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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Phat writes:
And that point is wrong. It happened when the Roman Empire collapsed, for one example.
I think that his point is that we the people will never regress in history and become Quakers simply to "save the planet". Paht writes:
Only if they can get fossil fuels. If most people accept alternative energy sources, fossil fuels won't be economically viable. There will always...ALWAYS be a selfish group of people (likely close to 30% or more) who will keep using fossil fuels to "fuel" their lifestyle. Imagine loving Zeppelins so much that you "can't" give them up."I've been to Moose Jaw, now I can die." -- John Wing
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dwise1 Member Posts: 5952 Joined: Member Rating: 5.2
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Not that I am agreeing with the political ideologies of marc9000 but I think that his point is that we the people will never regress in history and become Quakers simply to "save the planet". First, it wouldn't simply be a question of "saving the planet", but rather of ensuring our continued survival. It is far better and easier to prevent a disaster than it is to try to survive that disaster or even try to ignore the disaster (eg, lung/larynx/mouth cancer victims who have had their throat and half their face removed surgically and yet continue to smoke -- in Austria, I saw a pack of cigarettes whose health warning label was a graphic color photo of cancer surgical aftermaths). A possible analogy might be your car. You just keep driving it without ever performing any maintenance on it, not even an oil change. Then when you're driving through the middle of nowhere (driven there, had no cell phone coverage) your car breaks down completely, basically just falls apart on you. Now you are faced with a big survival emergency and I'll bet that you didn't pack any kind of emergency kit or supplies either, did you? And yet if you had just done what you needed to do to maintain your car that would not have happened. An even worse scenario would be that your car would fail in such a manner as to cause catastrophic collateral damage including mass casualties. All because you were too selfish and penny-pinching to meet your responsibilities in maintaining your car. Second, yes, there is always human nature. I want to share an image file, but to my knowledge I still cannot post images on this forum (Percy think's it's a http-v-https security issue and says he will try to fix it), so I'll provide the link to Ed Babinski's Facebook page where he posts it (if it doesn't work, go to that link): Update Your Browser | Facebook . In the meantime, I will describe it to you (setting a good example which you will yet again refuse to even consider following). It depicts a climate summit in which the speaker has listed the many benefits of addressing the climate change problem. One person in the audience complains angrily to the person next to him: "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" As we all witnessed in your adamant and intractable opposition to the clear teachings of Jesus, the only way to convince many people to do the right thing is to make it too expensive for them to continue to do the wrong thing. Too many people, especially Christians, are just too selfish and greedy and lacking in empathy or altruism. Starting on page 30 of his book, The Authoritarians (2006 -- available for free or for cheap at The Authoritarians ), Bob Altemeyer describes a simulation game that his son ran in which the participants run world governments and have to deal with events and with each other (my son was in such an exercise for one of his public administration classes). Bob used that exercise for his own experiments to see how the game would run with all high-RWA (right-wing-authoritarians) or all low-RWA participants. Here are some excerpts from that book starting at page 30 (go there to read the entire account) -- actually, the entire account is so good and informative that we cannot find what to cut out, not unlike Biden's COVID bill:
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Phat Member Posts: 18345 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
dwise1 writes: No, but it describes fairly thoroughly the differences between left and right wing thinking...at least in regards o Authoritarian tendencies. Each side tends to believe stereotypes about the other side. In general,however, one group believs in caring for the group (of humanity on the planet) above their own self interests. The other side does not...but not simply because they are selfish or power hungry. The Hight RWA believe that it is detrimental to be forced to arrive at a consensus that impinges on personal freedom. What would happen, for instance, if the majority was poor and needed a lions share of the funds shared? That does not sound fair and equitable to me, and I wouldn't automatically believe that Jesus would support it. It may well be that He would hope that the RWA group freely chose to be altruistic but He would never force the issue. Now the Global Change Game is not the world stage, university students are not world leaders, and starting a nuclear holocaust in a gymnasium is not the same thing as launching real missiles from Siberia and North Dakota. So the students’ behavior on those two successive nights in 1994 provides little basis for drawing conclusions about the future of the planet. But some of what happened in this experiment rang true to me. I especially thought, I’ve seen this show before as I sat on the sidelines and watched the high RWAs create their very own October crisis."A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " *** far from science having buried God, not only do the results of science point towards his existence, but the scientific enterprise itself is validated by his existence.- Dr.John Lennox The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe.- Criss Jami, Killo The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of a doubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy, The Kingdom of God is Within You(1894).
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
So is there a global cabal of scientists faking spectra that show carbon dioxide absorbing infrared radiation? Are they also faking the measured 30% increase in carbon dioxide that has occurred over the last 100 years? No, I don't claim that they are. Some scientists, not nearly all, are quite skilled at making a seamless transition from actual science, to what their own projections are about what will happen in the future, and what should politically be done about it. The good scientists who don't bother to do that don't get much attention, while the ones who DO do that get plenty of attention, resulting in profits for themselves.
They started with the fact that the greenhouse effect is real, and carbon dioxide is a real greenhouse gas. If you want to claim that the scientists are wrong then you need to show why the greenhouse effect doesn't exist. No, I'd only have to show that they trumpet some things much louder than they do others. One example, it's seldom mentioned that the world population has multiplied by 4 in the past 100 years. Or that today's non essential uses of fossil fuels, like pleasure boats, have skyrocketed in only the past 50 years, and were practically non existent 100 years ago. I just did a quick Google search on "non essential fossil fuel uses". Didn't see anything that broke down the percentages of fossil fuel use for essential uses versus non essential uses. That's a big red flag for politics.
In the rest of the world all political parties accept the reality of global climate change. The US is rare in world politics. We just happen to have one political party who shuns science. That's because, with few exceptions, the rest of the world points to the U.S. and says "It's all your fault - you fix it!" They have little desire to change anything they're doing.
They do know that adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will trap more heat. Why do you ignore their expertise in this area? I don't ignore them, I believe them. I ignore the doom and gloom predictions of what it will cause by power seeking governments.
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
I said forget it because you don't need to include it to make your argument. We're utterly dependent on fossil fuels. It's not a contentious point. It's not, thanks for admitting it. But it's contentious with some here, after being posted here one full year ago, I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. As you might have noticed, it caused a two posters here to have a complete emotional meltdown.
You may have noticed that Texas is not the world. Or even the USA. We need distribution grids and power storage (not just batteries) to deal with gaps in supply. We also need nuclear power. I used Texas as an example that unexpected challenges and problems can happen if something new is implemented and depended on too quickly. The world isn't ready to replace fossil fuels in any meaningful way in the near future.
Now you're just being silly. Everything has problems everything wears out. We manage those 'problems' with everything else. Fossil fuels are TIME TESTED. Any complete replacements for them also need to be time tested, and it takes time.
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
Have you heard of history at all? Or did that begin with fossil fuels? We can't go back to primitive, labor intensive methods of the horse and buggy days, when the world population was 1/5 of what it is today, and expect to keep up with current volumes of what is required in today's world.
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AZPaul3 Member Posts: 8558 From: Phoenix Joined: Member Rating: 4.9
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The good scientists who don't bother to do that don't get much attention, while the ones who DO do that get plenty of attention, resulting in profits for themselves.
For a hundred + years good scientists have been screaming their heads off about anthropic warming and getting zero attention just as you describe. It IS the good scientist that is the source of our gloom and doom. They are the ones making the predictions. And with a profit motive. They get to save the world. That’s big payback. You want to follow the $$ trail you can’t go wrong looking at fossil fuel profits. We’re talking $billions+ per day. $billions+ per day! Now right there is a strong reason to shut down talk of anthropic warming, its implications, its impending physical, economic and political costs and who pays. You think any of those eco-warriors makes that much? You want to see motive in money? Clean your glasses.
No, I'd only have to show that they trumpet some things much louder than they do others. No, you conservative windbag, you have to do just as Taq requires. We don’t care about your politically slanted lists and illogical bias. We care about the reality. The important parts like the science, not this politically motivated disinformation wrapped in minutia crap that you’re spreading.
That's because, with few exceptions, the rest of the world points to the U.S. and says "It's all your fault - you fix it!" It is. And we have to. But with the rest of humanity trying to emulate us the problem has become global, and the whole world knows it, whether your demented sources care to see that news or not. I guess it helps your side to kick sand in the face of the global consensus. In a world divided you can continue to rake it in while you burn the place down. You folks are evil.
I don't ignore them, I believe them. I ignore the doom and gloom predictions of what it will cause by power seeking governments. The gloom and doom is coming from the science. Or are you saying that shifting weather patterns, altered ocean currents, and thus shifting droughts and floods altering food production over vast areas of the continents, is not, somehow, amazingly, not supported by the science? Oh, That's right. Your beer is cold now and all this gloom and doom stuff is just so far away. No need to upset the oligarchs with this talk of timelines beyond next quarter's bottom line. And as for power seeking governments, the reality, discernable to most viewers of politics and power structures, is that government is in the hands of the conservative capitalist elite sourced by that $billions+ per day. You can buy a lot a republicans with that kind of cash.
I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Whoa! Trump’s got nothing on you when it comes to making false claims right in the face of the evidence. Good show Marc.
As you might have noticed, it caused a two posters here to have a complete emotional meltdown. Oh, Marc, Marc, we know you and your type. You can’t even raise a slight palpitation with anyone here.
I used Texas as an example that unexpected challenges and problems can happen if something new is implemented and depended on too quickly. Then you failed, Bunkie. The Texas situation had nothing to do with technology and everything to do with republican politics.
Fossil fuels are TIME TESTED. Any complete replacements for them also need to be time tested, and it takes time. What foolish crap is this? You think we care if the source becomes XX? In this society the only requirement is that it work. Time tested, my ass. If it replaces carbon bring it on! And regardless of what you might hear in the back hallways of stupidity on power generation, do try to use less of the stuff, ok?
The world isn't ready to replace fossil fuels in any meaningful way in the near future. We know. That’s part of the gloom and doom we’ve been talking about. The transition is happening. Can’t be stopped. Those that can adapt will go on. Wall Street will find the rudders to keep things moving as long as the government can pump in the liquidity to keep all the ships afloat. When that stops businesses collapse, economies collapse, societies collapse. Kinda the definition of gloom and doom.
We can't go back to primitive, labor intensive methods of the horse and buggy days, when the world population was 1/5 of what it is today, and expect to keep up with current volumes of what is required in today's world. We’re not going to have much choice. Major tipping points are coming and going with no attempts to action. I know you don’t believe in the gloom and doom of tipping points but the science, uninfluenced by $billions+ per day, is getting so much better so fast that we have started to realize just how too late we are on a lot of this stuff already. We’re fucked. A thousand years from now most of humanity will have rediscovered the non-oil versions of everything on your list while the community gathers on the commons to pray in union that the plague and the horde of patriots will pass them by tonight. Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given. Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.Eschew obfuscation. Habituate elucidation.
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Tangle Member Posts: 9510 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 4.8
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marc9000 writes: I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Congratulations. So what, it was a totally stupid position. We all know that our modern way of life is built on the use of fossil fuels but we also now know that that use is killing the world. So it has to change.
The world isn't ready to replace fossil fuels in any meaningful way in the near future. Unfortunately it has too whether it's ready or not. Left to deniers like you, we would never be ready.Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. I am Mancunian. I am Brum. I am London.I am Finland. Soy Barcelona "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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ringo Member (Idle past 439 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
marc9000 writes:
And yet we're always trying to create more jobs.
We can't go back to primitive, labor intensive methods... marc9000 writes:
The current levels are not sustainable. ... and expect to keep up with current volumes of what is required in today's world."I've been to Moose Jaw, now I can die." -- John Wing
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Taq Member Posts: 10081 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1
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marc9000 writes: One example, it's seldom mentioned that the world population has multiplied by 4 in the past 100 years. Or that today's non essential uses of fossil fuels, like pleasure boats, have skyrocketed in only the past 50 years, and were practically non existent 100 years ago. I just did a quick Google search on "non essential fossil fuel uses". Didn't see anything that broke down the percentages of fossil fuel use for essential uses versus non essential uses. That's a big red flag for politics. You need to share what you are smoking. What makes you think recreational boating is a significant source for increases in atmospheric CO2? A quick google shows that there are 12 million boats registered in the US compared to 270+ million cars. Already, boats are 5% of that of cars. I highly, highly doubt that most boat owners are burning more fuel in their boats than they are there cars on an annual basis. At most, I would say that carbon from boats is 1% of what cars produce. Cars account for 28% of all carbon released, so that would put boats at 0.28%. Do you really think boats are the problem here?
That's because, with few exceptions, the rest of the world points to the U.S. and says "It's all your fault - you fix it!" That's complete bullshit. Many countries are actively reducing their carbon emissions. All they are asking is that the world's second largest producer of carbon emissions join with them. You are concerned that people aren't focusing on boats which release less than 0.3% of total carbon, and yet you think the US should get a complete pass even though the US is responsible for 15% of total carbon emissions worldwide. Think about it.
I ignore the doom and gloom predictions of what it will cause by power seeking governments. Dunning-Kruger in overdrive.
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
AZPaul3 writes: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...... What do you think of the idea of studies and discussion to determine essential versus non-essential uses of fossil fuels?
marc9000 writes: \ I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Whoa! Trump’s got nothing on you when it comes to making false claims right in the face of the evidence. Good show Marc. Tangle writes: marc9000 writes: I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Congratulations. So what, it was a totally stupid position. Why aren't you sputtering with rage and calling Tangle every vulgar name you can think of? I'd like to see you two discuss it, better yet, you and 10 of your helpers discuss it with only him. If he wanted to, he could demolish all of you in a week, because he'd have a little thing called the TRUTH on his side.
Then you failed, Bunkie. The Texas situation had nothing to do with technology and everything to do with republican politics. Republican politics didn't bring green, untested, solar and wind power to Texas in recent years, to the extent that it failed them last month. But increasingly liberal voters in Texas did. Where did they come from? I'm glad I pretended you asked that.
quote: https://www.txmemes.com/...rnians-moving-to-texas-went-up-36 The California liberals have screwed it all up, and now they're moving to Texas, and are well on their way to screwing it up just as badly. Let's see what happens in a few more years.
What foolish crap is this? You think we care if the source becomes XX? In this society the only requirement is that it work. Time tested, my ass. If it replaces carbon bring it on! Yes, wind and solar worked great in Texas. Until February 2021. I put up 2 links back in Message 682 about new technology (still in its infancy) about making tires from grass, to try to help RAZD out. . Both of those links still work. As I pointed out somewhere, not in that exact message, that rubber tires in the 1930's, 40's,50's were much more dangerous (subject to sudden blowouts) than tires are today. That's because the process of making them was incrementally improved slowly, over the following decades. No interstates in the 30's and 40's, 30 or 40 mph was all the faster many people cared to go in those days. And yet there were still many more injuries and deaths from tire blowouts back then than there are today, where it's now routine to go 70 or 80 mph today. Are you ready to go 70 mph on tires made of grass? Time tested, your ass, yes.
The transition is happening. Can’t be stopped. Those that can adapt will go on. Wall Street will find the rudders to keep things moving as long as the government can pump in the liquidity to keep all the ships afloat. When that stops businesses collapse, economies collapse, societies collapse. Kinda the definition of gloom and doom. I've asked since the beginning of this thread, many times, several global warming alarmists; What specifically do you want to be done about it? I never get an answer.
We’re not going to have much choice. Major tipping points are coming and going with no attempts to action. What action do you want? Here's a repeat of a link I showed earlier; Wrong Again: 50 Years of Failed Eco-pocalyptic Predictions - Competitive Enterprise Institute What's different about now? Why should we believe doom and gloom predictions now?
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
marc9000 writes: I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Congratulations. So what, it was a totally stupid position. AZPaul3 writes: marc9000 writes: I just proved Message 658 100% WRONG. Whoa! Trump’s got nothing on you when it comes to making false claims right in the face of the evidence. Good show Marc. Since you have been offended by AZPaul3, are you now ready to discuss this with him? I suspect you're not - this place seems to be much more about shouting down conservatives than it is any desire to find out what the truth is. DID YOU NOTICE THAT THE SAME 3 POSTERS GAVE YOU BOTH APPROVAL DOTS? I LOVE this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We all know that our modern way of life is built on the use of fossil fuels but we also now know that that use is killing the world. So it has to change. What specifically has to change? Do you think discussions and debate about essential versus non essential uses of fossil fuels should be happening? I'm not denying that it isn't, but it isn't in any noticeable way. If you know of a link where it is, show me.
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DrJones* Member Posts: 2290 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
Republican politics didn't bring green, untested, solar and wind power to Texas in recent years, to the extent that it failed them last month.
Green power does not provide anywhere near the majority of electricity to the texas grid. Conventional power plants failed as well, plants that the electric utility had been warned were vulnerable to extreme weather after similar situations. Bloomberg - Are you a robot? Republican policies of cutting corners to save money brought this on.It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds soon I discovered that this rock thing was true Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet All of a sudden i found myself in love with the world And so there was only one thing I could do Was ding a ding dang my dang along ling long - Jesus Built my Hotrod Ministry Live every week like it's Shark Week! - Tracey Jordan Just a monkey in a long line of kings. - Matthew Good If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist! - Get Your War On *not an actual doctor
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jar Member (Idle past 422 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Willful ignorance and utter disregard of reality caused the Texas blackout.
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marc9000 Member Posts: 1522 From: Ky U.S. Joined: Member Rating: 1.3 |
What makes you think recreational boating is a significant source for increases in atmospheric CO2? The significant increases in sales and size of the recreational boating industry. U.S. Recreational Boating Industry Sees Seventh Consecutive Year of Growth in 2018, Expects Additional Increase in 2019
A quick google shows that there are 12 million boats registered in the US compared to 270+ million cars. Already, boats are 5% of that of cars. I highly, highly doubt that most boat owners are burning more fuel in their boats than they are there cars on an annual basis. One is essential, one is non essential. If that means nothing to you, okay, but it does to some people, and it's logical. It's also logical to assume that a significant percentage of gasoline powered boats are not registered. As that link shows, 95% of boats on the water are less than 26' in length. An insignificant size to justify registration, in the minds of many.
Do you really think boats are the problem here? Could be, when combined with all other forms of non-essential, really large boats. Here's a list of cruise ships currently in operation; List of cruise ships - Wikipedia It shows the year they went into service. A rough count shows almost 3/4 of them were built since the year 2000. Let's see, then we have politicians and other millionaire's yachts. Numbers of millionaires and billionaires increases every year. Non essential uses of fossil fuels could be a real eye opener, if only someone was interested in studying it.
You are concerned that people aren't focusing on boats which release less than 0.3% of total carbon, and yet you think the US should get a complete pass even though the US is responsible for 15% of total carbon emissions worldwide. Think about it. Yes I have, and I'm wondering what we should do about it. "Regulate" is the usual very vague term I often hear. It means of course, that some small segment of the population, needs to lose their long-time freedom to use fossil fuels as they see fit. Yet no one commits to any speculation on just how, or who. It's different, yet just a volatile as slavery was in the late 1850's, and could have the same result.
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