It also doesn't help that while the government subsidizes solar power companies to an extent; it's a paltry level of support compared to the oil company subsidies.
Oh, really? What "subsidies" are the oil companies getting?
All income should be taxed at the same level based on a simple progressive tax scheme.
You just contradicted yourself. If all income is being taxed at the same level, then it is not a progressive tax scheme. The very definition of "progressive" (as it applies to taxes) IS taxing people unequally.
I think Ron Bailey answered that question the best in one of his Reason articles (sorry, no URL, I'm at work and won't go to Reason from here) on the Rio fiasco:
No, AGW is the consensus view of journalists and politicians. There is no consensus among climatologists. In fact, the majority of same do not believe that the current warming period has anything to do with human activity.
Not that belief matters. Or how many believe or don't believe. The point is that there is no "scientific consensus" (an oxymoron if there ever was one) on the "A" in "AGW" and never has been.
...that the the IPO’s "chilly message" set the tone for anything at Rio +20. It was doomed from the start and everyone involved knew it.
One look at the drafts of the ridiculous "The Future We Want" document is sufficient to explain the failure of Rio +20. No "chilly message" from IP owners is required.
...a significant and dangerous turning point.... If it continues, contemporary warfare will change fundamentally as we move into hazardous and uncharted territory....
You mean, just like when gunpowder was invented? Or when troops started using wheeled vehicles instead of horses?
Or when militaries started using... GASP!... aircraft?
Get a clue. Warfare is always changing fundamentally as it moves into "uncharted territory" made possible by new technology.
"First they came for the people viewing child pornography, and I didn't speak up because I don't view child porn. Then they came for the people visiting terrorist web sites, and I didn't speak up..."
My partner and I also spent time in Tennessee. Three years in Nashville. And we don't ever want to go back either.
The laziest, most incompetent people I've ever been around. Not to mention flat-out stupid. I lost count of the number of times I heard the phrase "ever'body knows that evolution is a lie" said with a straight face.
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Let's launch a probe to Uranus!
It also doesn't help that while the government subsidizes solar power companies to an extent; it's a paltry level of support compared to the oil company subsidies.
Oh, really? What "subsidies" are the oil companies getting?
Name two of them. Please.
No, but there is a logical fallacy for using pejoratives such as "denier." It's called ad hominem. Go look it up.
The very best part of the Houston Chronicle article comes after the end, in the "We Recommend" section:
"Tokyo man cooked own genitals, served to diners"
I'd click on it, but I'm at work.
Anyone who uses the word "denier" in the context of the global warming issue has invoked Godwin's Law and automatically loses the argument.
Thanks for playing.
All income should be taxed at the same level based on a simple progressive tax scheme.
You just contradicted yourself. If all income is being taxed at the same level, then it is not a progressive tax scheme. The very definition of "progressive" (as it applies to taxes) IS taxing people unequally.
What is "sustainable development" anyways
I think Ron Bailey answered that question the best in one of his Reason articles (sorry, no URL, I'm at work and won't go to Reason from here) on the Rio fiasco:
It means whatever you want it to mean.
I prefer the Telvanni/Shadowruner moral code. If you're good enough to steal it, you've earned it.
Which is the current moral code in those 3rd-world countries, and (if you understand economics) precisely the reason why they are poor.
Without strong property rights, poverty is the inevitable result.
No, AGW is the consensus view of journalists and politicians. There is no consensus among climatologists. In fact, the majority of same do not believe that the current warming period has anything to do with human activity.
Not that belief matters. Or how many believe or don't believe. The point is that there is no "scientific consensus" (an oxymoron if there ever was one) on the "A" in "AGW" and never has been.
"I just wish they would make an exception for pharmaceuticals, because getting the fruits of someone else's labors for nothing is a moral issue."
There, fixed that for you.
...that the the IPO’s "chilly message" set the tone for anything at Rio +20. It was doomed from the start and everyone involved knew it.
One look at the drafts of the ridiculous "The Future We Want" document is sufficient to explain the failure of Rio +20. No "chilly message" from IP owners is required.
Now I have to add Uyghur Activist Porn to my list of porn sites to avoid, for fear of getting a virus...
I sure hope I can remember not to click on any of that stuff.
Of course, if NCAR burns down, it could put a whole new twist on the term "global warming," eh? Ha ha!
Are you new here?
Dude, did you see my /. ID? I was here before the nutcases got here...
...of CAGW. It's been, what, 2 1/2 years now since it was exposed as a hoax?
...a significant and dangerous turning point.... If it continues, contemporary warfare will change fundamentally as we move into hazardous and uncharted territory....
You mean, just like when gunpowder was invented? Or when troops started using wheeled vehicles instead of horses?
Or when militaries started using... GASP!... aircraft?
Get a clue. Warfare is always changing fundamentally as it moves into "uncharted territory" made possible by new technology.
Scientists with a newer, faster, super-whiz-bang-ier computer predict that:
Oregon will continue to get lots of rain;
Kansas will continue to get tornadoes;
and Micheal Bay will continue making really bad movies.
All of this for only a few gazillion dollars in taxpayers' money!
They are in your nearest Bible.
Yes, God^h^h^h the Flying Spaghetti Monster put those planets out there to confound the believers, right?
... told me that the "last bastion for Evolution" had crumbled. This was something like 20-30 years ago.
Yeah, right.
The Global Warming Hoax is DEAD. Science won. Get over it.
This irrational devotion to the Global Warmist religion / hoax is precisely the reason I seldom come here to /. any more.
"First they came for the people viewing child pornography, and I didn't speak up because I don't view child porn. Then they came for the people visiting terrorist web sites, and I didn't speak up..."
Precisely, I mean this is where Al Gore was elected Senator!
TWO Al Gores! Senior and Junior!
Anyway, not much of value has been lost, maybe Tennessee won't have that many Nobel prizes in the next 100-200 years.
Well... they have Al Gore!
If the temperatures start going down, then this would falsify global warming.
You mean, just as they've been doing for the last ten or twelve years?
Better yet, Beltane Festival time!
Unfortunate that this was modded as flamebait.
My partner and I also spent time in Tennessee. Three years in Nashville. And we don't ever want to go back either.
The laziest, most incompetent people I've ever been around. Not to mention flat-out stupid. I lost count of the number of times I heard the phrase "ever'body knows that evolution is a lie" said with a straight face.