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Act Now on Climate Change
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Terry Wisdom · Top Commenter · Golden High School The UN is involved, so we all know it's illegitimate. Reply · Like · 99 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Steve Downie · Top Commenter · NARA National Archives at NARA National Achives Just as expected and right on cue Mark. Missing is your "it is all the white mans fault" hate text, Reply · Like · 84 · 15 hours ago Travis Turner · Top Commenter · University of Oklahoma Mark Wilson Has anything ever happened in the history of time that you cannot blame on Fox News? And you claim that everyone else is brainwashed. Amusing. Reply · Like · 69 · 15 hours ago Bill Johnson · Top Commenter · Purdue/Univ. of Chicago And loonie-tunes Mark Wilson believes in it. 'Nuff said. Reply · Like · 25 · 14 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Mark, you do understand that over half of corporations are run by Rich libbers. Reply · Like · 25 · 14 hours ago Mike Smith · Top Commenter · Owner at North Central Flooring Solutions Larry Gilbert That post was WAY too lucid to be the real Mark Wilson. There must be 2 of em. Reply · Like · 10 · 14 hours ago Jake Settell · Top Commenter · Southeast Community College Mark Wilson whatever your point was, I didn't read it. as soon as I see a fox news reference, some obama word play, or a hitler analogy, I move on to another commentary that isn't trite, unoriginal, and simplistic. stop being a slave to the bipartisan system of us vs. them. Reply · Like · 18 · 14 hours ago Steve Chalk · Top Commenter · Yorktown, Indiana You can kill the messenger all you want, but you can't discredit the message. Yes: it's tough sacrificing some short-term comfort (and profits) for longer-term environmental sustainability, but we are stewards for future generations. I'd hate to know how those folks judge us (yes, yes: we'll all be dead by then) if a bunch of anti-government conspiracy theorists continue to obstruct needed change. Reply · Like · 21 · 13 hours ago John James · Top Commenter · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mark Wilson ..suddenly, you are worried about our Grandkids after Obama has put $8 TRILLION of debt on them??????? Reply · Like · 24 · 13 hours ago John James · Top Commenter · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Steve Chalk ..spoken like a true Marxist. Take your speech to China! Reply · Like · 9 · 13 hours ago David Desser · Top Commenter Mark Wilson 12,000 years ago, mile high glaciers covered most states, including Ohio and Michigan. Warming caused them to recede, creating the Great Lakes. Now all of the sudden some people want to say the last 50 years of warming is solely man caused. What about the previous tend line that is 11,950 years long? Reply · Like · 13 · 13 hours ago John Schmidt · Top Commenter · White Lake, Michigan Mark Wilson the same corporations that "don't create jobs?" Those corporations?! Reply · Like · 16 · 13 hours ago Cesar Figueroa · Top Commenter · Los Angeles, California The administrations response is cap n trade, because there's billions of dollars that they get their hands on, this is the only reason, follow the money trail and you'll find a bunch of fat liberal cats feeding, just as they scare everyone over race accusations, war on women, there never is a solution, only attacks at an emotional level, just look at the bank accounts of all these individuals fighting for a better planet, the truth hurts. Reply · Like · 15 · 13 hours ago Bill Halstead · Top Commenter · UT-Austin Terry Wisdom: You're so ignorant, your horse should be riding you... Reply · Like · 2 · 13 hours ago Marc Compton · Top Commenter · Lakeland High School and 75% of republifools think evolution is junk science, Reply · Like · 12 · 13 hours ago John Schmidt · Top Commenter · White Lake, Michigan David Desser I saw on Discovery or such, that some "scientists" used a hollow drill digging down into some glacier. The tube of ice they pulled out supposedly revealed the cycles of freeze/thaw over some extensive period of time. This supposedly revealed that the current thaw period has happened upon us faster than all previous cycles over the thousands of years represented by a tube of ice.
In other words, do these "scientists" referenced in Liberal media mention the fact that freeze/thaw cycles naturally occur, or does Liberal Media intentionally leave out this fact in order to trick the sheeples into believing it's "95% certain" global warming has never occurred before, thus it can only be the fault of man?
I say it's 100% certain that Liberal Media is leaving out any mention of freeze/thaw cycles to fool the sheeples. Reply · Like · 6 · 13 hours ago Rusty Shackleford · Follow · Top Commenter · La Porte, Texas Marc Compton Blatantly false. And you know it. Reply · Like · 8 · 12 hours ago Jim Sibley · Top Commenter · DSU Mark, you will find the cost to you and us will be much higher, maybe even our Freedom, and yes, climate change is real, as it has always been, and our superior brains will never materially change that scenario. Reply · Like · 6 · 12 hours ago Joe Lucido · Top Commenter Mark Wilson Yea, yea, yea, we have heard from all the people like you who need a religion to hold onto, and you guys conveniently leave out all the facts that have been debunked. Every time. Now I'm not saying climate change is not happening, but I find it rather curious that when something has been challenged, people like you refuse to look at it, and make an informed decision, rather than take it as gospel. Reply · Like · 5 · 12 hours ago Aaron Bowen · Top Commenter Mark Wilson --Since they're so irresponsible, please stop buying any products or services manufactured or provided by corporations. And please tell me how well the federal government would run if it could not collect tax dollars either directly from corporations or from the employees who work for corporations. Let me know how safe you feel flying on that "mom and pop" airliner, driving in your co-op produced automobile, or taking medicine mixed up by your next door neighbor, Dougie. Reply · Like · 7 · 12 hours ago Glen Erickson · Top Commenter · University of Advanced Learning Climate change. The only cause in the world where the advocates DON'T have to change their lifestyle for their cause. How many CC advocates have you seen giving up their car? I haven't seen a single one. Reply · Like · 11 · 11 hours ago Glen Erickson · Top Commenter · University of Advanced Learning Larry Gilbert "That is not true" - Mark Cuban, Bill Gates, & Tom Steyer. Reply · Like · 2 · 11 hours ago Larry Hubble · Top Commenter · Phoenix, Arizona Not buying this crap, and most Americans agree. Vote the libs out on Tuesday, and vote Conservatives in before the libs start issuing carbon taxes on everyone. Get out the Conservative vote! Reply · Like · 6 · 11 hours ago Skip Carlsen · Top Commenter · Works at Ankara, Turkey Mark Wilson Your desperation is almost palpable! Reply · Like · 4 · 11 hours ago Shodrick Shodney · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois Travis Turner : Sure, Mark Wilson also blames the dreaded Koch Bros. for the woes of the U.S. and world. Reply · Like · 7 · 11 hours ago Glenn Howard · Top Commenter Larry Hubble Yeah because over the last 15 years, conservatives have done such a good job !
When they arent in power, they refuse to work and when they are in power, they fck even a wet dream up.
But since they do the right amount of crying and finger pointing, the ignorant will ignore the facts. Reply · Like · 7 · 10 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute Science shouldn't be a liberal versus conservative issue. I would expect those arguments about what to do about it, with liberals emphasizing a more active role for government and conservatives emphasizing the abilities of private industry to come to the rescue.
Unfortunately, primarily in the US, climate change has become a political issue to the point where the RW denies climate change despite massive evidence and the endorsement of the National Academies of Science of all major countries.
Although the GOP embraced Climate Change at one point, their leadership has chosen to follow the money rather than the science. Reply · Like · 10 · 9 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter Terry Mayer
http://www.petitionproject.org/ Reply · Like · 2 · 9 hours ago Larry Hubble · Top Commenter · Phoenix, Arizona Terry Mayer, the problem is, there is no consensus, no overwhelming proof that climate change exists, and certainly not in the magnitude that liberals everywhere try to propagate. There are just as many scientists who disagree with climate change theory as those who support it. Libs are rushing to an overwhelming response to something, that, at best, MIGHT happen or MIGHT BE happening. The truth is that there is not enough hard evidence to say for a certainty one way or another, and even at that, there is no evidence to say that the bulk of any supposed climate change is "man-made". Until there is something conclusive that everyone can agree on, there is no point in pushing theory, because people just won't buy it. Nor should they. Reply · Like · 5 · 9 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute This is utter and complete BS.
The National Academies of Science from over 80 countries all agree.
The trolls and the ignorant often through the quote -- like you do -- that many scientists disagree. They aren't climate scientists. Would you put credibility in a botanist debunking astrophysics? Reply · Like · 7 · 9 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter Terry Mayer
Climate scientist who's careers, funding and future depend on just such conclusions.
Here's an idea. Let's allow only those who pay taxes to determine the appropriate level of taxation and those who pay more to have more votes on the subject. Wonder how that will turn out. Reply · Like · 2 · 9 hours ago Scott Saenz · Top Commenter Tony Mathis Do you also not believe your doctor when he gives you a diagnosis, since his career is based on those that are sick? Reply · Like · 9 · 9 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute Great analogy!!!! Reply · Like · 1 · 9 hours ago Chuck Knowles · Top Commenter · East Carolina University Mark Wilson Just like "science" used to believe the Earth was flat, and the center of the Solar System too, right? Reply · Like · 1 · 9 hours ago Aaron Smith · Top Commenter · Insignificant peon at Fate's Vicissitude Tony Mathis That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Climatologists are lying about measurable facts because...if they don't, they will lose their job? I didn't know that if without pollution and climate change that climatologists would suddenly no longer be needed. What a SILLY statement. Reply · Like · 3 · 8 hours ago Larry Hubble · Top Commenter · Phoenix, Arizona Terry Mayer, please keep believing all this silly climate mumbo-jumbo. If we do nothing, nothing will happen, I assure, you, so stop worrying about something that has no effect on us. Like Ebola, this climate change stuff is all contained..... Reply · Like · 2 · 8 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute You need to do some research outside of the RW media. Reply · Like · 3 · 8 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute The "You can't believe climate scientists because they are paid" is one of the lamest arguments ever.
It would appear that you have to dedicate your life in an unpaid position for your research to be relevant. What a ludicrous proposition.
More importantly, it ignores two other very important facts:
1) The anti-climate change gets their funding from somewhere too so the same standard needs to be applied.
2) The are actually doing research and science. If you objectively look at the denial stuff, it's not based upon scientific research for the most part - it's cherry picked data or quotes out of context. I have yet to see a lot of "real science" trotted out here as part of the "proof". Most of it is pretty lame and reasonably intelligent high school student in a mediocre school could poke holes through it. Reply · Like · 4 · 8 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter Terry Mayer
"The "You can't believe climate scientists because they are paid" is one of the lamest arguments ever."
followed up by
"1) The anti-climate change gets their funding from somewhere too so the same standard needs to be applied."
Sure. And unless they get their funding from an industry directly affected by climate change politics their motives shouldn't be questioned. Reply · Like · 2 · 8 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter Scott Saenz
When my doctor diagnoses the flu as Ebola then I'll look for another doctor.
If Obamacare allows it. Reply · Like · 1 · 8 hours ago Tedd French · Top Commenter · Wright State University Halstead
Don't quit your day job...oh wait-this IS your day job. Nevermind Reply · Like · 4 · 8 hours ago Chris Lynch · Top Commenter What's funny is reading people berate others for their lack of scientific knowledge, then typing out a paragraph proving they failed every basic science class in high school.
Or, they claim "scientists" used to think the Earth was flat, therefore Science is wrong. I wonder why you would be jailed for suggestion the Sun did not revolve around the Earth? Reply · Like · 2 · 8 hours ago Tim Carroll · Top Commenter Mark Wilson science, facts and evidence from an organization that has fudged science, facts and evidence. Reply · Like · 1 · 7 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter Scott Saenz
Having thought about your post let me relay a personal experience.
When my daughters were 5 and 7 years old they both came down with a persistent respiratory illness that on several occasions landed them in the hospital in oxygen tents. Usually for 3-5 days. We moved and I lost my health insurance. A week afterward they both became sick again. I took them to the doctor fully expecting him to send them to the hospital. Dr. Weaver was an old small town doctor so I certainly didn't expect the cutting edge modern medicine. He examined my daughters wrote a prescription and gave them both a shot. They never suffered those same symptoms again.
To this day I believe that the modern high priced medical care they received before we moved was exaggerated and prolonged because we had insurance. I've talked to friends and family members in the medical field and all have affirmed the belief that either economics reasons or defensive medicine to be the reason.
Fact remains my kids for nearly 8 months suffered an on going respiratory illness that was cured by a doctor who saw no benefit in prolonging it. Save your idealized notions of human nature based on profession. Credential are meaningless where ethic are concerned. Reply · Like · Edited · 7 hours ago Glenn Howard · Top Commenter Chuck Knowles LOFL, your reference goes back several hundred years and you even get that wrong as that was a belief and science proved otherwise. Reply · Like · 2 · 7 hours ago Larry Richards · Top Commenter Glenn Howard The problem is some in science believe a statistical correlation is scientific proof and that is not true.
Statisticians tells us a correlation is not proof of causation. Reply · Like · 6 hours ago Joshua Williams · Top Commenter · Boston, Massachusetts Ironically, most of those who are denying the scientists claim are many of the same ones who'll attempt to guise their bigotry on other posts by using the Bible or religious beliefs to defend their ignorance. Would be funny if it weren't so pathetically tragic. Reply · Like · 2 · Edited · 6 hours ago Glenn Howard · Top Commenter Larry Richards Actually I would disagree. Why? The scientific method Reply · Like · 6 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Terry Mayer, the science is very weak....hard to support predictions which change all the time. Reply · Like · 1 · 5 hours ago Jim Lawrence · Follow · Top Commenter · Pawleys Island, South Carolina Hubble, you're on a different thread quoting and interpreting scripture contained within a religion for which "there is no consensus, no overwhelming proof that it exists". Reply · Like · 5 hours ago Walt Knoch · Top Commenter Mark Wilson Ovomits debt will crush our kids long before the earth becomes inhabitable. Reply · Like · 4 hours ago Glenn Howard · Top Commenter Walt Knoch You mean the out of control debt that Bush started ?
Admins for decades to come are going to have to deal with Bush's FU. Reply · Like · 2 · 4 hours ago James D. Coke · Friends University Mark Wilson With all due respect, sir, you are a dupe and a sucker, not to mention highly ignorant. The random forces of nature have produced countless monumental changes in climate over many millions of years, long before humans existed. The earth has been completely covered with ice a number of times throughout its history, and may become completely covered with ice again in the next 10,000 years. We humans have virtually nothing to due with earth's climate. Reply · Like · 4 hours ago Walt Knoch · Top Commenter Glenn Howard FU too kid. It's this fucn Communist bankrupting us. Reply · Like · 4 hours ago Glenn Howard · Top Commenter Walt Knoch how typical. Reply · Like · 1 · 4 hours ago Larry Richards · Top Commenter Glenn Howard Both parties are guilty. Most of Bush things were all bipartisan.The current admin has done nothing to help. Reply · Like · 1 · Edited · 4 hours ago George W. Carlisle Jr. · Top Commenter · University of Missouri–St. Louis WANT TO COMPLETE THE DESTRUCTION OF EARTH? Then send more Tea Party Republicans to Congress.
For a few extra pennies of profits for their millionaire and billionaire friends, they will gladly destroy the only planet that we know of, which will support human life.
Persons who will vote to send additional Tea Party Republicans to Congress, must be some special kind of stupid - mustn't they? Reply · Like · 2 hours ago James D. Coke · Friends University Mark Wilson Not to be rude Mark, but you don't seem to make much sense. The "planet" has survived many more cataclysmic, radical changes over millions of years than anything happening now. Do you know that the earth has been completely covered with ice a number of times over hundreds of millions of years, and at other times during those millions of years earth was warmer than it is now, even though humans didn't exist at that time. Reply · Like · 2 hours ago Terry Mayer · Top Commenter · Central Collegiate Institute I don't think that it's a question of whether the planet will survive or not -- it certainly will -- it's a matter of the economic, social and political effects that are the issue.
The costs are projected to be high by all studies, with some areas/countries affected more than others. If you are a western country and your country offers disaster relief as the US does, then you as a taxpayer are going to contribute big time if the projections are correct.
Here's one opinion: The net present value of the federal government’s liability for unfunded disaster assistance over the next 75 years could be greater than the net present value of the unfunded liability for the Social Security program http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/inaction-on-climate-change-the-cost-to-taxpayers/view Reply · Like · Edited · 2 hours ago Lafayette Wonderer · Top Commenter · Long time ago Glenn Howard "ignorant and ignore the facts." That describe you perfectly. ROFLMAO Reply · Like · 1 · about an hour ago Lafayette Wonderer · Top Commenter · Long time ago George W. Carlisle Jr. - You shouldn't vote. Reply · Like · 1 · about an hour ago Larry Richards · Top Commenter Terry Mayer Some estimates of all unfunded liabilities of the US government are around 75 trillion. I expect to see the US go broke long before the world is under water. Reply · Like · about an hour ago
Greg Dinunzio · Top Commenter · SUNY Oneonta as a kid in the 1950s I used to look at a nearby smokestack and wonder where all that 'crap' was going...I now know. Reply · Like · 32 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Bill Johnson · Top Commenter · Purdue/Univ. of Chicago What you saw were mostly particulates which floated back to earth. The rest was mainly water vapor and CO2, the same as what YOU were exhaling. I guess you haven't gotten very far in 60 years. Reply · Like · 47 · 14 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Greg....that crap was not CO2.. It was a combination of particulates and other noxious gases....most of which have been reduced dramatically by scrubbers and electrostatic precipitators to meet epa requirements...thanks to Nixon for creating the epa. Reply · Like · 21 · 14 hours ago James Regier · Top Commenter Bill Johnson I would have to therefore assume that the uninformed , ignorant comment you just made means your not a teaching professional at this prestigious college ? Or is this the opinion of the janitor ? Reply · Like · 13 · 13 hours ago
View 18 more Walt Knoch · Top Commenter Guess we need to get rid of some people huh? Lets start w/ these scientists. Reply · Like · 31 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Cynthia Quen · Top Commenter We can't continue to pollute with impunity, expecting no repercussions. If we pollute, we can expect the earth to be damaged. We can expect that the weather will be affected, that entire species will die off, that ecosystems will suffer. It's not rocket science; it's simple logic. If I shatter a glass, it is broken and it is my fault. Same thing. If we use natural resources wastefully, if we cause pollution, we can expect that nature will suffer. Simple. Look Walt, we don't need to "get rid of" scientists, we need to listen to them. Don't tell me CO2 is ok, naturally occurring. No. "82% of greenhouse gas emissions comes from human activities. The main human activity that emits CO2 is the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) for energy and transportation, although certain industrial processes and land-use changes also emit CO2." http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html. Reply · Like · 28 · Edited · 14 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Cynthia, pollution is bad...but is the gas we exhale, CO2, really a pollutant? My covers is that with all the focus on CO2 there is not enough global attention on truly dangerous pollutants. Reply · Like · 12 · 14 hours ago Chance Burton · Follow · Top Commenter · Sam Houston State University We have 300 M people, the world has 6 Billion plus, we can't do it alone, so stop blaming someone, just do your part, and promote Natural Gas, it is the cleanest fossil fuel we have, and if you like all the other cleaner ideas. Reply · Like · 6 · 14 hours ago
View 29 more Michael Barrett · Top Commenter Plenty of scientists say climate change is a bunch of lies - like Joe Biscardi the most accurate weatherman. Those scientists poushing this view in this article are simply looking for more government handouts for their junk science studies. Reply · Like · 58 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Dick Wilson · Top Commenter · San Diego, California Google doesn't know Joe Biscardi, weatherman, at least in the first several pages it doesn't. It knows the Facebook page of some guy from New York named Joe Biscardi though. Perhaps you have a link? I have a link. It's from NASA Goddard Space Center and it shows a graph of the land-ocean Instrumental global surface temperature record from 1880-2000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_temperature_record#mediaviewer/File:Global_Temperature_Anomaly.svg
The 10 warmest years in the 134-year record have all occurred since 1998, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the warmest years on record. Since 665,000 years ago carbon dioxide levels have never been above 300 ppm. with a mean avg. of approx. 240 ppm. Today it is about 400 ppm. The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was first explained by Svante Arrhenius. H... See More Reply · Like · 22 · Edited · 14 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Dick, the warmest periods in the past several thousand years were the Roman period and Middle Ages, not the 19th or 20th certuries. Reply · Like · 16 · 14 hours ago John James · Top Commenter · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dick Wilson ..warmest from what base temperature? Reply · Like · 5 · 14 hours ago
View 34 more Dennis Buckley · Top Commenter · Groton High School, Groton, MA Climate Change is inevitable...History has proven that....Did humans cause the "little ice age" in the 12th and 13th century?....Our existence and use of fossil fuels have certainly damaged the atmosphere...We have attributed to the acceleration of Global Warming...but to say we caused it is absurd.... Reply · Like · 19 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Dennis Buckley · Top Commenter · Groton High School, Groton, MA Interesting how for years they called it Global Warming, and then when they couldn't prove the Earth was warming, they changed it to "climate change"....lol Reply · Like · 34 · 16 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Dennis, warming of the earth, regardless of causative factors, has enabled more crop production to feed a growing population. We need more warming and a way to stop or delay another ice age which would kill billions. Reply · Like · 9 · 14 hours ago Marc Compton · Top Commenter · Lakeland High School did your high school diploma tell you that or rush"s high school diploma?LOL Reply · Like · 5 · 13 hours ago
View 14 more Carl Nordhielm · Top Commenter · Works at Saddle Up Saloon & Dancehall Pollution is certainly a bad thing and whatever we due to curb it is positive. On the other hand, man has overestimated their own importance from the time when 'top scientists' declared that the earth was the center of the universe. Nature has a way of surprising our 'experts' and accommodating our missteps. Remember when the experts declared the permanent and devastating impacts of the Exxon/Valdiez and BP debacles? There is a place in our priority list for trying to reduce our negative impact, but I agree with many of the posts that these scientists have an economic motive for keeping us the drama. Any money directed to real life threatening issues like Ebola and radical Islam and even rampant unemployment takes away from the scientists career progress. Reply · Like · 15 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Dan Jelson · Top Commenter · Works at Rational Hub Bad timing on the release of this one. It's snowing west of Boston today! Reply · Like · 5 · 10 hours ago Tony Mathis · Top Commenter In other news. The KKK today announced all the worlds problems are caused by blacks. Reply · Like · 6 · 10 hours ago Sam Taylor · Top Commenter · Mississippi State University Carl, nobody ever sad the effects of the Exxon Valdex spill would be permanent. Permanent is a long time. However, you can still find damage in the gulf of Alaska if you look close enough. Some types of fish and animals still haven't come back. Reply · Like · 1 · 9 hours ago
Chuck Beishl · Top Commenter · Temple University What Scientists? What Science? The facts are they cherry pick data that supports there theories and use computers to create fairy tales that support there stands. Statistics is not Science, and statistics can be skewed to support any point you want to make. Reply · Like · 36 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
John James · Top Commenter · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania True, when their "models" can accurately predict the temperature, they can come back and discuss their theories with us. Reply · Like · 7 · 14 hours ago Steve Chalk · Top Commenter · Yorktown, Indiana The science is ubiquitous, Chuck. You can pretend it's not there, but genuine scientists don't cherry-pick data, and they're not inventing the reality of anthropomorphic climate change. The only ones cherry-picking are internet-driven conspiracy theorists who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo--at the significant detriment of their descendants. Reply · Like · 15 · 13 hours ago Larry Gilbert · Top Commenter Steve, the data ARd cherry picked. Example ...the rate of sea level increase in the past 10-20 years is identical to the rate of increase from 1930-1950, despite HUGE differences in CO2 emissions. Yet this comparison is ignored by so called experts. The data ARE being misused to drive a self serving agenda. Go back and look at ALL expert climate predictions from 10 years ago...they are ALL off by 80-90%. About as accurate as weather forecasting. Reply · Like · 15 · 13 hours ago
View 9 more Ron Dirkse · Top Commenter FOX will do its usual ranting and raving Reply · Like · 12 · Follow Post · 16 hours ago
Zak Kogut · Top Commenter · Pittsford (town), New York Like all the idiots above you on here. Reply · Like · 16 · 16 hours ago Andrew Pearson · Top Commenter Very interesting how obsessed you guys are with Fox.... In the real world it's called stalking and harassment. Now run along to MSNBC, who clearly isn't skewed towards the views of the Liberal Left. Hypocrisy much? Reply · Like · 35 · 14 hours ago Zak Kogut · Top Commenter · Pittsford (town), New York Andrew Pearson I'm obsessed with how quickly the idiot Republican masses will follow satire news like Faux News over a cliff. Reply · Like · 18 · 14 hours ago
View 19 more Preston Lenze · Top Commenter · Manager at Continental Airlines/United Airlines I will leave it up to you to imagine why our politicians are demanding control of the planet’s resources, control of how we use our property, and increasing demands of our money.
Just be glad that they no longer demand that we throw virgins into volcanoes. Although it might not hurt to throw liberals into volcanoes. Reply · Like · 26 · Follow Post · 15 hours ago
Steve Chalk · Top Commenter · Yorktown, Indiana Of course: this is all a liberal conspiracy to take away your "freedoms." Never mind the actual science on anthropomorphic climate change, which is overwhelming and settled. You just hold tight to your pocketbook, and don't worry about the needs of future generations on this Earth. Reply · Like · 7 · 13 hours ago Chuck Yanus · Top Commenter · University of Colorado Boulder Steve Chalk - I love how liberal arguments and evidence are always touted as "overwhelming" or "indisputable" or some other terms to indicate that their side is obviously right. Such words are the bastions of people whose arguments cannot take hold with rationale, thinking people. Reply · Like · 14 · 13 hours ago Lesley Black · Top Commenter Preston, exactly how many "liberal virgins" do you think there are? Lol Reply · Like · 7 · 13 hours ago
View 20 more Chance Burton · Follow · Top Commenter · Sam Houston State University We know that because we are the only ones here, So what are each of you willing to do to help, like cool less, heat less, drive less, stop taking airplane trips, Or will you look around to find someone else to blame like most do Reply · Like · 3 · Follow Post · 15 hours ago
Chance Burton · Follow · Top Commenter · Sam Houston State University God put all the fuels on earth for us to use, we started with the easiest and dirtiest, coal and wood, then oil , it.is time we promote Natural gas , we have plenty and it is cheap Reply · Like · 5 · 15 hours ago Robert Phallan · Top Commenter · Building Maintenance at Government Contractor I wouldn't say politicians flatulence comes at a cheap price...... Wait, you're talking about natural gas under the ground aren't you? My bad. Reply · Like · 2 · 14 hours ago Mike Smith · Top Commenter · Owner at North Central Flooring Solutions Robert Phallan Now there's a study we should fund, a flatulence comparison between cows and politicians. Of course, cows are useful...... Reply · Like · 6 · 14 hours ago