At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!"

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At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!"

TB — 5/13/2013 4:18:32 AM (archived)

So now what?

Assuming it actually is Evil Humanity killing Gaia, are you going to turn off the CO2 in China and India? Never mind all the other nations on that chart? Let me know when you come up with something.

Of course, to a liberal it's utterly inconceivable that there might not be a political answer. We went through this a while ago with the gun issue.

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C02, "Scary." trend - RobVG - 5/12/2013 7:54:54 PM
- The function of that article lies in the headline, not the chart. - TB - 5/13/2013 2:08:11 AM
  - The headline did a good job of boiling down what "James Butler, director of global monitoring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth Science Research Lab in Boulder, Colo." sa… - alcaray - 5/13/2013 8:49:39 AM
    - They can no longer deny the message, - ER - 5/13/2013 1:32:51 PM
      - You saw the same thing I did. "Bad journalism" was YOUR post. n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:17:13 PM
        
        Just because the journalism is bad doesn't mean the news is made up. n/t - ER - 5/13/2013 3:10:19 PM
        
        PS: Why do conservatives have such a problem with this? - ER - 5/13/2013 3:15:03 PM
        
        I think that they are getting to the point where it's embarrasing to deny. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:42:54 PM
        
        When scientific judgements are forced to pass an ideological litmus test..., - ER - 5/13/2013 6:02:38 PM
        
        I can't believe you actually posted that... - TB - 5/13/2013 6:06:20 PM
        
        At your service, yr most hum. and obd't servant. - ER - 5/13/2013 6:28:39 PM
- No, that chart is not linear since 70. It is quite curved. Hold the edge of an envelope up to it if you don't believe me. - alcaray - 5/12/2013 11:55:52 PM
  - Curve in name only. - RobVG - 5/13/2013 12:53:26 AM
    - Only plane geometry is necessary. When you said:... - alcaray - 5/13/2013 1:42:50 AM
      - Be honest- are you just trying to goad me? n/t - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:00:43 AM
        
        I was questioning your eyesight. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 2:02:55 AM
        
        You better check ER's eyesight too. - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:05:50 AM
        
        What part of "steady" increase do you not understand? - RobVG - 5/13/2013 2:04:53 AM
        
        my response disappeared, so forgive me if another one appears. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:41:59 AM
        
        Actually, you're both wrong. - ER - 5/13/2013 2:39:59 AM
        
        At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!" - TB - 5/13/2013 4:18:32 AM
        
        But there IS a crisis. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:54:20 PM
        
        At some point people need to move past blaming everything on bad reporting. - alcaray - 5/13/2013 5:38:12 AM
        
        It's not just reporters. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:58:38 PM
    - That's why we need calculus. - ER - 5/13/2013 1:02:04 AM
  - I was trying to give Rob the benefit of a doubt - ER - 5/13/2013 12:09:51 AM
- Bad journalism - ER - 5/12/2013 9:51:42 PM
- It is May 12, 2013 and it is snowing here. How is the weather over there? - johannes - 5/12/2013 9:24:05 PM

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