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  1. brenthutch
    When I say "we" I am talking about all of humanity.
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    I don't know why you guys are struggling with this, but the simple fact is, CO2 levels will continue to rise and that is OK. We are all going to be alright. Sorry to disappoint but there will be no category 12 hurricane flooding the shores with acid water. I'm OK with that. I don't understand why you're not
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    So is oxygen
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    .21 decline in PH over a century? That is as terrifying as five inches of sea level rise. Coral reefs deal with greater PH swings in a SINGLE DAY.
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    Here is where you end up when social justice warriors have their foot on the gas pedal. https://southpark.cc.com/clips/k9p0us/go-strong-woman-go
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    I think there has been a mixing up of technological progress and political progressivism. The two have nothing to do with each other. For example I would regard the rollback of The National Firearms Act of 1934 and The Gun Control Act of 1968, as progress. I would consider the opening of more federal lands for resource extraction, as progress. "Progressives" have a more backward view on these matters.
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    CO2 is not a pollutant, it is a vital trace gas, without it we would all be dead.
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    People make that mistake all of the time, conflating CO2 with pollution.
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    It's hard enough raising taxes for infrastructure in ones own country. Raising taxes to build up another country when we have homeless veterans sleeping under crumbling bridges is a non-starter. (And that is just how it would be characterized by opponents)
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    That just isn’t going to happen, it is not politically viable. Just look at what happened in France when they raised the price of diesel fuel a few pennies. The issue would be demagogued to death. ZERO chance of it getting any further than a white paper from some left wing think tank.
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    Not going to happen. 1. No democracy will allow any substantial wealth transfer from their country to another country. 2. As we speak China is building hundreds of additional coal fired power plants, each with a life expectancy of 40 to 50 years. We could go to zero and CO2 levels will continue to rise. 3. Moral authority and $4.50 will get you a mocha latte, not much more.
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    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/15/cop25-un-climate-talks-over-for-another-year-was-anything-achieved COP25 (UN climate talks) a complete bust. CO2 emissions are up 4% since the Paris Agreement.
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    But we are not talking about several feet, we are talking about a few inches. (That is if you believe the IPCC)
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    Lastly: It is still based on old (boring) technology, using a resource that is limited (yes: everything is limited, but this one is relatively MUCH more limited than others) and emotionally I am drawn towards much more advanced technologies and resources. So in summary: I would at most see it as a stopgap and this would even be WITHOUT considering any of the negative impacts on environment and people who live close to fracking operations. "A large majority of studies indicate that hydraulic fracturing in the United States has had a strong positive economic benefit so far. The Brookings Institution estimates that the benefits of Shale Gas alone has led to a net economic benefit of $48 billion per year. Most of this benefit is within the consumer and industrial sectors due to the significantly reduced prices for natural gas." That is what I call progress.
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    That reminds me of the time my bank was expanding into the UK, the demand far outpaced what we could accommodate, so we had to send several credit analysists from the US to pick up the slack. Phrases like "why don't you knock me up later" and "on the job" had vastly different meaning in the two countries. :-0
  16. brenthutch
    Just who is your president? End result. Hope your happy.
  17. brenthutch
    And most (thinking) people know what "put them against the wall" means. If Greta thought otherwise she wouldn't have had to apologize.
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    Do you consider the fracking/shale oil revolution to be progress? The US is now the worlds largest oil and gas producer. It has created thousands of jobs. It has given the US energy security we have not seen in our lifetimes. In my book that is real tangible progress. What about the liberalization of gun control laws? Is that progress? What about protection religious liberties? Is that progress? What about opening up federal lands for mineral exploration? Is that progress? What about the illimitation of draconian regulations? Is that progress? Please don't conflate you personal political views with progress. Progress is not the exclusive domain of the left.
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    If you want to make social change/progress you have to bring the people along with you. Just ask Tomas Paine, his ideas were revolutionary and inspired the American Revolution. But he went too far too fast and the end result was; "One by one most of his old friends and acquaintances deserted him. Maligned on every side, execrated, shunned and abhorred – his virtues denounced as vices – his services forgotten – his character blackened" Push things to far too fast you don't get conservatives you get reactionaries
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    My opinion doesn't matter. You asked the question "why would someone want to slow down progress" and I gave you the answer. BTW do you consider the belittling and marginalization of large segments of the population "progress"?
  21. brenthutch
    It is the backlash. Open boarders, Obamacare, gay marriage, transsexuals in the military, radical climate change agenda, the "othering" of white working class men and evangelical Christians...….what do you get? TRUMP
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    The same message that Clinton got. It doesn't matter how many votes you get. If you don't end up in the White House or 10 Downing, it doesn't count for squat. BTW Most Republicans were against Trump, but the anti Trump vote was split by too many candidates allowing a plurality to go for Trump.
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    So what should happen to these "deniers"? Should we be rounded up and sent to a tribunal in the Hague for our climate crimes? Mabey sent to a reeducation camp in China where we would slave away in a solar panel factory?
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    Several inches over the next century. The notion that these folks cannot take care of themselves is nothing more than a neocolonial construct of effete progressives.
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    In what manner?