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What kind of load?

He's just saying that cattle farming is net-zero wrt greenhouse gas emissions. That's what we want all human operations to be. It's ok to produce gree...

If you don't think we can do anything about climate change, it doesn't really matter if cattle farming is net-zero, does it?

There aren't any fossils in fossil fuels. So you were right. The rest of us were wrong.

"The theory that fossil fuels formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants by exposure to heat and pressure in Earth's crust over millions of yea...

Yes, I guess that's true. I just don't normally think of coal as a rock. Have you ever been through West Virginia and seen the huge bands of coal in t...

I don't think so. Let's all follow BC's lead and grow a sense of humor. :razz:

:lol:

Cool.

Applied topically? Or do you drink it?

I think it's more that under pressure, fossilized organic material produces oil and coal. An actual fossil won't burn because it's made out of rock. O...

Yep. It takes a bunch of pressure to turn old fossils into coal or oil. Tar comes from pine trees.

Fossils don't burn, Sparky. They're made out of rock.

I don't think most people are worried about cows. It would turn our world upside down to stop using coal and natural gas. Once we figure that out we c...

That's actually true. Young trees take up a significantly higher amount of CO2 than old trees, so harvesting wood isn't a problem if it's done sustain...

How did the livestock issue end up on your radar? Are you a farmer?

It goes up into the atmosphere first. Methane is lighter than air. But yes, increased CO2 is good for plants. "Looking at remote sensing data from NAS...

Just to add to that: morality is often pictured as a covenant. You follow the Mosaic law, and God will protect you and your family. Fail to follow the...

What do you think of Meno's paradox?: "If you know what you're looking for, inquiry is unnecessary. If you don't know what you're looking for, inquiry...

If we reduce the number of cows, all sorts of things would be better, but I agree that fossil fuels are what we need to focus on.

What you haven't done is stand up for me when Benkei told me to "shut the fuck up" and when Mikie directed abusive language at Agree-to-Disagree. But ...

Good. Let's keep it that way. :up:

You're agreeing that he acknowledges climate change. Whatever else he might think, none of it warrants abuse. Ban him if you don't like him. Don't eng...

Gotcha. It's just that a pile-on has started a couple of times on the poor guy, and I just thought that was abusive and wrong. I found that just pipin...

He has never argued against global warming. One of the moderators continuously responds as if he has made that argument, even though he has repeatedly...

Duke Energy has plans to bring a nuclear reactor online in NC "It’s part of a newly-filed update to Duke’s 2022 integrated resource plan as the utilit...

Yep. Totally refuted. :rofl:

I know a guy who had a stroke and lost everything. He can't walk or talk. Take a second to be blown away by everything you have.

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Sure.

Wow, that's fascinating.

Thanks. If anybody else is interested in an interesting discussion, let me know. I can add you on.

That's disturbing considering what happened next. Why does world politics look like the 19th Century?

Yes. I'm not sure we've learned anything after all our species has been through.

When the ends justify the means. Do you think there's a time when they do?

Exactly. Socialism isn't at odds with capitalism. And there are no (real) leftists anymore, so the issue is settled for all practical purposes. For no...

Why not?

Some think of truth as a predicate. It tells us something about a statement. It's troublesome to say exactly what it tells us because the concept is s...

If he's uncredited, how did you know it's Claude King?

I agree. Schopenhauer influenced Nietzsche and Tolstoy, both of whom were pretty trippy.

I think if Hanover was in the Philidelphia story, he'd be Katherine Hepburn. You would be James Stewart, and I would be Cary Grant, obviously.

Could you explain what you think this data shows?

Could have been an alternate reality where the capital of the British Empire is Philadelphia.

Somehow you've changed into a British person from the 19th Century.

Did she have a beard?

I don't think you're watching as many videos about Korean street food as you could. https://youtu.be/Xl3r6Du4Psg

I just wanted to thank both of you for showing that you can engage someone without anyone being called a "buffoon" or anyone being told to "shut the f...

What do you think the verdicts will be?

Quine later laid out an argument for this same insight. You can learn rules from other people, but the ability to apply those rules to new situations ...

I think your point is that moral realism is associated with a conundrum: it assumes that we don't know right from wrong innately, so we need an extern...