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Why won't the press ask the so-called 'party of science' this one little question about fossil fuels?
American Thinker ^ | 08/25/2020 | Jack Hellner

Posted on 08/25/2020 6:41:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Why won't journalists ask scientists, educators, entertainers, and other Democrats serious queries based on their policy proposals connected to climate change, since those people describe themselves as smart and want to get rid of oil as an energy source based on so-called scientific data?

I would love to see Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Al Gore, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Biden, and Dick Durbin attempt to answer this one question: can you provide any scientific data that show a direct correlation between oil use and temperatures, sea levels, and storm activity for the last 150 years? Hint: There is none.

Oil use has risen exponentially from almost zero to around 100 million barrels per day since the late 1800s.

Meanwhile, temperatures may have risen one to two degrees and that would be normal after a little ice age ended around 1850. Temperatures have also declined for lengthy periods during the 150 years, so much so that the "smart" people of science predicted a coming ice age in the 1970s.

Sea levels have risen a minuscule estimate of less than one foot, out of an average depth of around 30,000 feet, as if you could measure it that close. Sea levels have also risen and fallen throughout billions of years of history.

Storm activity is also cyclical and natural, as it always has been. We have had massive droughts and severe floods throughout billions of years, long before oil and humans. That is why we have deserts and oceans covering so much of the Earth not because of oil or humans.

The reason supposed journalists declare that the science is settled and refuse to ask questions is because the "smart" people would get their clock cleaned in a debate.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; fossilfuels; globalwarminghoax; greenenergy; greennewdeal; science
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1 posted on 08/25/2020 6:41:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

This question will never be asked by the Press. They are not looking for truth; they are complicit in subverting the United States of America. They will tell any lie, distort any truth, smear ANYONE— they will do ANYTHING that will help their cause.


2 posted on 08/25/2020 6:45:56 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: SeekAndFind

there is no such a thing as a fossil fuel


3 posted on 08/25/2020 6:47:02 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Communists Need To Be Eliminated)
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To: SeekAndFind

The party of science, are they? They hardly care about the reality of biology.


4 posted on 08/25/2020 6:51:01 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: SeekAndFind

If you can tell me which end of the snake is the DNC and which is the MSM, I’ll be sure to ask the right end.


5 posted on 08/25/2020 6:52:17 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: joe fonebone

Correct. The earth produces oil.


6 posted on 08/25/2020 6:52:40 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: SeekAndFind
Why is it bad to spill crude oil on the ground?

YOU PUMPED IT OUT OF THE GROUND!!!

7 posted on 08/25/2020 6:53:26 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

Joe, how many square feet of solar cells and of windmill blades will we need to replace carbon containing fuels?


8 posted on 08/25/2020 6:56:15 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: joe fonebone

I accept their premise and demand to know how decaying plant and animal material is not completely organic.(?)


9 posted on 08/25/2020 6:56:35 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Delta 21

RE: Why is it bad to spill crude oil on the ground?

Because it is insightly and dirty/greasy to us humans?


10 posted on 08/25/2020 6:58:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m totally in favor of eliminating carbon fuel consumption inside the Washington Beltway.


11 posted on 08/25/2020 6:59:03 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: joe fonebone

“there is no such a thing as a fossil fuel”

Might be exploitable depending on how “fossil fuel” is defined in U.S Code.


12 posted on 08/25/2020 6:59:59 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And when will SOMEONE point out that there are just as many SCIENTISTS who agree with our point of view on everything? Whenever a Lefty says ‘I go with Science’ I want to puke. There are probably MORE scientists who disagree with the Dems, but don’t want to lose their jobs or be cancelled.

Up is down. Black is White, Right is wrong.


13 posted on 08/25/2020 7:00:03 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just like bee keeping. Its a dirty job. You cant get the honey unless you get a little sticky. And maybe even stung a few times.


14 posted on 08/25/2020 7:03:21 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

Every spring, one can drive up I-95 and see trees turning green around Richmond, bare trees around Fredericksburg and trees turning green as you speed towards DC.

The effect of CO2 production is mainly local.


15 posted on 08/25/2020 7:06:08 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: SeekAndFind

Both the press and the “party of science” are almost totally illiterate when it comes to the REAL interactions that control things like climate, the effects of carbon dioxide on all other life processes, and the very real wealth that is created by conversion of these “fossil fuels” to useful energy on a huge and widespread scale.

But even greater than this selective and willful ignorance on fossil fuels, the unyielding resistance to the application of known principles of nuclear energy to produce plentiful and incredibly CHEAP electrical energy, through Thorium fueled Molten Salt reactors, which is of an entirely different order than older Uranium fueled Light Water reactors, is part and parcel of their drive to push the world back into pre-Industrial Revolution levels, before the harnessing of water power to run mills and looms caused an explosion of economic growth.


16 posted on 08/25/2020 7:09:58 AM PDT by alloysteel (Freedom is not a matter of life and death. It is much more serious than that..)
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To: SeekAndFind

If they’re so scientific, ask them how is it humans can be anything other than male or female?


17 posted on 08/25/2020 7:13:39 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Delta 21

We used to drill for oil on my Dad’s farm in NW PA. We’d hit salt water, use a bulldozer to dig a hole in the ground. We’d pump the salt water out, into the hole. Years later, I’d hunt the hole and get 30-40 frogs out for family picnic use. Now days you have to contract with a tanker company to haul off the saltwater so they dump it in the Allegheny river.


18 posted on 08/25/2020 7:22:08 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: SeekAndFind

From the excerpt: “Sea levels have risen ... less than one foot, out of an average depth of around 30,000 feet.”

The most recent estimate of the average ocean depth, calculated in 2010, is 3.6km (12,080 feet), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

If the writer can’t get such an elementary fact right, how reliable is the rest of the piece?


19 posted on 08/25/2020 7:29:54 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Science says High Rise structures or cities in general are more dangerous in a pandemic. So is mass transit. I know I worship science, what should be the result?

DK


20 posted on 08/25/2020 8:00:15 AM PDT by Dark Knight
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