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Climatologists Wager on Global Warming
coflow writes "The Guardian is carrying a story about a $10,000 bet that a pair of Russian scientists have entered with British climate expert James Annan. According to the article, the Russians believe the world will be cooler in 10 years. "If the temperature drops Dr Annan will stump up the $10,000 (now equivalent to about £5,800) in 2018. If the Earth continues to warm, the money will go the other way.""
I'll toss in my liquor with yours for a side wager that every scientist involved is either a socialist of some flavor or a democrat or recieving funding from the same.
I'll also bet this does my already cancerous karma no good.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
"Global warming is happening. That is fact. Don't try to dispute it, or you'll look like an even bigger idiot."
From what date/time to when.
From Noon today till now (8:30 PM) I have noticed considerable cooling.
From December 2004 till 2005 I have noticed considerable Warming
From 1971 till 2005 I have noticed considerable warming.
From 1939 till 2005 records show little change in either direction
From 1998 till 2005 I have noticed slight cooling
All of this considers only the present era.
You don't have to take it personal, even though I admit that I find your pround and aggressive ignorance quite offensive. Your brand of ideological slavery through the worship of ignorance seems fairly widespread in the States these days. The saddest part is that while the truth alone will not make you free, it is one of the prerequisites. As someone who really likes freedom and values my own, it really bothers me to watch little fools like you contribute to destroying a once great nation.
However, returning to the question at hand, how much of your *OWN* money do you want to bet against real science?
I didn't think so. However, that question is at least as substantive as anything you wrote.
P.S. Don't hold your breath waiting for any further response. Please take it as medical advice.
Freedom = (Meaningful - Coerced) Choice != (Speech | Beer^2), and sad sock puppets' bad mods avail them naught.
Good God, you seem to get stupider by the minute.
Fuck it
Actually, global warming is a fact
Bwaaa hahahahaha!
Thanks for the laugh! I'll be sure to point to this when I'm trying to define group-think and herd mentalilty.
So you honestly want to deny that the US has the largest personal (i.e. not tighed to economic output) consumption of resources on the planet? Nowhere people drive not only much (which may be explained by larger distances) but also very wasteful cars with high energy usage. Nowhere people eat as much, use up the same amount of natural resources than in the USA. This is not only due to the high standard of living. There are other countries with a similar standard of living but that have much less waste and make more economic use of the limited resources of the planet.
There is only one word for such an attitude: parasite. Using up the resources and thus depriving others and future generations of it. Just to preserve your own standard of living. It is borderless egoism and parasitism. Wonder why there is so much hatred towards the USA in the world these days? Not out of jealousy I say. I live in Switzerland, we're quite fine here too thank you. The US has become extremely impopular here in the last 10 years (say in the period that Bush is in goverment). It is precisely due to this parasitic character, living at the cost of others, bullying the rest of the world to get your way and not make any compromises.
It is to be hoped, also for the US itself, that this changes. You may think you can fight the world but I tell you: if you make everyone to your enemy, including your former allies, you don't have a chance.
Only in America would you place personal wealth before the environment.
The very fact that you do not understand the difference between engineering and science proves that you are full of bull. Being a janitor is not the same as a research position.
Mathematics is made of 50 percent formulas, 50 percent proofs, and 50 percent imagination.