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G_j

(40,570 posts) Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:39 PM Mar 2013

This cheat sheet will make you win every climate argument

http://grist.org/climate-energy/this-cheat-sheet-will-make-you-win-every-climate-argument/

“I don’t see what all those environmentalists are worried about,” sneers your great uncle Joe. “Carbon dioxide is harmless, and great for plants!”

OK. Take a deep breath. If you’re not careful, comments like this can result in dinner-table screaming matches. Luckily, we have a secret weapon: A flowchart that will help you calmly slay even the most outlandish and annoying of climate-denying arguments:

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This cheat sheet will make you win every climate argument (Original Post) G_j Mar 2013 OP

My cheat sheet: Are they Republican? Earth_First Mar 2013 #1

LOL! City Lights Mar 2013 #3

Oh my. Where to begin. First of all, it isn't just CO2. Methane and ozone contribute. talkingmime Mar 2013 #2

Kicking�.. blm Mar 2016 #4

Why are you ok with the science on climate but not on GMOs? HuckleB May 2016 #5

Monsanto G_j May 2016 #6

Your response to your unethical fear mongering is an ad hominem. HuckleB May 2016 #7

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)

1. My cheat sheet: Are they Republican?

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 02:42 PM

Mar 2013

Answer: Yes?

You already won the argument.

City Lights

(26,036 posts)

3. LOL!

Reply to Earth_First (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 05:22 PM

Mar 2013

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

2. Oh my. Where to begin. First of all, it isn't just CO2. Methane and ozone contribute.

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 05:15 PM

Mar 2013

Granted, CO2 is the largest factor but the other two alone would only delay things by a decade or so. Sure, plants love CO2, but they don't live in the upper atmosphere. Don't these people bother to read anything?

blm

(114,763 posts)

4. Kicking�..

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:49 PM

Mar 2016

because it should never be out of discussion.

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

5. Why are you ok with the science on climate but not on GMOs?

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:12 PM

May 2016

G_j

(40,570 posts)

6. Monsanto

Reply to HuckleB (Reply #5)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:20 PM

May 2016

paying overtime today?

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)

7. Your response to your unethical fear mongering is an ad hominem.

Reply to G_j (Reply #6)

Tue May 17, 2016, 01:22 PM

May 2016

And it's the shill gambit, to boot.

BTW, I'm still waiting for you to prove that I have spread misinformation.

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