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  1. Hoosier8

    Hoosier8 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Listening to NPR today I found out that Indiana is one of the leaders in Green Jobs but I also found out that anyone associated with anything considered green has a green job.

    For instance if you work in an auto plant that assembles hybrid vehicles, that is considered a green job, not a manufacturing job.
     
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    Cool. I sequester carbon. I have a green job. I feel.....no different than before. Virtue signaling is a big letdown. :)
     
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    "Green" means very little anymore, and Attempts and climate change mitigation are mostly pointless anyway.

    Too little, Too late.
     
  4. Josephwalker

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    Climate change mitigation has always been pointless as climate always changes.
     
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    Yes..it does. The issue is not if it is why and the timing.
     
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    When you get right down to it does "why" really matter. Earth has undergone countless climate changes many of which were sudden and catastrophic. For the sake of argument let's say man's causing climate change. The response could well be so what. Somethings always changing climate and species always adapt or perish. Nothing new here.
     
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    It matters for the people who will be alive in 50yrs. Remember what happened last time and how Texas was part of the inland ocean?
     
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    Fifty years is paranoid and delusional. I've been hearing similar prophecy for the last fifty years that never occurred.
     
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    I suppose if you simply ignore what has happened in the last ten...then you can be correct.
     
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    What horrors have happened the last ten years?
     
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yup...best to ignore it. Honestly I no longer care anyway....I'll be dead when the fan gets coated and so will you. Our kids may be a bit pissed though.
     
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    Your choice to go through life like a scared rabbit. Just don't expect the rest of us to live that way.
     
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    You clearly did not read or understand my comment.
     
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    First off you shouldn't have had kids if you really believe what you say
     
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    True....if only I had known what I do today.
     
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    Either your kids are now adults driving their own global warming cars or you are very late to the party
     
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    There are basically two choices for humans in the grand scheme of things; we can either be good stewards of Earth, or we can pollute Earth into a shithole. Why do some people of Earth choose the shithole route; ignorance? politics? greed? entitlement? arrogance? Why do we need laws and dialogue to talk about PEOPLE littering Earth? Never once have I felt I can simply throw MY bag of trash out of the car window, not because of laws, because I don't wish to live in a shithole! All the fossil fuel burning, the industrialization, sucking out Earth's resources, over-population, abuse of land and oceans, etc. etc. etc. cannot be done without a cost to Earth and mankind! Well...I prefer to be a good steward while you and others are okay with the shithole route. Sadly, for the reasons I mention in the 2nd sentence above, and you'll love this...you are going to be the winner! You will get your way! You will get your shithole! And you can brag to your kids and friends how you helped make it happen...
     
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    Actually one of the reasons I hate the AGW hysteria is it takes the focus off real pollution that we can really do something about.
     
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    OH!!!!!! PICK ME PICK ME PICK MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Climate is always changing because WEATHER is always changing. After all, climate is simply "weather over a long period of time"...

    So, what do I win?? :)
     
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    No one will be alive in 50 years. We are all going to die in 12 years, remember?
     
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    Yeah, I heard that same warning about 50 years ago.

     
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    If one wishes to adhere to logic, science, and mathematics, then yes it is best to ignore it.

    Then why do you keep talking about it?

    There's only 12 years left, apparently, so what does it matter anyway...
     
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