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Massive Government Report Says Climate Is Warming and Humans Are the Cause (npr.org)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: It is "extremely likely" that human activities are the "dominant cause" of global warming, according to the the most comprehensive study ever of climate science by U.S. government researchers. The climate report, obtained by NPR, notes that the past 115 years are "the warmest in the history of modern civilization." The global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 degree Fahrenheit over that period. Greenhouse gases from industry and agriculture are by far the biggest contributor to warming. The findings contradict statements by President Trump and many of his Cabinet members, who have openly questioned the role humans play in changing the climate. The report states that the global climate will continue to warm. How much, it says, "will depend primarily on the amount of greenhouse gases (especially carbon dioxide) emitted globally." Without major reductions in emissions, it says, the increase in annual average global temperature could reach 9 degrees Fahrenheit relative to pre-industrial times. Efforts to reduce emissions, it says, would slow the rate of warming.
...you can do about it? Solar and Wind? Piffle! We can build that for 100 years, and until we get massive pumped storage of electricity, a "magic" battery for storing it, or a world-wide power grid that we can afford to use and guarantee it won't be interrupted by a war - unless we can get one of these up and working, the power will be unreliable and still require the coal and natural gas and nuclear plants to exist for when the wind stops blowing at night.
And then there's the transportation sector. Got a battery that will operate an 18-wheeler, a locomotive, a jet aircraft? I mean one that someone other than Donald can afford? No, no one has these. There's automotive solutions that won't compete favorably with the 1987 Yugo that completed the 1 Lap of America rally, 9000 miles in 10 days, almost always moving, and necessarily refueling in minutes at points wherever they happened to be low on fuel. No electric can do that. Still. Nothing electric is as good as a 1987 Yugo in terms of range and refuelability.
Sooooo... whatcha gonna do about all that evil CO2 and NOT totally wreck society without going back to horses and donkey carts? Eh?
First you tell the truth and that offends the right wing to their core. That truth then challenges a pile of false beliefs that can cause a conservative to fall apart completely. . On top of that you attack the cherished fantasy that if Trump says something it must be true. It is as if you are trying to kill these mental midgets. But then you fail to really grind into the meat and raw nerves of the right wing. After all, pollution is a consequence of human activity. Humans can only change their activities so much without the world crumbling in their imaginations so it is obvious that what is really called for is the shrinking of the size of the human population. That might involve all the Satanic stuff like birth control, use of condoms or even abortions or that sinful morning after pill. So what is really being pointed out is that all the topics that liberals want to have as standards in the community seem to be correct and all the really repressive nonsense sought by the right wing is exactly what is causing the horrors around us. Now run to your meaningless voting booths and place that limp vote for the freak of your choice. You'll really have to go some to get a leader worse than Trump in power.
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What they are doing was already done in Canada by Stephen Harper. It was the major reason why he and his so called Conservatives got their ass handed to them on a plater in the last election. What they did was try to muzzle and pre-screen scientific data findings coming out of all scientists hired by the government of Canada. HOWEVER the Canadian public saw exactly what the assholes were up to and turfed their collective asses out of Ottawa. What happened afterwards was a purging of most the right wing nut jobs in the conservative party and some positive changes to bring some sanity back into the party.
Let us hope that the US does the same thing to Mr Trump next year by cutting the balls off the Republican controlled house and senate and turning Mr Trump into a yellow headed toupee sporting lame duck for the remainder of his term in office. I doubt that he is stupid enough to do something to cause his impeachment or that the whole Russian thing will bring down his castle, but trying to muzzle and castrate scientists could and should be an issue that will make enough intelligent Americans hand him his ass on a platter in 2018.
This message was not sent from an iPhone because Peter Sellers really was a deviated prevert without a dime for the call
This report is obviously retarded, liberal and gay.
The president will prove it wrong with a couple of tweets.
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