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I am not disputing what climate change is, and I am not disputing that it is happening. I am pointing out the difficulty of "solving" climate change. ...
August 06, 2023 at 00:21
Why does talking about the people who are too cold stop this being a good faith discussion? You call me a denier whenever you disagree with me. You sa...
August 05, 2023 at 21:09
I am not sure whether CO2 is responsible for 100% of the temperature increase. It is probably responsible for the majority of the increase in temperat...
August 05, 2023 at 14:16
Wouldn't the energy produced by fusion power be much much much greater than the energy produced from natural gas? Sort of like comparing a sword to a ...
August 05, 2023 at 14:08
Luckily I have a 7th grade understanding of climate change. Do you care that the people who live in Russia are too cold? I don't think that you care. ...
August 05, 2023 at 14:02
Who controls the energy produced by fusion power? Will every country have their own fusion power? Turning the supply of energy off can certainly cause...
August 05, 2023 at 13:54
Didn't you read what I said. Here is what I said, "Water vapor, like CO2, is a greenhouse gas. Does that sound like I am "doubting whether CO2 is a gr...
August 05, 2023 at 13:46
Would everybody use fusion power peacefully? With great power comes great responsibility. Are all people and countries responsible?
August 05, 2023 at 12:43
The people who live in Moscow are probably most concerned about the future generations who will live in Russia. Russians are probably most concerned a...
August 05, 2023 at 12:11
About climate-change/global-warming. Does everybody want climate-change/global-warming to be "solved" ? Here is one example. There are many more. Ther...
August 05, 2023 at 11:07
The only thing that confuses me is how you can have such a simplistic view of climate change. Questions about Eunice Foote's experiment: - how much wa...
August 05, 2023 at 06:09
I never said "private jets". You are misquoting me.
August 05, 2023 at 04:02
There is nothing "average" about my views on climate change. Calling me names seems to be your way of avoiding a real discussion of climate change. If...
August 05, 2023 at 02:01
Do you mean the climate scientists who go on all expenses paid holidays each year (COP) to the worlds top tourist spots to discuss how everyone else s...
August 04, 2023 at 06:09
Cows are only one issue. There are many more. I am not going to list them all. There are too many of them. Please tell me any solution that you have a...
August 02, 2023 at 13:13
Imagine that an oil company shuts down. What would happen? A new oil company would start up to meet the gap between demand and supply, or an existing ...
August 02, 2023 at 13:09
Many people are concerned about cows because they produce methane. Do you know how many cows there are in the world? Just under 1 billion. 32.62% are ...
August 02, 2023 at 13:01
I believe that it is incorrect to hold those companies responsible for 71% of global emissions. The companies are only supplying what people demand. I...
August 02, 2023 at 12:54
There is not much political will to do things that people don't want (if you live in a democracy). Are most people really willing to make the changes ...
August 02, 2023 at 12:46
How long do you think that this will take? I live about 1 m (metre/meter) above sea level. Currently sea level is rising by about 3 mm per year. I don...
August 02, 2023 at 12:34
And fossil fuels had not been used when the Greenland ice sheet melted 416,000 years ago. Something else caused it. This also suggests that we are sti...
August 02, 2023 at 11:31
Assuming that your comment is true, what solutions are there that could REALISTICALLY work? I believe that there are no solutions that aren't doomed f...
August 02, 2023 at 11:21
"the rest of our lives" isn't very long for old people. Just saying...
August 01, 2023 at 05:14
There are ways of getting around laws. Instead of buying sex you buy a very expensive carrot. And the buyer of a very expensive carrot is given the op...
July 25, 2023 at 23:54