Posted on 01/04/2019 4:36:26 PM PST by mdittmar
Action on climate change has been stymied by politics, lobbying by energy companies and the natural pace of scientific research but one of the most significant barriers is our own minds.
Think about how every town seems to have a traffic intersection thats needlessly dangerous. No matter how many times you think to yourself, They should really put in a stoplight here, you dont call the proper authorities. (Youre already late for work, and it feels like someone elses problem to solve.)
Our mental responses to global warming and climate change follow a similar script. What needs to be done is clear enough stop greenhouse gases from occupying the atmosphere and yet progress moves at a snails pace. Three decades passed between the first report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the international communitys pledge for action through the Paris climate accords.
(Excerpt) Read more at pbs.org ...
Hey! That’s the same part of my brain that prevents me from responding to emails from rich Nigerian princes. What the...
The wording of the headline is right, mine does indeed keep me from taking it serious. lol
Dont forget the late 70s when we were all going to freeze to death in the second ice age that was coming up fast.
I take climate change seriously.
It is the people who claim they have god like powers that I have trouble taking seriously.
I have repeatedly asked one question of all the "fix the climate" people, "What are you going to fix it at?"
What is the optimal climate?
Until you can tell me that how can I take you seriously?
You do not even know WHAT you want to do.
The authorities will determine your mental health at trial. Dissenter.
My BS detector is more accurate than their data
It’s still coming... It’s inevitable.
This article is so dishonest, so incredibly dishonest.
What we need is to...brainwash people so that they will believe.
The human mind in about half the population has a mechanism that protects itself against forced religion. Thats how.
Oh please somebody play anagrams with the author’s name.
So will their young eyes be opened by that time, or will they have succumbed and believe that the actions taken are responsible for the extension?
Follow the money trail....it’s a hoax to grift billions, if not trillions, of dollars from the “unwashed masses” in new taxes and regulations. Libs salivate and practically go into an orgasmic frenzy at the very thought of all that “new” money in their greedy little hands....
Well, Nurse Kratchet can help you understand... Now, take your medicine.
My brain wants to know when Al Gore, Barack 0bama and Leonardo DiCrapio are standing in line at the disintegration booths.
Theres a legal definition for it, they call it Fraud.
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