North Carolina passes law against climate change science. OOPS (wage, accuse, cost)
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Hate to tell you this but that hurricane would have formed even if the global climate was 2 degrees cooler than it is right now. There's this thing on Earth called evaporation, and with it comes thunder storms, and sometimes the wind is right and those storms become hurricanes, regardless of how much carbon is pumped into the atmosphere.
And as the experts have said, this was not your normal hurricane.
I guess they should have signed a law mandating climate change science so it would have protected them like a Pat Robertson prayer bubble.
It's way too complex of an issue for most of the dull points in this forum and way too sophisticated of an issue for the zealots thats think that something like the Kyoto accords would do anything whether the US signed it or not. (naive)
I write this as a believer that global warming has a man-made contribution.
P.S. Anyone butt hurt over this post please address:
1) The nations that signed Kyoto grew their emissions more than the US which didn't and that the "off-shoring" nations like China etc. wouldn't even sign it.
2) Would global warming mean more hurricanes hitting NC? It's called climate CHANGE for a reason which might mean more for NY or TX and less for NC. Something to think about.
I guess they should have signed a law mandating climate change science so it would have protected them like a Pat Robertson prayer bubble.
It's way too complex of an issue for most of the dull points in this forum and way too sophisticated of an issue for the zealots thats think that something like the Kyoto accords would do anything whether the US signed it or not. (naive)
I write this as a believer that global warming has a man-made contribution.
P.S. Anyone butt hurt over this post please address:
1) The nations that signed Kyoto grew their emissions more than the US which didn't and that the "off-shoring" nations like China etc. wouldn't even sign it.
2) Would global warming mean more hurricanes hitting NC? It's called climate CHANGE for a reason which might mean more for NY or TX and less for NC. Something to think about.
You're not incorrect that most international deals will have little effect. But that doesn't mean we as a species should abandon all efforts.
And swing a full 180 on this issue as Trump's WH has certainly isn't helpful.
Last edited by HockeyMac18; 09-24-2018 at 07:39 PM..
You're not incorrect that most international deals will have little effect. But that doesn't mean we as a species should abandon all efforts.
And sing a full 180 on this issue as Trump's WH has certainly isn't helpful.
Trump? That has 0 to do with this topic.
The bill in question, was signed into law by a Democrat Governor and while Obama was President. I'm not sure what part of that escapes you guys intent on making this a political topic.
You're referring to the Trump tribe. They are the ones who think science is something to be "believed" in. My guess is that they equate it with religion in some way. Doesn't surprise me at all that they would pass a law banning science. It's just like banning the devil to them.
These are the same folks who have absolute, unquestioning faith in "God", because their pastor/family/friends have told them that they just have to "believe" and "have faith", yet when proven science is shown to them, they disregard it as a "hoax".
Just another of hundreds of reasons that the Dumbing Down of America is deliberate, targeted, and highly effective.
The bill in question, was signed into law by a Democrat Governor and while Obama was President.
Please follow along. Reading isn't difficult. Do understand what I was writing in reply to.
And as I said above, this NC law was stupid. I don't care what party affiliation it arose from (I would be interested to know why you think I should care?).
Regardless of what NC does on its own, the national focus and language in this issue was very obviously in the opposite direction. For the better.
Trump's 180 is not the correct direction.
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