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Absolutely. And it is incumbent upon us to adapt to it or perish. Our ancestors adapted successfully. Obviously, else we wouldn't be here. But are we? Not so far as I can see. Running around like Chicken Little, wasting our time, our resources, and our finite fortunes on stopping climate change is setting us up for extinction.
I anticipate two objections to my brief opening statement and I propose to deal with them just as briefly. First, we did not create climate change. Yes, human activity has had some small effect on local climate conditions. Cities are greater heat sinks than rural areas and our populations have gravitated to cities in recent times. Also, our growing population has spurred a growing demand for energy, the generation of which has pumped more particulates and gases into the atmosphere. However, none of these have precipitated a threat equal to the self inflicted wounds of the climate change or green energy movement. Now, if you want to argue with any portion of this paragraph, please provide facts and I will respond with facts. I won't waste my time on ad hominem attacks and unsubstantiated claims. I hope you will do the same.
Secondly, our ability to adapt to climate change is seriously impaired by ignorance as to the reality of the threat. Claims begun in the popular film "An Inconvenient Truth" and parroted ad nauseum by celebrities, politicians, and media have misled the people into supporting projects and programs that only serve to make us more servile to an ever growing and more tyrannical government. Again, I will be happy to respond with documented facts to any challenge to these assertions, but I won't waste my time on juvenile arguing and name calling.
Finally, to adapt, we need energy. Modern civilization cannot exist without it and man cannot exist in any worthwhile way without civilization. Wind and Solar farms using current technology, indeed any technology, are not adequate. We have a technology already in hand that is. Nuclear. And we have abundant supplies of fossil fuels to keep us going while we deploy it.
What stands in our way? Ignorance. We desperately need educators and media to stop propagandizing for a tyrannical government and begin teaching and helping We the People to think for ourselves again. To prize self-reliance and the value of the individual.
I anticipate two objections to my brief opening statement and I propose to deal with them just as briefly. First, we did not create climate change. Yes, human activity has had some small effect on local climate conditions. Cities are greater heat sinks than rural areas and our populations have gravitated to cities in recent times. Also, our growing population has spurred a growing demand for energy, the generation of which has pumped more particulates and gases into the atmosphere. However, none of these have precipitated a threat equal to the self inflicted wounds of the climate change or green energy movement. Now, if you want to argue with any portion of this paragraph, please provide facts and I will respond with facts. I won't waste my time on ad hominem attacks and unsubstantiated claims. I hope you will do the same.
Secondly, our ability to adapt to climate change is seriously impaired by ignorance as to the reality of the threat. Claims begun in the popular film "An Inconvenient Truth" and parroted ad nauseum by celebrities, politicians, and media have misled the people into supporting projects and programs that only serve to make us more servile to an ever growing and more tyrannical government. Again, I will be happy to respond with documented facts to any challenge to these assertions, but I won't waste my time on juvenile arguing and name calling.
Finally, to adapt, we need energy. Modern civilization cannot exist without it and man cannot exist in any worthwhile way without civilization. Wind and Solar farms using current technology, indeed any technology, are not adequate. We have a technology already in hand that is. Nuclear. And we have abundant supplies of fossil fuels to keep us going while we deploy it.
What stands in our way? Ignorance. We desperately need educators and media to stop propagandizing for a tyrannical government and begin teaching and helping We the People to think for ourselves again. To prize self-reliance and the value of the individual.
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I'll post the link to the type of responses I normally give.
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/global-warming-ostriches-in-the-sand-while-the-earth-dies?urlhash=289145
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/colder-winter-and-cooler-summer-the-global-warming-theory-sounds-like-junk-what-do-you-think?urlhash=185123
Please keep discussions civil folks. Attack (or support) the position, not the person. I assume the majority of individuals on this platform are professionals, or at least were at one point in their life. We all know how to behave accordingly.
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/global-warming-ostriches-in-the-sand-while-the-earth-dies?urlhash=289145
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/colder-winter-and-cooler-summer-the-global-warming-theory-sounds-like-junk-what-do-you-think?urlhash=185123
Please keep discussions civil folks. Attack (or support) the position, not the person. I assume the majority of individuals on this platform are professionals, or at least were at one point in their life. We all know how to behave accordingly.
Global warming - ostriches in the sand while the earth dies. | RallyPoint
Have you seen the most recent climate analysis?
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CPT Jack Durish
I'm always fascinated at the way data is hidden behind hyperbolic headlines. Is the Earth dying? Certainly, as are we all. There is an end to everything. Life. Planets. Suns. Solar Systems. Galaxies. Maybe even the Universe. But change is a consequence of life. Indeed, if climate weren't changing, I'd argue that we are approaching the death of Earth. No, change is the natural state of life, and our climate is alive and changing. My point in this posting is that we should be focusing on adapting to that change rather than attempting to halt the natural progression of life. If we are successful, we will live
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COL Randall C.
Can't disagree. Personally, I'm (as I usually am for a lot of these topics) in the middle somewhere. There's a lot of evidence on both sides of the argument.
Unfortunately this frequently goes the way of politics - it becomes a "religion" with zealots on all sides convinced that they speak "THE TRUTH!" and that if you don't agree with "THE TRUTH!" as they see it ... well, then you're deluded/dishonest/evil/uncaring/etc. and need to be destroyed.
Personally, I'm on the side of it making perfect sense to transition to renewable resources if they are sustainable and practical. However, that transition will likely not be immediate and will have to be sensibly implemented.
Additionally, those changes have to be done with full cognizance of how it fits into the large scheme of things such as ensuring that there is enough energy to meet our needs and obtaining the sources of that energy should be also looked at in how it fits into the large scheme of things.
Often people take sides on this based on what they are told instead of what they find out through their own research. I have changed my mind many times based on new evidence I was able to discover while researching someone's talking point. However, I have no ego involved - I've embraced a scientific methodology all my life. If I'm wrong on a topic and I have evidence to support a different thesis, then I adapt my view.
All too often people are so insecure in the possibility they are wrong (or at least don't fully understand the 'problem statement' that they formed an answer on) that the response they have is to just try and shut the other person up. After all, what they believe is "THE TRUTH!" and you can't have some heretic out there dispute "THE TRUTH!"
Unfortunately this frequently goes the way of politics - it becomes a "religion" with zealots on all sides convinced that they speak "THE TRUTH!" and that if you don't agree with "THE TRUTH!" as they see it ... well, then you're deluded/dishonest/evil/uncaring/etc. and need to be destroyed.
Personally, I'm on the side of it making perfect sense to transition to renewable resources if they are sustainable and practical. However, that transition will likely not be immediate and will have to be sensibly implemented.
Additionally, those changes have to be done with full cognizance of how it fits into the large scheme of things such as ensuring that there is enough energy to meet our needs and obtaining the sources of that energy should be also looked at in how it fits into the large scheme of things.
Often people take sides on this based on what they are told instead of what they find out through their own research. I have changed my mind many times based on new evidence I was able to discover while researching someone's talking point. However, I have no ego involved - I've embraced a scientific methodology all my life. If I'm wrong on a topic and I have evidence to support a different thesis, then I adapt my view.
All too often people are so insecure in the possibility they are wrong (or at least don't fully understand the 'problem statement' that they formed an answer on) that the response they have is to just try and shut the other person up. After all, what they believe is "THE TRUTH!" and you can't have some heretic out there dispute "THE TRUTH!"
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Here are some WTF statements:
Running around like Chicken Little, wasting our time, our resources, and our finite fortunes on stopping climate change is setting us up for extinction. (What a drama queen)
parroted ad nauseum by celebrities, politicians, and media have misled the people into supporting projects and programs that only serve to make us more servile to an ever growing and more tyrannical government. (What a drama queen again)
We desperately need educators and media to stop propagandizing for a tyrannical government and begin teaching and helping (What does teach and helping mean?)
This is poorly written because its baseless opinions because no facts are presented, and if an opinion is presented as a fact there is nothing substantiating it.
My grade for this is his essay a D at best.
Running around like Chicken Little, wasting our time, our resources, and our finite fortunes on stopping climate change is setting us up for extinction. (What a drama queen)
parroted ad nauseum by celebrities, politicians, and media have misled the people into supporting projects and programs that only serve to make us more servile to an ever growing and more tyrannical government. (What a drama queen again)
We desperately need educators and media to stop propagandizing for a tyrannical government and begin teaching and helping (What does teach and helping mean?)
This is poorly written because its baseless opinions because no facts are presented, and if an opinion is presented as a fact there is nothing substantiating it.
My grade for this is his essay a D at best.
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