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Climate Change Denial - Facing a reality too big to believe.
Psychology Today ^ | January 12, 2019 | by Sara Gorman, Ph.D., MPH, and Jack M. Gorman, MD

Posted on 01/14/2019 12:35:19 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer
But there are also many points that are clear and not subject to legitimate debate. We can affirm without doubt that anthropogenic climate change is a real phenomenon that is already apparent and will, if not mitigated, cause terrible suffering and destruction before this century is over.

I'd like one of them to look me in the face and tell me that if NOTHING is done then there will never be another cooling period or another ice age. THEY ARE CLIMATE CYCLE DENIERS.

41 posted on 01/14/2019 2:40:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

https://edberry.com/blog/climate-physics/agw-hypothesis/they-agree-human-co2-makes-little-difference-to-atmospheric-co2/?__s=smszxmnugse6m3wapub8


42 posted on 01/14/2019 2:57:11 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (qu)
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To: BitWielder1
Exactly.

And how many times have these climate change enablers presented us with a ten year timeline that if we don't do something RIGHT NOW, then the end will come?

To many times to count.

According to the Gore himself, New York City would be under 20 feet of water by now. But is anybody in the media calling him on his bulls*t? No.

Instead of admitting they are wrong, they just double-down and put out another ten year end-of-earth-as-we-know-it timeline that comes and goes without suffering any credibility consequences.

The authors of this piece claim it is alarming the the public is not more motivated and in fear of the future to make them get off their duffs and change their lifestyles to accommodate the phony predictions of the climate change wackos.

Gee, I wonder why that is? Crying wolf for decades about climate disaster that never happens is not the best way to engender confidence with the public.

43 posted on 01/14/2019 3:00:10 PM PST by HotHunt (Reagan was good but TRUMP IS GREAT!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That a few misguided politicians believe climate change predictions are exaggerated or even fabricated is lamentable.

Just because we have 50 years of history of these people exaggerating and fabricating claims doesn't mean they are doing it now.

< /sarc>

44 posted on 01/14/2019 3:18:21 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: goldstategop

Fine, I’ve got a muzzle for them. Comes with small projectiles.


45 posted on 01/14/2019 3:28:27 PM PST by Fledermaus (I'm so excited for Mitt to be back. He and Paulette can reboot: Romney/Ryan 2.0.2.0. ;-))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

anthropogenic climate change is a real phenomenon


Baloney. While infinitesimal global warming may be real, it may also be delaying the onset of the next Ice Age. And claiming it is man made is nothing but premise smuggling.


46 posted on 01/14/2019 4:17:12 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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Comment on the article page...

“You’ve been linked by the American right wing extremist site Freerepublic
so you are likely to be deluged with even more ignorant repetitive denial
speak than normal for an article addressing climate change.”


47 posted on 01/14/2019 5:38:22 PM PST by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal)
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To: kanawa

The fascists speak. Amazing.


48 posted on 01/14/2019 6:20:56 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: HamiltonJay
Now the effects of human activity on Climate Change, that’s where the debate is... and man is likely having some effect on climate, its truly impossible to believe our activities have no impact, however are they the doom and gloom scenarios the chicken littles portend? And the reality is... NO...

If you have 10 kids swimming in a pool and one of them pees in the pool there is a rise in the pool level.

But between the liquid that they will remove from the pool and evaporation there will probably be a net loss.

This is pretty much what human caused climate change is. There are not enough of us to change the climate EVEN IF WE WANTED TO DO SO.

We simply do not have the power. Heck, we can not even make it rain with any certainty which is something we sort of know how to do.

And that is over looking the fact that not one of these people who want to "fix" the climate can tell me what they want to fix it at. What is the goal? They don't know and unless you know what your goal is you can not begin to know what you should do to try to reach that goal.

If the climate is going to change, and it does, we are far better off thinking of how we would adapt to the climate rather then trying to adjust the climate.

Adapt is something we actually can do.

49 posted on 01/14/2019 6:41:08 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
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"we are far better off thinking of how we would adapt to the climate rather then trying to adjust the climate"

I've read of some scientists wanting to seed the atmosphere with "reflectors" so that the earth would cool because there would be less sunlight to heat things up.

I'd think THAT would be immensely stupid.

And dangerous.

50 posted on 01/16/2019 12:43:30 PM PST by boop (You went to bed last night, and woke up stupid?)
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To: boop
I have occasionally compared it to letting a toddler bang around inside the car with a hammer but it is much worse than that.

They probably could not cause a return to planet snowball but why take the chance?

A few years back they were going to spread soot over all the snow packs so they would melt faster.

That was back when it was "the next ice age" they were worried about.

51 posted on 01/16/2019 7:08:22 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Yes, I remember that.

Some ideas are *so* stupid, only an intellectual could possibly believe them.

52 posted on 01/16/2019 7:14:58 PM PST by boop (You went to bed last night, and woke up stupid?)
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