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Environment & Energy

HereSince1628

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2. I'm tired of fighting the useful idiots.

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Wed May 16, 2012, 02:37 PM

May 2012

I'm going to die sooner than later. Way, way before drought pushes Oklahomans and north texans from their homes.

I'm blessed to live in a place that I can pass on to my heirs that won't be the same, but which won't made economically uninhabitable by the useful idiots of the fossil fuel lobby.

The selfishness of immediate rewards precludes a solution to CC. It has long been recognized as the Achilles' Heel of our species survival.

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Why James Hansen Is Correct About Catastrophic U.S. Drought [View all] GliderGuider May 2012 OP

I bet that will put a fucking dent in the GDP of the human economy. phantom power May 2012 #1

I'm tired of fighting the useful idiots. HereSince1628 May 2012 #2