I was reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan not long ago. Man is my god. Anyway, climate change from global warming had been a thing since the 70s.
Actually my favorite guy as well.
Have no doubts about global warming. Just don't trust government to fix it. No chance I will ever support yet another tax on top of all the taxes I pay already, for carbon emissions. Especially if Al Gore gets his way and it would go to any form of global government.
But how would you fix it then ( in general terms)? Don't you accept for example that the clue is in the word " global" and shows that countries must agree and collaborate to tackle the problem? Trump is doing the opposite, claiming it's in the interests of Pittsburgh. Regardless that's Pittsburgh has just given him the finger, how does that encourage the citizens of other industry based cities around the world to push for action?
Is there some way that the US can keep their own emissions and choke on their own problems that arise from it?
Oh no .... wait .......
Yep - probably deserved a flag @Br7_addick but was feeling particularly angry.
I wouldn't wish harm on anyone (with perhaps the notable exception of nutjob Trump).
I flagged this because I don't understand how the CL liberals would wet their beds if I replaced "the US" with " the muslims". But yet not a peep when you've had a pop at the whole of America. Fucked up high ground that.
Is there some way that the US can keep their own emissions and choke on their own problems that arise from it?
Oh no .... wait .......
Yep - probably deserved a flag @Br7_addick but was feeling particularly angry.
I wouldn't wish harm on anyone (with perhaps the notable exception of nutjob Trump).
I flagged this because I don't understand how the CL liberals would wet their beds if I replaced "the US" with " the muslims". But yet not a peep when you've had a pop at the whole of America. Fucked up high ground that.
If Trump is the answer the world is f***ed - the CL morons need help if they follow him. My dog talks more sense!
And he's going to start by making the EU great again.
Macron is a breath of fresh air.
He is not elected by "the planet.
He should focus more on making France relevant again. Forget about "great."
The fact is he needs to face down the unions there that go on strike any time a single modern idea is made to free up labor is proposed. Because it is impossible to let go of employees, unemployment there is 10% because companies underhire. Or outsource. This has ghettoised the youth, where unemployment is currently 20%.
Let's see him fix that first, then move on the Europe and then the Planet.
And he's going to start by making the EU great again.
Macron is a breath of fresh air.
He is not elected by "the planet.
He should focus more on making France relevant again. Forget about "great."
The fact is he needs to face down the unions there that go on strike any time a single modern idea is made to free up labor is proposed. Because it is impossible to let go of employees, unemployment there is 10% because companies underhire. Or outsource. This has ghettoised the youth, where unemployment is currently 20%.
Let's see him fix that first, then move on the Europe and then the Planet.
Nor did he suggest he was. Actually, when he said "Let's.." he meant all the great countries together. Specifically on global warming. You didn't answer my question on that. You said you accept that it is a problem. Do you not then accept that tackling it requires a collaborative global effort?
As for the unions, Macron agrees with your diagnosis...
What strikes me about the storm hitting Texas is we get wall to wall coverage of the event despite only 2 people being killed. Elsewhere in the world dozens or hundreds of people die and little to nothing is shown on our media.
Given that, and given too that Texas could afford flood defences if they were bothered to pay the tax that would pay for them (let alone have politicians who "deny" climate change) it shows a US-centric tendency in our media that is worrying.
What strikes me about the storm hitting Texas is we get wall to wall coverage of the event despite only 2 people being killed. Elsewhere in the world dozens or hundreds of people die and little to nothing is shown on our media.
Given that, and given too that Texas could afford flood defences if they were bothered to pay the tax that would pay for them (let alone have politicians who "deny" climate change) it shows a US-centric tendency in our media that is worrying.
The 1200 deaths in the recent floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and Nepal doesn't compare...
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Macron is a breath of fresh air.
@Matt_Wright you're awesome. Thank you for what you do.
He should focus more on making France relevant again. Forget about "great."
The fact is he needs to face down the unions there that go on strike any time a single modern idea is made to free up labor is proposed. Because it is impossible to let go of employees, unemployment there is 10% because companies underhire. Or outsource. This has ghettoised the youth, where unemployment is currently 20%.
Let's see him fix that first, then move on the Europe and then the Planet.
As for the unions, Macron agrees with your diagnosis...
Given that, and given too that Texas could afford flood defences if they were bothered to pay the tax that would pay for them (let alone have politicians who "deny" climate change) it shows a US-centric tendency in our media that is worrying.