Someday kids, all of this will be gone.
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Panic?!?
- Do you want wars? Because thatâs how you get wars!
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Oh, itâs not even the American thing.
The new head of Australiaâs Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the organization that did climate research, decided to eliminate all climate research that didnât specifically address profit to be made from it.
Turnbullâs government has also emphasized science that can be easily commercialized, according to media reports.
In December, CSIROâs management audited the atmosphere and oceans program for its commercial potential.
âWe were having a hard time in demonstrating the capacity to be commercially valuable,â one CSIRO scientist said. âNot that climate science canât demonstrate incredible economic value to society by helping to adapt and reduce damages and risks, but thatâs not the kind of economics that the new CEO and the government is going after.â
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Then itâs too late to run back to the cliff edge. Wile E., and time to figure out how to soften the landing.
Anyone who is opposed to more burning of coal and petroleum can readily convince me that s/he is concerned about climate change.
Anyone who is opposed to more burning of coal and petroleum and also opposed to replacing them with natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower is going to convince me that s/he has an agenda, and climate change is not it.
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No need to worry - thatâs if you have high temperatures and high atmospheric oxygen! High temperatures and high atmospheric CO2 means New Mexico will likely alternate between parched heatwaves and flooding/hurricanes/snowfall, and the insects will be normal sized, but instead weâll get scary anoxic oceans! (Enjoy the seafood while you can, guys!) So itâs all good (unless you want to live in New Mexico, which I wouldnât suggest)!
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Just grab some from the river, like everybody else:
Continuing the discussion from How can women disrupt male speech domination?:
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Once again, I didnât see this as an attack, but a pro-ZPG thing.
Am I too much of a admittedly weird Pollyanna?
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AD HOMINEM, YOU COCK!
(Can you make ad hominem attacks on yourself? Iâm not clear on that point).
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People like me who use ad hominem arguments are assholes, and you shouldnât believe anything they say.
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Kilroy Drank Milkshake Here?
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More reason to abolish fossil fuels immediately.
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Easier said than done.
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True; itâs the same of abolishing junk food and tobacco: itâs good in the long run, but countless lobbyists and corporate shills will do anything to prevent that from ever happening.
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Plus, there are people who like junk food. I for one love sweets, and will react with hostility to attempts to tax sugar.
Thatâs because Salt and Sugar are really addictive stuff.
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And? It tastes good. It provides a little pleasure for a bland life. Touch my little pleasures and Iâll start biting. The do-gooders want to ban and tax and restrict and donât bother with even trying to provide equal or better alternatives. Best we can expect is some inferior ersatz substitute.
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From across the room, even!
Image-search on âcoding horrorâ. Itâs originally from Code Complete.
