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I actually agree with you on that point. Sometime late in this century when fusion power will be coming on line and battery technology will be lightyears ahead of what we have now, we will see the sunset of the era of the internal combustion engine. Gasoline will be for classic cars and will have to be special ordered.

So they changed it to scare the populace into action? Or was it because we were never going to get close to 2 degrees at the rate we were going?

Has anybody else noticed the goalposts for climate disaster have been moved from 2 degrees C. to 1.5?

I just want to remain actively engaged on the matter of policy. Go ahead buy your electric car, festoon your house with solar panels, go vegan, take your hemp tote with you as you ride your bike to Whole Foods. We can all agree that it will have ZERO impact on global climate. Your virtue signaling is fine, just don't ask me to pay for it. As one of the progenitors of the green new deal said “The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all" –– ADVERTISEMENT –– Do you guys think of it as a climate thing?” Chakrabarti then asked. “Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing.”Saikat Chakrabarti said in May, according to The Washington Post. I have a problem with a thirty year old kid trying to change the whole economy, especially when that economy is doing quite well for the fast majority of Americans.

You forgot: homophobes, xenophobes, transphobes, pronoun purists, rednecks, gun nuts, climate deniers, 1%ers, greedy people who don't want to share their money with the government, anyone with a confederate flag and everyone who says Washington Redskins.

I don't know....I think Rick Perry has to be included in the conversation

Teslas are marvel of modern engineering and design, that goes without saying. I just don't like the government subsidies for what can only be described as an upper middle class toy/car. I also don't think their stock price can be supported by their abysmal sales results. Also it only about one second faster than a petrol fueled Honda Civic.

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2016/12/20/democrats-liberals-most-likely-to-unfriend-on-facebook-over-politics/ That is the "tolerant" left for you.

"September 17, 2019 6.39am AEST Tim Flannery Professorial fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to believe that any further prod to climate action is needed. But the reality is that we continue to live in a business-as-usual world. Our media is filled with enthusiastic announcements about new fossil fuel projects, or the unveiling of the latest fossil-fuelled supercar, as if there’s no relationship between such things and climate change. A ‘colossal failure’ of climate activism Each year the situation becomes more critical. In 2018, global emissions of greenhouse gases rose by 1.7% while the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere jumped by 3.5 parts per million – the largest ever observed increase. No climate report or warning, no political agreement nor technological innovation has altered the ever-upward trajectory of the pollution. This simple fact forces me to look back on my 20 years of climate activism as a colossal failure." Don't feel bad Tim, you are not alone, I think climate activists are colossal failures as well.

“Don’t tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind the tree” R Long

DJL just did

Most Americans not willing to pay $2 a month to stop climate change https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/americans-increasingly-see-climate-change-as-a-crisis-poll-shows/2019/09/12/74234db0-cd2a-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html?noredirect=on Looks like GND now stands for Green Not-going-to-happen Dream

We were told the streets would run red with the blood of backstreet abortions if John Roberts were to ascend to Chief Justice.......still waiting. We were told if Kavanaugh were to be seated on the Supreme Court, same thing......still waiting We were told if we didn't stop using fossil fuels the world would come to an end.....still waiting Not only are you guys consistently wrong, now you are consistently boring.

Wake me up when yellow fever becomes more than click bait for the uninformed.

The actual label said “Mosquitos Habit: Current & Projected”. The label doesn't specify a particular mosquito. So yes, it is misleading.

Ten tandems today so don't expect me to engage further on this topic today, time for beer and ibuprofen.

Nikita Khrushchev said that without Spam, the Soviet Union would have been unable to feed its army. It would seem, at least far as the Soviets were concerned, Spam fueled WW2 more than capitalism. We all know that an army marches on its stomach, so that is where bread comes in. As far as potatoes go, they were fermented and distilled to make ethanal for fuel for the V-2 missile. Yes it is obvious that WW2 was fueled by bread, potatoes and Spam at least (and perhaps more) than it was by capitalism.

His comment that WW2 was "fueled by capitalism" was no more inciteful than had he said "WW2, a conflict fueled by bread, potatoes and Spam" Why did he bring up capitalism?

Only half joking. I really don't buy into the far left and the far right as being diametrically opposed. Lets look at what they have in common. One party system (anti democratic) The collective is more important than the individual Promote revolutionary change Planned economy Use of violence, propaganda, secret police and the indoctrination of the youth. Control of religion Responsible for genocide, war, concentration camps and death on a massive scale Any sober analysis would conclude they have more in common then we are lead to believe

https://southpark.cc.com/clips/vgvak0/not-on-my-farm

The Nazis were left-wing socialists. Yes, the National Socialist Workers Party of Germany, otherwise known as the Nazi Party, was indeed socialist and it had a lot in common with the modern left. Hitler preached class warfare, agitating the working class to resist “exploitation” by capitalists , particularly Jewish capitalists, of course. Their programs called for the nationalization of education, health care, transportation, and other major industries. They instituted and vigorously enforced a strict gun control regimen. They denounced Christians as right-wing fanatics. Yet a popular myth persists that the Nazis themselves were right-wing extremists. This insidious lie biases the entire political landscape today.

"WW2 - a conflict fueled by capitalism" were his exact words. Who is wrong now?

So it has melted back to where it was 75 years ago, got it.

Kallend implied capitalism was, at least tangentially, responsible for WW2, as if capitalism played some nefarious role in the conflict. If it weren't for American capitalism, he would be speaking German right now. Soveign wealth, however acquired can be used for good or evil. (the nazis were socialists by the way) I get where he is coming from, especially in light of the OP, he thinks; money and guns are inherently evil and they must be strictly controlled by the government and confiscated if need be. He is just wrong.

Do you realize that you just showed evidence that it was WARMER 75 years ago? Unless a dead reindeer dug it’s grave under the PERMAFROST, it only stands to reason, the permafrost formed AFTER the death of the reindeer