Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

[theengel]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

Research suggests climate change not as threatening as previously thought | talkRADIO

Kind of funny, when you think about it.

At the same time, I just feel sorry for the people who live by the "We're Destroying The Planet" gospel. Aside from how stupid they sound, they're willing to die for their cause... even when it's finally admitted they just don't know what they're talking about.

[SalesServiceGuy]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

I guess 97% of the world's climate scientists, dozens of eminent USA scientific organizations including NASA and 200 countries around the world who officially acknowledge must be wrong.

At President Trump's first address to the United Nations today he failed to mention the one threat that is paramount to many nations, global warming.

[Copier Addict]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

Research suggests climate change not as threatening as previously thought | talkRADIO

Kind of funny, when you think about it.

At the same time, I just feel sorry for the people who live by the "We're Destroying The Planet" gospel. Aside from how stupid they sound, they're willing to die for their cause... even when it's finally admitted they just don't know what they're talking about.

That article doesn't say we aren't destroying the planet. It simply states we aren't destroying it as quickly. So, we are still destroying it, we are just doing it slower. Hmmmmm, doesn't sound like a deniers argument at all.

[theengel]

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It's not a denier's argument.

The point is that they don't know what the heck they're doing. They've based billions of dollars in spending off a model that isn't accurate... one that has no way to prove accuracy or even any way to test it. They've done it all based on theory. And millions of sheep lined up to be fleeced, laughing at those who would dare to doubt the godliness of the 'scientists.'

The fact is, they had to do something soon, because eventually even sheep will start to question why none of their predictions are coming true. Well.. one would hope anyway.

[Copier Addict]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

It's not a denier's argument.

The point is that they don't know what the heck they're doing. They've based billions of dollars in spending off a model that isn't accurate... one that has no way to prove accuracy or even any way to test it. They've done it all based on theory. And millions of sheep lined up to be fleeced, laughing at those who would dare to doubt the godliness of the 'scientists.'

The fact is, they had to do something soon, because eventually even sheep will start to question why none of their predictions are coming true. Well.. one would hope anyway.

I find it kinda difficult to see who the sheep are. The ones who believe scientists on the "for" side, or the ones who believe the scientists on the "against" side.

[TheBlueOrleans]

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I find it kinda difficult to see who the sheep are. The ones who believe scientists on the "for" side, or the ones who believe the scientists on the "against" side.

I count myself outside either of those groups, mainly due to my own personal common sense. Summers are hot, winters are cold, and +/- 2 degrees centigrade isn't going to destroy everything. That, and there is no definitive proof that the planetary ecosystem is being irreparably damaged. If humans were capable of destroying the planet, wouldn't some crackpot moral nihilist already have done it?

When an outspoken majority agrees with an opinion and demands any opponents be silenced, rather than engage in an intellectual discourse, I stand against the majority.

[Copier Addict]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

I count myself outside either of those groups, mainly due to my own personal common sense. Summers are hot, winters are cold, and +/- 2 degrees centigrade isn't going to destroy everything. That, and there is no definitive proof that the planetary ecosystem is being irreparably damaged. If humans were capable of destroying the planet, wouldn't some crackpot moral nihilist already have done it?

When an outspoken majority agrees with an opinion and demands any opponents be silenced, rather than engage in an intellectual discourse, I stand against the majority.

Do you actually believe a majority of pro-climate changers "demands any opponents be silenced"? I'm sure you can find some fringe that is fanatical, but there are fringes on both sides of any argument.
People who refuse to look at both sides with an open mind are the sheep.

[theengel]

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Anyone who blindly follows without questioning.

[emujo2]

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I'm certain we are contributing, deforestation, paving everything over, pollution, over population, it all adds up. I think that some countries do a much better job keeping the local environment under control, but many don't or just can't. I'm fine helping countries that don't have the money to fix these issues, but when I see China and the thick smog settling over their cities, or India and the massive garbage dumps that can be seen from space, the idea of taking more of my hard earned money to throw down the disposal for these nations makes my blood boil. Sea levels have risen and dropped for millennia, you can see records of this on the bottom of the Atlantic and the Gulf, and you can also see beach deposits inland when the sea level was higher. None of these events were "man made". I don't think polar ice caps melting makes the sea rise any more that melting ice in a cup of water causes your drink to overflow. There certainly are land masses covered with ice, but the percentage is so low that these melting aren't going to make a significant difference to the sea level either. I would be more worried about water trapped in the earths crust escaping and causing flooding than any thing else. BTW Mars seems to be getting a little hotter..Amazing how 1 or 2 rovers can effect the Martian climate. I think a 50% cut in the world population would curtail any man made problems, but sadly, we are on the way to 10 billion in a few decades. Think it's tough now??? Emujo

[slimslob]

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Do you actually believe a majority of pro-climate changers "demands any opponents be silenced"?

Most politicians do. The liberals in Sacramento even tried last year to make skepticism or denial of man made climate change a criminal offense.

https://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf/2016/06/02/california-bill-make-climate-change-skepticism-criminal/

[Phil B.]

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https://www.redstate.com/diary/HeartlandInstitute/2017/01/04/climate-change-101-evidence-humans-aren%E2%80%99t-destroying-climate/

[SalesServiceGuy]

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Most politicians do. The liberals in Sacramento even tried last year to make skepticism or denial of man made climate change a criminal offense.
https://www.redstate.com/leon_h_wolf...cism-criminal/

This bill failed. It was never passed and did not become law.

"A landmark bill allowing for the prosecution of climate change dissent effectively died Thursday after the California Senate failed to take it up before the deadline.
Senate Bill 1161, or the California Climate Science Truth and Accountability Act of 2016, would have authorized prosecutors to sue fossil fuel companies, think tanks and others that have “deceived or misled the public on the risks of climate change.”"

Landmark California bill would allow prosecution of climate-change skeptics - Washington Times

[ZOOTECH]

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If the left leaning users here are to believe the "Heartland Institute" and 'Sterling Burnett's' articles, than the right leaning users should accept progressive and liberal sites. JMHO

[gneebore]

Re: Do you believe that Climate Change is real and caused by mankind?

I thought the link was fairly obvious in describing that climate change and the heavy $ damages it has already inflicted is likely going to increase the cost of property insurance across the USA in the next 12 months. Even for those people who choose not to believe in climate change, caused by man or not, they will be effected by increased costs.

The link includes not a single reference to global warming or climate change. All the link discusses is the probable increase in insurance rates following the hurricanes because of damage payouts. And yes my insurance on my home went up after last years hurricane Mathew hit where I live, a strong category one weak category 2 storm. Hurricanes are a fact of life in the southeast and gulf coast. And usually there is a discussion of probable insurance rates rising as a result of storm damages. I sure the remember them in the local news after Hugo hit here in 1989. And after Andrew struck Miami. And then after Sandy came ashore in the gulf.


Can you actually pull up a quote from the article you linked to? No never mind I know you won't there are none other than your own imagined connection.

[SalesServiceGuy]

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Climate scientists widely agree that climate change did not cause devastating Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and now Maria, hurricanes are naturally recurring events. Unfortunately, climate change and global warming, caused increased sea temperatures which made these storms much more intense and much more destructive.

As Hurricane Harvey will be the most expensive storm in US history, property insurance rates have to rise.

Even if you do not believe in Climate changes caused by human activity, your cost of property insurance will likely increase in the next 12 months.