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In reply to the discussion: "We are in a planetary emergency." [View all]DhhD
(4,695 posts)40. Methane turn over. Anybody remember the BP oil spill in Spring of 2010?
In simple terms, carbon hydrates moved up from the bottom of the ocean on to the first tower cover that was tried in getting the well shut off. When the ocean warms, methane rises. Methane is very poisonous. It is a species extinction atmosphere.
If I had billions of dollars, I would try to fund a colony on Mars (some think the moon will do). Seems like today the first private space craft went up to the International Space Station to deliver goods. They do not need NASA anymore. Seems like one of these private space stations in along the Gulf Coast and there is another one near White Sands in New Mexico.
Right Wing Dummies better pay attention to the scientists. Are there Bubble Colonies here on Earth? You Bet-Ya.
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The problem is Dems aren't really doing one god damned thing about it, either.
villager
Oct 2012
#52
It's not bad, but we know that a many-years-off investment in some green technologies...
villager
Oct 2012
#87
Let's set the record straight. The large part of the money went for energy efficiency
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#96
We will downsize and rely on green energy for what we can get. I understand that.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#143
Most of those people don't have deep pockets and an army of lobbyists working for them.
Selatius
Oct 2012
#68
Yes, their data keepers as well as the DOD know the dangers and have prepared for them.
freshwest
Oct 2012
#89
Corporations killed us all, in the end. We, the people were not strong enough, nor smart enough. N/T
AAO
Oct 2012
#34
I imagine that when it comes to religion, we hear what better validates our biases.
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#93
I don't see it as an emergency because there is no urgent intervention that could stop it
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#5
As is Fukishima, "because there is no urgent intervention that could stop it"
dixiegrrrrl
Oct 2012
#25
I fully understand that it is TECHNICALLY possible, and even believe the USA could do its share
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#141
There is no current scientific theory of life that fits the planet itself as living.
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2012
#128
Adaptation and evolution are a species wide biological action. A single member of the species...
Agnosticsherbet
Oct 2012
#133
I doubt that Al Gore could have had any real influence on the bigger fossil fuel picture
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#15
It is the very probably true. And Jesus said to GOD,"Forgive them they know not what they do."
The Wielding Truth
Oct 2012
#32
No one wants to be the one to tell Americans they have to cut back their lifestyles.
CrispyQ
Oct 2012
#84