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Related: About this forumNew Report Finds Climate Change Caused By 7 Billion Key Individuals
http://www.theonion.com/articles/new-report-finds-climate-change-caused-by-7-billio,34658/WASHINGTONIn a landmark report experts say fundamentally reshapes our understanding of the global warming crisis, new data published this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has found that the phenomenon is caused primarily by the actions of 7 billion key individuals.
These several billion individuals, who IPCC officials confirmed are currently operating in 195 countries worldwide, are together responsible for what experts called the lions share of the devastating consequences of global warming affecting the entire planet.
Our research has proved conclusively that, year after year, the acceleration of the rate of global warming and the damage caused by this man-made acceleration can be clearly linked to 7 billion main culprits, explained lead author Dr. John Bartlett, noting that many of these individuals have links to climate change going back nearly a century. Worse, the significant majority of damage was done within the past two decades, when the consequences of climate change were widely known and yet these specific individuals did nothing to curb or amend their practices.
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CFLDem
Nov 2013
OP
The report overlooks an additional 1.5 billion responsible individuals who produce...
DreamGypsy
Nov 2013
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MindMover
(5,016 posts)1. Ridiculous BS ... we have been kept in this energy paradigm by ...
90 companies and really less than 2 handfuls that control all energy decisions ... but not for tooooo much longer, because people are finally realizing that when they look up into the sky and feel the wind on their skin, that this energy can be used to power there own energy needs ....
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2013/nov/20/which-fossil-fuel-companies-responsible-climate-change-interactive
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change
bravenak
(34,648 posts)2. The onion.
They get me too sometimes.
It's the onion. It's satire.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)4. The report overlooks an additional 1.5 billion responsible individuals who produce...
...cow farts and burps.

The Onion should be ashamed of their shoddy journalism.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)5. Kick
Nihil
(13,508 posts)6. Nice one! (n/t)