read the link as it might cause a brain short circuit.
https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/weather-related-disasters-increase-over-past-50-years-causing-more-damage-fewer
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That article is full of BS as well. Actual facts are that hurricanes are no more frequent or stronger than they used to be. In fact Atlantic hurricanes are actually a little lower than they were in 1900..
That article you posted talks about damage. That is solely dependent on where a hurricane hits not on how severe hurricane is. I can't believe people can be so ignorant.
There are no more or severe weather events now than ever has been.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/weather-data-shows-extreme-heat-and-rain-is-happening-more-often-and-lasting-longer
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To help me to have a fuller picture ... where do you get your info from, Gina? :)
*I've survived a pretty bad hurricane.
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You're the one who hasn't clued in. Buying into all of it.
Nothing bad is happening. There are no events that are happening that haven't always happened. No weather events. They aren't more severe or more frequent either. It's a bunch of lies and you eat it right up along with everything else the government tells you.
great political outrage. I commend you for that. except you weren't here in the late 70s early 80s. replace climate change with smog and you said exactly what was said back then. smog is bad now but it's way better.
same about destroying companies and taxing ourselves was said before. wish you had been on a bench waiting for a bus, and get up and walk away 10 feet because a different bus stopped, they said it wouldn't make a difference. it did
semp
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so climate change is bs, then you add climate changes all the time.
semp
Climate scientists say that we are in a warm inter-glacial period. The implication being that the climate changes naturally and it will get cooler again.
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Doing my part to motivate emotional energy production:
(https://i.imgur.com/AbVNkCS.png)
That scruff never worked a night shift in his life and his mother and father owned a steel mill.
Debt is the only motivation the working person needs.
The US invented homosexulets and Motivational speakers
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Climate scientists say that we are in a warm inter-glacial period. The implication being that the climate changes naturally and it will get cooler again.
so next year we should be OK?
semp
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Climate has always changed.
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Man made climate change believers, LOL. They make Scientology seem like a group that meets up casually.
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so next year we should be OK?
semp
It will be cooler in a few months.
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Much like evolution, man made climate change is a global international insidious movement to liberalize society...
Trying to reason with a person who lacks intellectual integrity is stupid. Humans aren't the first animal to rearrange the atmosphere, but we may be the last.
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Nice straw man you got there. Be a shame if somebody set it on fire.
Insulting people is science!
When I go to the beach I see how much the oceans have risen in 50 years.
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Environment zealots are evil
They are people without a country, religion or a grasp of reality.
A political movement created for the western paranoid masses.
Always “others” who have to change
Why don’t these zealots do the right thing and despatch themselves off a tall bridge.
If you think climate change is real what are YOU doing?
Jack!
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It will be cooler in a few months.
Then the complaint will be the cold..
See how this works?
There will always be hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires with hot and cold temperatures..
It is the perfect boogeyman as progress is impossible to measure
Eagler
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Calm down. Semp is doing his best.
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Then the complaint will be the cold..
See how this works?
There will always be hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires with hot and cold temperatures..
It is the perfect boogeyman as progress is impossible to measure
Eagler
Of course they will then say the cold is caused by global warming.... as is everything else. You know, CLIMATE.