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Environment & Energy

Brenda

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5. You hit on one point that explains a lot.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 5, 2024, 05:34 PM

Jan 2024

Climate Change is not top of their concerns or many view it as a "act of god" so just accept it.

It's not top of their concerns because they are mostly kept in the dark by the billionaires invested in FF's. If you watch American TV (or any websites that promote the same advertising/media news) you would think all is well, in fact everyone sings and dances and eats fast food, takes hundreds of drugs and lives life shopping for new things in a Fantasyland.

The other point, "act of god" is what I think drives the deeply religious people to refuse to believe the scientists. They actually want to be raptured into heaven, poor delusional beings.

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Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers [View all] walkingman Jan 2024 OP

I don't really care what climate deniers (liars or idiots) dream. Brenda Jan 2024 #1

That has been my thought for quite a while based on my knowledge walkingman Jan 2024 #2

I used to work with glaciologists many moons ago. Brenda Jan 2024 #3

I live just outside of Austin. We have lived here for over 35 years. walkingman Jan 2024 #4

You hit on one point that explains a lot. Brenda Jan 2024 #5

Brenda, I completely agree. Children being born today are going to grow up in a very different world than the one Martin68 Jan 2024 #11

Hannah Ritchie is a data scientist. Nothing wrong with that, but she's not a climatologist, or a glaciologist . . . hatrack Jan 2024 #6

Exactly. Brenda Jan 2024 #7

My introduction was the book "Thin Ice", which was fascinating . . . hatrack Jan 2024 #8

Ah. The Institute for Polar Studies Brenda Jan 2024 #9

For a data scientist she certainly seems blissfully unaware of the numbers. NNadir Jan 2024 #10

You make an interesting point. Scientific thinking and journalism just don't get along very well. Ambiguity and Martin68 Jan 2024 #12