The Republicans and climate change

[DarrinS]

* It has warmed some in the past 200 years (and warmed and cooled in cycles over many millenia)
* This recent warming is part natural -- part human emissions
* Surface temp records do not agree with the satellite record (the surface record being much warmer)
* 2015 was a warm year, caused in part by El Nino (like 1998), but is much cooler than mean ensemble model simulations predict
* The "science" is overly politicized with some fear-mongering and some being so-called "deniers"
* Most people don't give a about any of this

[DarrinS]

And weather is not climate, unless it's really bad weather, in which case, it can be blamed on climate change. Lol

[Winehole23]

Most people don't give a about any of this

leaving your intense ongoing interest completely aside, you post in every single climate change thread.

[boutons_deux]

* It has warmed some in the past 200 years (and warmed and cooled in cycles over many millenia)
* Most people don't give a about any of this

When Clinton left office, even after all the Repug slandering, witch hunting, etc, his ENVIRONMENTAL legacy was one of his most popular.

Serious people care about the environment, esp people with kids and grand kids.

otoh, Christian Taliban think the world is going to end soon, so why not it up for profit?

[DarrinS]

When Clinton left office, even after all the Repug slandering, witch hunting, etc, his ENVIRONMENTAL legacy was one of his most popular.

Serious people care about the environment, esp people with kids and grand kids.

otoh, Christian Taliban think the world is going to end soon, so why not it up for profit?

I care about the environment. I drive a car that gets 50 mph, recycle, etc. I also replaced all my home lighting with LED's. I'm just not worried about climategeddon.

[RandomGuy]

I like how the author points out that attributing single weather events to climate change is "dodgy" science and then implies that Winter Storm Jonas is the result of climate change.

Nonetheless, taking a longer view of the weather record, some researchers say there is “moderate evidence” to suggest an increase in both the frequency and intensity of winter storms in the Northern Hemisphere since 1950.

"tentatively" "moderate evidence"

Yes. Appropriate qualifiers.

The author is pointing out the difference between things like "it is" and "it is possible". The "dodgy" science sentence cuts both ways, both for skeptics and non-skeptics of the theory.

Read it carefully.

[RandomGuy]

I care about the environment. I drive a car that gets 50 mph, recycle, etc. I also replaced all my home lighting with LED's. I'm just not worried about climategeddon.

Humans suck at long term decisions.

You suck more than most, mostly because you are so bad at critical thinking.

A bit on the behavior science of long-term thinking:
https://www.beaconreader.com/climate...on?ref=profile

[DarrinS]

You suck more than most, mostly because you are so bad at critical thinking.

I've noticed that people you disagree with tend to suck at critical thinking (according to you).