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Global Warming Dissenters Suppressed?
sycodon writes "Global Warming has become more than just a scientific issue and has been portrayed as nothing less than the End of the World by some. However, despite all the hoopla from Hollywood, Politicians and Science Bureaucrats, there is another side, but it's being suppressed according to Richard Lindzen, an Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT. From the article: 'Scientists who dissent from the alarmism have seen their grant funds disappear, their work derided, and themselves libeled as industry stooges, scientific hacks or worse. Consequently, lies about climate change gain credence even when they fly in the face of the science that supposedly is their basis.'"
Because the world's climate scientists have so much to gain by tricking people into driving more fuel efficient cars.
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And why is it that Intelligent Design isn't tought in schools? It's a big conspiracy, I tell ya. Look at the eye, man! We're talking like scientist, so we should be accepted like scientists, right?
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Slashdot's financial situation has become more than just a mess and has been portrayed as nothing less than the End of the World by some. However, despite all the hoopla from Zonk, Malda and Scuttle Monkey, there is another side, but it's being suppressed according to various Slashdot denizens. From the article: 'Slashbots who dissent from the alarmism have seen their karma disappear, their posts derided, and themselves libeled as Evangelicals, Republicans, or worse. Consequently, lies about Slashdot's impending death gain credence even when they fly in the face of the truth that supposedly is their basis.'
Then it occurred to me that we do have such a thing. Thank heavens for science fiction -- otherwise all the energy channeled into arguing about whether Kirk is better than Piccard would be pouring into real science, as well.
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If you're not driving the biggest car possible with the lowest MPG possible, you're unpatriotic and disrespectful of those who have given their lives that we may be free to pursue our gas guzzling lifestyle.
Maureen Jambor, executive management consultant and part time mom, put it much more eloquently than I ever could.
Suffice it to say, if you care about global warming, the terrorists have already won.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
People who disagree with global warming are just blowing hot air. If we don't suppress them, this hot air is going to contribute to global warming.
I am 100% on the side of the global warming crowd. The way I see it, if global warming does happen, I will be able to score points by telling everyone "I told you so." If it doesn't happen, I can claim that I saved the planet.
New Orleans was definitely the first victim of global warming. Hurricaines never happened in the Gulf before all those selfish white people started driving SUVs.
They have, it's just been suppressed.
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Global warming went back in time and convinced the founders of New Orleans to build on a coastal swamp below sea level and not to reinforce their levees?
No wonder people are afraid. That's powerful!
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it's like pretending that the Flying Spaghetti Monster, instead of being the all-powerful invisible being he is, created man in his own image.
I mean think about it, we don't even look like a plate of spaghetti, our heads don't look like meatballs, obviously we weren't created in His image.
And just as obviously, Global Warming is all a result of the severe lack of Pirates today.
Now, wake up and smell the lack of Pirates. Get crackin, matey!
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Indeed. Several bushes near the Altamont Pass wind farm turned into ice cream sundaes, and some of the rocks became chocolate chip cookies.
There are 0x40000000 types of people: those who understand 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point, and those who don't.
Is everyone on Slashdot insane?
You're new here, aren't you?
There are 0x40000000 types of people: those who understand 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point, and those who don't.
I'm sorry, but if I take a cup and heat it up with ten times the energy I used before to cause a few bubbles, I'm not going to be surprised when it bubbles like roiling boil this time.
Yes, but I'd be very surprised if it spawned a little hurricane.
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And it coincides with man's activities on Mars! Aha, more proof!
I don't care whether people caused it or not but the fact is the climate IS changing and it isn't moving slowly. The last couple of years in the midwest it's been increasingly apparent. It's not that it's getting hotter per say but the seasons are starting to equalize here. For instance, we only had 3-4 days of snow all winter this year and only needed to use the air conditioner for roughly a week all summer last year. It's getting cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. This trend has continued getting worse for the last few years since about 2001 when I first really began paying closer attention.