Let us know when the temperature of the earth starts reversing in a meaningful way.
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“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
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ok?
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https://www.salon.com/2023/08/29/the-go ... %20Chevron.
…Taking aim at Joe Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, Project 2025 proposes to erase clean energy programs from the federal government entirely while boosting the production of fossil fuels.
Republicans are still chafed over Biden's trademark legislation of last year, which is by far the most significant climate act passed in U.S. history, and is meant to incentivize and hasten the transition to a clean energy economy. The IRA only took effect in January, and it will take at least a year before its economic benefits are felt in any significant way. Anxious to prevent that from happening, conservatives have promulgated Project 2025, which proposes shredding any and all regulations designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants, and oil and gas wells.
Formulated by the Heritage Foundation and distributed to all Republican presidential hopefuls ahead of the first debate, the plan would dismantle virtually all federal efforts at reducing the nation's carbon footprint in a blatant effort to bolster the fossil fuel industries, which are rapidly losing market share to greener, cleaner alternatives that in many cases are already more cost-effective, or soon will be.
No candidate in last week's debate discussed the realities of climate destruction or how rising global temperatures are fueling the migrant crisis or worsening problems on the U.S.-Mexico border. Nor did anyone acknowledge that the GOP's rejection of atmospheric science is really about campaign finance. That the Heritage Foundation, and Project 2025, are financed by the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and Koch Industries, among the deepest fossil fuel pockets in the world, also went unmentioned…
…Taking aim at Joe Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, Project 2025 proposes to erase clean energy programs from the federal government entirely while boosting the production of fossil fuels.
Republicans are still chafed over Biden's trademark legislation of last year, which is by far the most significant climate act passed in U.S. history, and is meant to incentivize and hasten the transition to a clean energy economy. The IRA only took effect in January, and it will take at least a year before its economic benefits are felt in any significant way. Anxious to prevent that from happening, conservatives have promulgated Project 2025, which proposes shredding any and all regulations designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants, and oil and gas wells.
Formulated by the Heritage Foundation and distributed to all Republican presidential hopefuls ahead of the first debate, the plan would dismantle virtually all federal efforts at reducing the nation's carbon footprint in a blatant effort to bolster the fossil fuel industries, which are rapidly losing market share to greener, cleaner alternatives that in many cases are already more cost-effective, or soon will be.
No candidate in last week's debate discussed the realities of climate destruction or how rising global temperatures are fueling the migrant crisis or worsening problems on the U.S.-Mexico border. Nor did anyone acknowledge that the GOP's rejection of atmospheric science is really about campaign finance. That the Heritage Foundation, and Project 2025, are financed by the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation and Koch Industries, among the deepest fossil fuel pockets in the world, also went unmentioned…
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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It sucks to be from the same town as a couple of the greediest pieces of shit in the history of the world.
Much like the "limited", "small government" republican party, I'm old enough to remember when the Heritage Foundation had a patina of credibility, or so we thought.
Much like the "limited", "small government" republican party, I'm old enough to remember when the Heritage Foundation had a patina of credibility, or so we thought.
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just saw a stat that 12% of Americans eat half of all the beef consumed nationally in a day
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Originally Imzcount (Why do politicians think “hope” is a plan ?)
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
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^^^dolomite wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:34 pm Things that don’t help the cause, LOL
https://apnews.com/article/us-open-dela ... aa6ca08a0d
I didn't want to embarrass Trad, but if anyone has been wondering where he's been...
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^^^Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:32 pm [quote=dolomite post_id=354545 time=<a href="tel:1694284489">1694284489</a> user_id=125]
Things that don’t help the cause, LOL
https://apnews.com/article/us-open-dela ... aa6ca08a0d
I didn't want to embarrass Trad, but if anyone has been wondering where he's been...
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I know he usually jumps on every post I make. He’s probably on vacation.Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:32 pm^^^dolomite wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:34 pm Things that don’t help the cause, LOL
https://apnews.com/article/us-open-dela ... aa6ca08a0d
I didn't want to embarrass Trad, but if anyone has been wondering where he's been...
Originally Imzcount (Why do politicians think “hope” is a plan ?)
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
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Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Hope your feet are OK Trad?
Welcome back.
Welcome back.
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an anniversary and birthday shrouded in wildfire smoke…thanks, Canada
on a positive note, i just read that all oil and gas leases in ANWR have been cancelled (now we just need the same to be done in the Western Arctic Reserve)
i guess half-measures are better than none…
on a positive note, i just read that all oil and gas leases in ANWR have been cancelled (now we just need the same to be done in the Western Arctic Reserve)
i guess half-measures are better than none…
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Libya flood death toll projected to reach 20K
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Libya is in Africa, so "shithole country", right?
Besides, those ~ 20,000 were going to die someday anyway.
(Am I doing it right, Randy?)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... insurance/
Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
Some of the largest U.S. insurance companies say extreme weather has led them to end certain coverages, exclude natural disaster protections and raise premiums.
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At least five large U.S. property insurers — including Allstate, American Family, Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway — have told regulators that extreme weather patterns caused by climate change have led them to stop writing coverages in some regions, exclude protections from various weather events and raise monthly premiums and deductibles...
Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
Some of the largest U.S. insurance companies say extreme weather has led them to end certain coverages, exclude natural disaster protections and raise premiums.
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At least five large U.S. property insurers — including Allstate, American Family, Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway — have told regulators that extreme weather patterns caused by climate change have led them to stop writing coverages in some regions, exclude protections from various weather events and raise monthly premiums and deductibles...
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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who is the greater modern day villain. the teachers union. or the insurance companies.
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What exactly would you say the insurance companies are supposed to do here?
I only see bad options - and, at the risk of going against what you perceive to be my leanings, it sure feels to me like the risks of living in places that are or are becoming inhospitable to human life...should be borne by those who make the choice to live in those places.
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https://thepointsguy.com/news/sneak-pee ... n-arizona/
"Your developers were so preoccupied with whether they could [air condition and water the desert] that they didn't stop to think about whether they should [air condition and water the desert]."
"Your developers were so preoccupied with whether they could [air condition and water the desert] that they didn't stop to think about whether they should [air condition and water the desert]."
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fossil fuel subsidies topped $7 trillion in 2022 (just in the US)
what in the absolute fuck
what in the absolute fuck
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good?
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Yes, drop(s) in the bucket.KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:18 pm an anniversary and birthday shrouded in wildfire smoke…thanks, Canada
on a positive note, i just read that all oil and gas leases in ANWR have been cancelled (now we just need the same to be done in the Western Arctic Reserve)
i guess half-measures are better than none…
Originally Imzcount (Why do politicians think “hope” is a plan ?)
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
Re: an even more frightening perspective
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/16/11999749 ... ate-change
California sues oil giants, saying they downplayed climate change. Here's what to know
California sues oil giants, saying they downplayed climate change. Here's what to know