Posted on 10/09/2017 8:10:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The arrival of record-shattering hurricanes, forest fires in the West the size of Maryland, and collapsing glaciers makes something clear to anyone not in a state of ideological denial: Humanity is in a fight for its survival, and if we have any hope of saving ourselves from endless climate disasters, we must radically change the political climate first.
With no time left to debate the delusional dogmas of climate denialism, we must develop policies to break quickly and permanently from the carbon economy and invest in renewable energy and a far more resilient national infrastructure.
It's not too late to save a decent existence for our children and grandchildren on planet earth.
A recent study on the impact of rising sea levels caused by global warming found that Maryland will soon endure “chronic inundation” of our communities, a threat of devastation worse than that faced by any other state in the union but Louisiana.
We can’t waste time aiming for anything less sweeping than the goal of getting off the deadly fossil fuels addiction completely.
Along the way, the OFF Act would focus on protecting vulnerable low-income communities by creating opportunities for well-paying, union jobs in new sectors like solar and wind. It would also require that the rest of the country follow Maryland’s lead in banning fracking, thus protecting public health and environmental integrity.
These visionary bills may seem to set an unrealistic goal, but, when you think about it, continuing on the current course of climate-altering carbon emissions is what is really proving every day to be an unrealistic energy strategy and a lethal peril to human civilization.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
There was "no time left" in 1992 when Al "The Bore" Gore penned his communist manifesto of a book. Now, it's 25 years later, and the world STILL hasn't warmed significantly; in fact, it'l looking like it's getting COLDER.
Why should we believe these people? The fact that they're out of power just pushes them further to the lunatic fringe.
“Along the way, the OFF Act would focus on protecting vulnerable low-income communities by creating opportunities for well-paying, union jobs in new sectors like solar and wind. It would also require that the rest of the country follow Maryland’s lead in banning fracking, thus protecting public health and environmental integrity.”
And exactly what company in its right mind would move a solar and wind company to a union state?
He looks vaguely familiar. Oh Wait! Don’t tell me.......let me guess.
Yes! He looks like Joseph Goebbels.
The COP21 agreement in France was signed by 190 nations with only Syria and Nicaragua not signing and Nicaragua didn't sign because the agreement was to lax and the US was not doing enough. Since then, Trump has unsigned and Nicaragua has signed leaving Trump and Assad as the two birds of afeather.
And as the article points out, Trump doesn't speak for the US.
California is the only state that can set higher standards than the US so any state can go with the federal standards or the California standards.
And on top of that, most of the renewable energy being produced is in red states or Trump states. This article is about Maryland but Maryland is way behind Texas, OK, Kansas, Iowa, and others.
You know, Free Republic used to be a conservative website.
Come out and admit it: you believe in anthropogenic climate change, specifically global warming. Admit it: you want solar panels to replace base-load electric generation like coal, hydro and nuclear.
BTT
Democrats have no interest in real environmental issues. Only using fear-mongering to push socialistic policies.
The COP21 agreement was a political tool to pressure the United States to spread the wealth. There was literally nothing in it that would have helped Global Cooli....I mean Global Warmi.... Crud. I keep forgetting today’s mantra. Oh, yeah. Climate Change!!! Because any time it changes we can be right!!! Even when we’re dead wrong, we can STILL be right because it changed. We predicted it. So much that we were wrong on EVERY SINGLE PREDICTION, but we called it change, and it has changed.
Stop buying into the cult of AGW/CC/XYZ. Science is clear. Present a theory. Present models to support the theory. Analyze the data. When the data doesn’t match the models, change the models. When NASA literally CHANGED THE DATA, that’s not science. That’s FRAUD. There is no manmade Climate Change/Global Warming/Global Cooling/Whatever you want to call it this week. The cult is a FRAUD. 97% of scientists didn’t agree. 97% of scientific articles published during a specific time period agreed. That’s not consensus, that’s journalistic fraud. Articles disagreeing with the models were rejected, and that was due to funding coming only to the scientists who agreed and followed the government line.
Is shoveling up the dead birds a green job?
Thanks for expressing your poorly informed opinion.
JAMIE RASKIN!!!
Let's give him a big round of raspberries!
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
I know how to swim, so if we’re inundated, I’m gonna get you for that! :-)
The sky is falling and it is on fire
The hurricanes paused from 05 to 16 because of Ebola’s environmental leadership. It was so powerful they actually stopped three years BEFORE he was selected!
LOL, how are you, TSR? You give me a call when it gets on your street, and I’ll send a boat for you!
I’m still pissed at Maryland for an automated ticket (I got on my ride home from a Walter Reed Freep) on I-895 north of Baltimore...they had a portable one set up, so after I sat in traffic for THREE hours, right at the point traffic began moving, they got the portable camera box to issue a ticket right there!
You guys were always careful to warn us about them on the roads we frequented, but I had no idea they would set up a trap on a highway like that.
I was steaming mad for about a month, trying to figure out how to challenge it, protest, or make life difficult for some bureaucrat, until my exasperated wife told me to just pay it, because she couldn’t stand the sound of my gritting teeth in the house!
LOL, someday I will get over it. I don’t wish ill on people like you, my conservative friends behind enemy lines down there (from someone behind enemy lines up here!)
If we assume the goal of Paris was to get the US to give away free money and hogtie our (relatively CO2-lean when evaluated on a per unit produced rather than a per person basis) industries, why WOULDN’T everyone else sign up for that?
Thanks for expressing your poorly informed opinion, and I want to assure that the nation appreciates your state’s efforts in reducing carbon emissions.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.