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267. I might have misread your intention.

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 11:45 PM

Nov 2012

You were identifying with "little people" and I missed the meaning there. Still do.

The paleohistory stuff is not relevant to what's happening now. Climate change in the past took place over thousands of years. More time for plants and animals to adapt through natural selection.

The CO2 levels you cite do have ill effects on modern humans, but other life forms thrived, and grew large because there was more oxygen in the atmosphere.

In short, the problem is not the climate change, it's the rapid climate change. And "pollutant" gets an asterisk at least. I only drink seltzer. Loaded with CO2, and right down my gullet. I wouldn't do that with most pollutants. I see the rationale behind the appeal to people. But they won't listen. They think pollution "goes away."

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Well, I'm an earth scientist, and your 'agnosticism' is bullshit TransitJohn Nov 2012 #283

Sure you do RegieRocker Nov 2012 #287

Sure I do what? TransitJohn Nov 2012 #290

Your science is bullshit RegieRocker Nov 2012 #291

So, how long until Greenland becomes the only place in the universe colder than absolute zero? Systematic Chaos Nov 2012 #297

That fucking graph ends 124 years ago. joshcryer Nov 2012 #310

Solid facts and good arguments mean nothing to this fellow Quixote1818 Nov 2012 #327

That GISP2 talking point pisses me off. joshcryer Nov 2012 #336

You're fooling yourself and others big time RegieRocker Nov 2012 #354

Your graph ENDS in 1886. Are you kidding me? joshcryer Nov 2012 #414

And all your graphs leave out hundreds of thousands of years RegieRocker Nov 2012 #422

Huh? Yours only goes back 10k. Can you not read your own graph? joshcryer Nov 2012 #428

Do you refute the graph? RegieRocker Nov 2012 #431

No, the answer is no, your graph doesn't include post-industrial warming. joshcryer Nov 2012 #434

I gave you a fucking link that explains why it was warmer 6,000 years ago Quixote1818 Nov 2012 #440

He is either willfully ignorant or just plain not too sharp or perhaps just playing games Quixote1818 Nov 2012 #438

He's just repeatedly posting the graph now. joshcryer Nov 2012 #439

I agree, this is getting comical and somewhat strange and bizarre! nt Quixote1818 Nov 2012 #441

That repeated "graph" of his... Iterate Nov 2012 #486

Yeah, I remembered that graph and David Lappi's connection. joshcryer Nov 2012 #488

I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Palin connection there as well. Iterate Nov 2012 #491

you clearly have an agenda, why are you afraid to own in by feigning ignorance in your OP? CreekDog Nov 2012 #348

I have more time RegieRocker Nov 2012 #356

Daily Mail "Science". Quite telling.... Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #342

Boy, this thread reminds me of the olden days! GliderGuider Nov 2012 #313

CO2 Levels in the US have actually been dropping rightsideout Nov 2012 #329

Except they haven't NoOneMan Nov 2012 #332

I believe he is correct on this RegieRocker Nov 2012 #349

You believe in a lot of anti-science positions NoOneMan Nov 2012 #350

LOL RegieRocker Nov 2012 #351

Well forgive me NoOneMan Nov 2012 #352

Automatically fogiven RegieRocker Nov 2012 #355

It makes a difference to me NoOneMan Nov 2012 #358

Well RegieRocker Nov 2012 #364

"Technology alone will get us out of this mess only" NoOneMan Nov 2012 #368

I see that RegieRocker Nov 2012 #429

Except they have . . . "U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions in early 2012 lowest since 1992" rightsideout Nov 2012 #411

Here is a link to the accompanying graph from the US Energy Information Administration rightsideout Nov 2012 #412

"energy-related" is only a slice of the pie NoOneMan Nov 2012 #415

That's pretty misleading because it's conditioned on "energy-related CO2." joshcryer Nov 2012 #419

That's the thing about science... RedCappedBandit Nov 2012 #337

I like that Tobin S. Nov 2012 #370

I don't like this quote of his regarding science, as the scientific method... yawnmaster Nov 2012 #483

Science is science. We, of course,can be mistaken about it. RedCappedBandit Nov 2012 #490

Yep. we must not treat science as a religion or god...science is not faith driven... yawnmaster Nov 2012 #492

I understand. treestar Nov 2012 #376

"At least, to date, I don't know how to argue it with right wingers/deniers." ProSense Nov 2012 #384

No you don't get it either RegieRocker Nov 2012 #392

I get it: You're confused. n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #395

That's one of their arguments treestar Nov 2012 #416

I see it the other way around RegieRocker Nov 2012 #388

What a crock of shit! ProSense Nov 2012 #394

You're can't refute the facts RegieRocker Nov 2012 #421

You aren't agnostic, you clearly side with denialists. joshcryer Nov 2012 #430

You are a believer RegieRocker Nov 2012 #432

I have ALREADY refuted it. It ignores 124 years of warming. joshcryer Nov 2012 #435

"If burning fossil fuels can warm the planet, then good." ProSense Nov 2012 #457

You are comparing scientists to tea baggers AgingAmerican Nov 2012 #410

The endpoint of your graph does not match observed temperatures Nederland Nov 2012 #468

It is of note that is only one proxy, other proxies aren't as extreme: joshcryer Nov 2012 #489

Being agnostic is one thing, being obstinate is another intaglio Nov 2012 #405

Obstinate is not accepting RegieRocker Nov 2012 #427

Ah! yes, the Other Warmings intaglio Nov 2012 #453

I am certainly getting a good education Mojorabbit Nov 2012 #450

The only surefire way to combat global warming.. Permanut Nov 2012 #454

No, the poster is peddling crap from a fan of Senator Inhofe ProSense Nov 2012 #458

Define "pollution" as you mean it in your OP. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #459

Another Gungeoneer who has billh58 Nov 2012 #461

I am glad I have stayed well clear of the idiocy that is this thread AngryAmish Nov 2012 #466

465 replies, and 5 recs. That tell you anything Regie? n/t 99Forever Nov 2012 #467

Many Uhhhhmericans datasuspect Nov 2012 #469

I agree. catfish57 Nov 2012 #473

Links? References? Xipe Totec Nov 2012 #477

I am a Gravity agnostic. H2O Man Nov 2012 #481

I expect to debate climate change deniers on conservative media sites. Not here. stevenleser Nov 2012 #485

Climate change isn't the only issue in which you feign "impartiality." 2ndAmForComputers Dec 2012 #495