The Global Warming thread.

[Seth Milner]

While the Republicons are busy denying climate change, others are having to deal with it.

Once again Seth Milner attempts to impress us with his ability to complete miss the point...

Sentence structure much? You're the one that posted that dumbass statement.

[rstrong]

Sentence structure much?

Thanks; fixed.

You're the one that posted that dumbass statement.

You're a bigoted, homophobic, racist, misogynistic and goddamned stupid trash-bin fire of a human being capable only of mindlessly parroting Tea Party & Donald Trump claims.

I make the occasional typo.

I guess it balances out.

[Vrede too]

Countries With Pro-Nuclear Agenda Making Slower Progress On Climate Change

... The authors of the study note that “it’s difficult to show a causal link” between the two factors, but nevertheless “the study casts significant doubts on nuclear energy as the answer to combating climate change.”

... The study divided European countries into three roughly equal size groups:

Group 1: No nuclear energy (such as Denmark, Ireland, and Norway)
Group 2: Existing nuclear commitments but with plans to decommission (e.g. Germany, Netherlands and Sweden)
Group 3: Plans to maintain or expand nuclear capacity (eg Bulgaria, Hungary, and the UK)

The resulting analysis found that countries in Group 1 had reduced their emissions by an average of 6% since 2005, and increased their renewable energy sources to 26%. Countries in Group 2 did even better, reducing emissions by 11% and growing renewable energy to 19%. Group 3 countries, however, only managed a 16% renewables share, and average emissions actually increased by 3%....

[Seth Milner]

I make the occasional typo.
I guess it balances out.

You ain't never been balanced; out or in.

[JTA]

Barack Obama 'deliberately snubbed' by Chinese in chaotic arrival at G20

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... b-gdnworld

China’s leaders have been accused of delivering a calculated diplomatic snub to Barack Obama after the US president was not provided with a staircase to leave his plane during his chaotic arrival in Hangzhou before the start of the G20.

Obama's response:

Obama suggested his Chinese hosts might have found the size of the US delegation “a little overwhelming”.

“We’ve got a lot of planes, a lot of helicopters, a lot of cars and a lot of guys. If you are a host country, sometimes it may feel a little bit much.”

That burn was hot enough to heat the world another degree hotter.

[Vrede too]

Even more so when he jumped down without the staircase, did a cartwheel and finished with an obscene Chinese hand gesture flourish.

[Seth Milner]

[bannination]

Looks like we can kiss our asses goodbye. "Vote Trump" it's not like it matters anyway.

[JTA]

This image really puts things into perspective as well

[Vrede too]

Looks like we can kiss our asses goodbye. "Vote Trump" it's not like it matters anyway.

I've done a bit, but I will die feeling guilty towards my niece and nephew and all the other kids because I didn't do more.

[Vrede too]

Add your name: Tell the presidential debate moderators to ask candidates about climate change

[homerfobe]

Here's a better idea.

Add your name: Tell God to halt the changing climate and stop screwing with the world's changing weather patterns or face complete censure and all monetary support. Humans will move to other planets and spend their money there.

[homerfobe]

Looks like we can kiss our asses goodbye. "Vote Trump" it's not like it matters anyway.

You think Hillariously Clinton will be Trumped?

[Vrede too]

North American Moose Struggling for Survival

Not because of habitat loss or hunting. Rather, the cause is heat stress and warmer winters increasing tick populations.

Sad, there are few things more thrilling than coming across a moose in the wild.

[Seth Milner]

Here's a better idea.

Add your name: Tell God to halt the changing climate and stop screwing with the world's changing weather patterns or face complete censure and all monetary support. Humans will move to other planets and spend their money there.

I suppose He's the One we should be complaining to.

[Seth Milner]

North American Moose Struggling for Survival

Not because of habitat loss or hunting. Rather, the cause is heat stress and warmer winters increasing tick populations.

"Moose calf mortality is high, too. In New Hampshire, 75 percent of moose calves died from ticks over the winter of 2015-2016, while Maine's mortality rate was 60 percent.

Parasites, including brainworms (Parelaphostrogylus tenuis), are also taking a toll. Liver flukes (Fascioloides magna) and tapeworms have also been found in necropsies of moose in Minnesota. The tapeworms, which are carried by wolves, can fatally clog the lungs of a moose."

If Maine has such a higher population of moose, it seems to me that rather than issue hunting licenses, a program to relocate some to other states that are losing theirs would be a viable choice. I suppose though the NRA or the League of Women Hunters would vehemently oppose that notion.

[Seth Milner]

Pence breaks with Trump, says humans affect climate change

I'm thinking there just may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Trump defeats Hillary, gets bored with the job, caught sniffing coke, or is prosecuted for some who knows what'nall reasons, and Pence assumes the presidency . . . entirely possible!

[O Really]

Pence breaks with Trump, says humans affect climate change

I'm thinking there just may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Trump defeats Hillary, gets bored with the job, caught sniffing coke, or is prosecuted for some who knows what'nall reasons, and Pence assumes the presidency . . . entirely possible!

That would not necessarily be an improvement. Pence looks sane and rational only in comparison. Taken alone, with his record in Indiana, he's much a far-right extremist.

[Boatrocker]

Pence breaks with Trump, says humans affect climate change

I'm thinking there just may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Trump defeats Hillary, gets bored with the job, caught sniffing coke, or is prosecuted for some who knows what'nall reasons, and Pence assumes the presidency . . . entirely possible!

That would not necessarily be an improvement. Pence looks sane and rational only in comparison. Taken alone, with his record in Indiana, he's much a far-right extremist.

Yeah. Like Hitler dies of a stroke and Rudolf Hess takes over.

[bannination]

Pence breaks with Trump, says humans affect climate change

I'm thinking there just may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Trump defeats Hillary, gets bored with the job, caught sniffing coke, or is prosecuted for some who knows what'nall reasons, and Pence assumes the presidency . . . entirely possible!

How can he break with Trump? During the debate Trump claimed he "never said that."