Deaths from climate change

[AnalogPackrat]

No, I said they wouldn't work just because of that. I guess you don't read well.

Of course I read what you wrote. But to desire something that you know isn't workable is illogical.

 

[scott2000]

That seems a luxury to where I am

I suspected that pretty early on..
Development does take resources though. And it's slow to catch up for sure

 

[scott2000]

Not atheist - agnostic, which is where I stand.

More like sitting...

 

[crazydoc]

Of course I read what you wrote. But to desire something that you know isn't workable is illogical.

Desiring something is not illogical. Believing it is.

More like sitting...

True - I can't really stand on my ignorance of the nature of reality.

 

[AnalogPackrat]

Desiring something is not illogical. Believing it is.

True - I can't really stand on my ignorance of the nature of reality.

You only admitted that anarchism wouldn't work. Whatever.

 

[crazydoc]

I said a benevolent monarchy was highly unlikely, leaving open the infinitesimal possibility that a singular humane person could assume power. Although not very powerful, and likely with skeletons in the closet I'm unaware of, Elizabeth II seemed to approach it.

 

[AnalogPackrat]

I stand by my previous statement. You seem attached to fantasy scenarios that simply won't work in reality.

 

[JohnRoberts]

"Denying the existence of climate change or the factors that contribute to it," TikTok says, will result in user videos being "fact checked" by biased organizations whose job it is to push the official narrative about a warming planet and the "need" to deindustrialize it.

It looks like tik tok is putting their thumb on the scale to suppress scientific debate.

JR

 

[Matador]

suppress scientific debate

If posting bullshit to TikTok is "scientific debate" we are well and truly fucked anyways.

 

[JohnRoberts]

If posting bullshit to TikTok is "scientific debate" we are well and truly fucked anyways.

I guess we are.... as an entire generation has been brainwashed to believe this is an existential crisis. TikTok is a new vehicle for disseminating political talking points.

JR

 

[user 37518]

It looks like tik tok is putting their thumb on the scale to suppress scientific debate.

JR

The irony of a Chinese company preaching about climate, a country which basically doesn't give a crap about climate policy

 

[cyrano]

It looks like tik tok is putting their thumb on the scale to suppress scientific debate.

JR

It's mostly to suppress political debate, of course, but since everything is politic...

The Chinese CP is afraid of their people. And of the internet. Hype is too easy. A revolution can be started in minutes. Just look at what the Budweiser ad did. How much have the shares sunk by this mistake?

Unrelated, but interesting. India has just surpassed China when it comes to number of inhabitants. The political climate is ripe for revolution, due to rampant corruption and a number of aggressive religions. The next area to explode?

 

[cyrano]

The irony of a Chinese company preaching about climate, a country which basically doesn't give a crap about climate policy

They can't preach about politics. So it's the next best thing, maybe?
Besides, the CP does care about climate. They risk losing a serious part of their city population to smog and a serious part of agriculture to drought. I don't think they've missed that.

One famine will mean the end of the CP. I fear whatever will replace it.

 

[user 37518]

Let's please follow The Science, people!

The Top Scientist Who Warned of a Coming Ice Age – Then Switched to "Catastrophic" Global Warming – The Daily Sceptic

 

[JohnRoberts]

Let's please follow The Science, people!

The Top Scientist Who Warned of a Coming Ice Age – Then Switched to "Catastrophic" Global Warming – The Daily Sceptic

Nieboer draws attention to a remark Professor Schneider made later in life when he warned of “disastrous climate change”, and said scientists have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and make little mention of any doubts they might have. “Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest,” he suggested.

The right balance is to speak truth.....

JR

 

[cyrano]

why did you chop Trump's head off?

 

[AnalogPackrat]

why did you chop Trump's head off?

Why do you see Trump everywhere?

 

[JohnRoberts]

why did you chop Trump's head off?

I didn't and I can't read minds, but it seems logical that the cartoonist is accusing all politicians of abusing the overused "trust science" call to authority.
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Talking about climate silliness. Secretary Granholm called for 100% electrification of all military vehicles by 2030... I guess that means they can only wage warare where they have adequate charging stations.

JR

PS: Wealthy tech industry billionaires are investing in Fusion power energy generation.

 

[cyrano]

Seems the same suit, the same posture...

Nah, he's too thin in your pic...

 

[user 37518]