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Post by andre005 on Apr 22, 2024 7:36:32 GMT -5
www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2024/04/20/earth-day-is-not-about-the-planetits-about-us/?sh=58bcd41c66a6If you read my posts routinely, you’ll know that I often sprinkle my love of music into the writing. This morning the song “Planet Earth” by Duran Duran was on my mind. At one point in the song, Simon Le Bon laments about there being no sign of life and asks if we can hear his concerns. Planet Earth was the group’s first single. The website duranduran.com says this about the song, “The lyrical landscape alludes to new beginnings, and trying to be heard.” As a climate scientist, I resonate with “trying to be heard” as we continue change our only available ride on this celestial highway. We celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd, but it is not about the planet at all. It is about us.
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Post by andre005 on Apr 22, 2024 7:37:14 GMT -5
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Post by More Play Time on Apr 22, 2024 11:37:23 GMT -5
Nice of them to include DD in their summary. But this is just another hysterical paid-off climate change nut, who thinks gardening and composting is the solution to save the planet. Dream on. China pumped out 8.25 billion metric tons of CO2 in 2022, all while climate change experts get rich in the west writing books and articles.
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Post by hokie9390 on Apr 22, 2024 13:31:21 GMT -5
As George Carlin would say Mother Earth will be fine.
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Post by Max Zorin on Apr 22, 2024 14:03:38 GMT -5
China is doing a lot in this regard. Their emissions are growing slower than expected.
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Post by sa7733 on Apr 22, 2024 14:05:19 GMT -5
Every 10 years for the last 60, climate scientists have been trying to scare us into believing that we are a few years from extinction. All they do is change the method of how we are going to die.
If you’re in charge and you’re pushing EV’s as our only future in transportation and you can’t see that 99%+ of the population doesn’t want an EV, or that EV sales are dropping quicker than Biden on a bike ride, or that EV manufacturers are reducing output and laying off their labor force, or not noticing that Hertz got rid of every EV in their fleet (and took a HUGE $ hit, and can’t sell them because nobody wants them) then you are a special kind of stupid. I agree 100% that the other guy talks too much, but at least he does his own talking and has policies that are good for the entire country.
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Post by zz.night.watchman on Apr 22, 2024 14:54:50 GMT -5
Guard the planet
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Post by andre005 on Apr 22, 2024 15:22:58 GMT -5
Every 10 years for the last 60, climate scientists have been trying to scare us into believing that we are a few years from extinction. All they do is change the method of how we are going to die. If you’re in charge and you’re pushing EV’s as our only future in transportation and you can’t see that 99%+ of the population doesn’t want an EV, or that EV sales are dropping quicker than Biden on a bike ride, or that EV manufacturers are reducing output and laying off their labor force, or not noticing that Hertz got rid of every EV in their fleet (and took a HUGE $ hit, and can’t sell them because nobody wants them) then you are a special kind of stupid. I agree 100% that the other guy talks too much, but at least he does his own talking and has policies that are good for the entire country. It's not about us dying, it's what will be left for our kids-kids and their kids.. Eventually fossil fuels will be depleted--no choice but for Electric or another form of fuel..ie corn etc.. Electricity is the future, we just don't have the infrastructure in place but we will in another decade.. the other guy just doesn't talk too much..he is a criminal, traitor, and Russian Putin Puppet..He downplayed Covid said it would magically disappear! America was the worst in deaths and cases on his watch.. Sorry but he couldn't run his failed businesses much less the country! His policies were all Failures and it's been highly documented they were..thank god we have John in the band who really gets it about American politics! The guy who runs the other electric car company is about to get a $60 billion dollar bonus this after letting more employees go..when will that madness end?
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Post by sa7733 on Apr 22, 2024 15:25:57 GMT -5
With what all is going on in the world, the End isn’t too far off.
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Post by dial8urmind on Apr 22, 2024 17:59:17 GMT -5
With what all is going on in the world, the End isn’t too far off. And to quote the opening part in your previous post before this one (and ending it with the above)... "Every 10 years they try to scare us into believing that" with what all is going on in the world, the end isn't too far off. At least every 10 years in my 50+ on the planet the end is near. That hasn't gotten us yet either, but by all means assume that is the reason mankind ends if that's what makes you feel better.
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