I’m reminded of the cartoon in which a corporate CEO is looking out of his conference room window and sees the entire city and surrounding countryside in flames. He tells his people, “We have to monetize this.”
Category: Climate Change
Extremist Republican Boob Fred Upton Endorses Kamala Harris: Alarm Bells Ring for Trump
If you’re a Republican politician and you’ve lost Fred Upton, you’re in deep fertilizer. From The Los Angeles Times: Due to his environmental policies, Upton represents one of the biggest threats to planet Earth on planet Earth. From Mother Jones: …
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Straw Man Arguments
From Wikipedia: A straw man fallacy is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction. One who engages in this fallacy is said to be “attacking a …
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Melting Glaciers
From “David Attenborough Fans”: 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada. Only a few of us live around see in-your-face evidence of glaciers calving and floating around in our front yards. Yikes.
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Putting One’s Head in the Sand Doesn’t Change the Facts
School boards in deeply red states like Florida are using textbooks with all reference to the subject of climate change removed. Of course, that does not change the fact a warmer climate is one in which storms become more destructive …
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Public Opinion on Climate Change
Right now, we are seeing a slow but steady increase in the recognition that our climate is warming due primarily to the consumption of fossil fuels. However, as 81-year-old climate scientist James Hansen said recently, it’s possible that, in his …
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Creating Massive Suffering with Misinformation
How much misery can be created by inventing stories about Haitians’ eating Ohioans’ pet dogs and cats? I don’t know, but it’s limited. Trying to convince folks that climate change is a hoax, on the other hand, is deliberately creating …
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How Much, If at All, Do We Honestly Care about Our Children?
The author of the meme here has nailed something very important. It’s the reason people sound so selfish and stupid when they say something like, “Oh, I’m not interested in politics.” It’s just another way of of saying, “I don’t …
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Understanding Trump’s Appeal and Where This May Be Going
Trump is revered by two groups: The uneducated, whose ignorance on subjects like climate change prevents them from seeing that they are being lied to, and educated people of horrific character, who are thrilled that there are enough of these …
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Replacing Fossil Fuels
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve had this conversation with someone. While it’s true that we can’t stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, we can establish an energy policy that calls for phasing them out at the …
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