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Old 02-01-2020, 05:52 PM
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No we don’t, here is what we need: 1- For Greta to go back to school so she can learn what she’s actually talking about. 2- people to stop using a mentally ill child as a puppet. 3- stop accusing the adults here of insulting Greta when we are just stating the obvious. 4- get a grip and stop trying to destroy the economy and people’s quality of life for the climate change boogeyman. Let me assure you that liberal world leaders couldn’t care less about the environment or your welfare, they just want control; and Greta is only a pathetic means to that end.
Should all these scientists go back to school as well?

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
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I think this thread has sufficiently degenerated to be shut down...

your opinion may differ...
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Neat, dissenting opinion = thread shutdown.
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Neat, dissenting opinion = thread shutdown.
Your math is not great either.
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You don't have to like Greta. You don't have to like how she comes across. I don't.

But her main message seems to be: Listen to the experts/scientists when it comes to climate change and what we should be doing about it. Who can disagree with that advice? Scientist across the globe are pretty much all saying the same things about climate change. I guess mocking Greta is easier than facing some uncomfortable truths?
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You don't have to like Greta. You don't have to like how she comes across. I don't.

But her main message seems to be: Listen to the experts/scientists when it comes to climate change and what we should be doing about it. Who can disagree with that advice? Scientist across the globe are pretty much all saying the same things about climate change. I guess mocking Greta is easier than facing some uncomfortable truths?
Sadly common sense is in short supply these days and cognitive dissonance is en vogue.
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Old 02-03-2020, 04:51 PM
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https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/03...l-peace-prize/

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Old 02-03-2020, 08:40 PM
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He is studying at Harvard
probably because of the narrative he liked/still likes to to push. seems like universities prefer people who tow certain lines; https://www.usatoday.com/story/colle...t-in/37430957/
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You don't have to like Greta. You don't have to like how she comes across. I don't.

But her main message seems to be: Listen to the experts/scientists when it comes to climate change and what we should be doing about it. Who can disagree with that advice? Scientist across the globe are pretty much all saying the same things about climate change. I guess mocking Greta is easier than facing some uncomfortable truths?
That is simply not true, she is spouting about zero emissions. Not net zero emissions like most scientists recommend but zero emissions. That means a dead halt to all carbon emissions. In what universe is that realistic? Most of you all would be out of a job if her or that nutjob AOC got their way. So yes, we will continue to mock her and tell her to finish HS so she has half a clue about the idiocy she is spewing.
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That is simply not true, she is spouting about zero emissions. Not net zero emissions like most scientists recommend but zero emissions. That means a dead halt to all carbon emissions. In what universe is that realistic? Most of you all would be out of a job if her or that nutjob AOC got their way. So yes, we will continue to mock her and tell her to finish HS so she has half a clue about the idiocy she is spewing.
Meh, air travel accounts for just 2% of global emissions and we continue to gain efficiencies. I'm not overly concerned about flight shaming & such as people are simply not going to stop traveling en masse. Just isn't possible.

We can however make gains in better tech advances and change the other much larger contributors to greenhouse emissions. All the while not bringing economic doomsday, might be some shared sacrifice but worth it.
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