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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:59 PM Original message |
Mass extinction folly |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. whether we're going through one now is debatable, for sure, however |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. The U.S. is doing pretty good with environmental protections.? |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The US is doing fairly well |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We do slightly better than China, which is piss poor |
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quidam56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Appalachia is turning into a toxic waste dump third world America |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The "global warming pile of shit" is a red flag too |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Kicked and recommended! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think this, I think that. Good for you. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hmm...I hate to ask, but |
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amdezurik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. why the only credentials the OP's type needs |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. the main reason the US "is doing pretty good with environmental protections" |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Excellent point |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Jeeez. EVERYTHING is global warming |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Again, tell us what your expertise is to enable you |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. what is YOUR expertise to claim it is |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I'm claiming nothing at all, dear... |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Some background on why I disagree |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I can't think of worse references. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. OISM??? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Dude, really, those are pretty sad sources |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. What did you expect, posting right-wing crankery in the DU Environment group? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Dr. Richard S. Lindzen LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!1111 |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Well, I know now all I need to know |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. No, not everything is CO2 |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. The climate science community and Supreme Court sez it is |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. And besides, god can always make NEW species to fill in the gaps! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. . |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. *snarf* |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let's review the evidence |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Okay. Convince me that we are experiencing "mass extinction" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Go to google scholar |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Wake up. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Screw you and your "directions". |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. what differences? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yeah, it's a well known fact that reality is defined by Google results |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Back to the original challenge |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. "Wake and follow directions or shut up." |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. All I asked for was |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I've given no opinion, dear. |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Never heard of ICR organization |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "don't give me 16 gazillion Google hits." |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Also ... |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. Holocene extinction |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. No. It is not. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Teh Google sez the Holocene began 10,000 years ago |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
52. Teh Google sez we are in the Anthropocene - which is characterized by mass extinctions |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Anthro.. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. As a public service, and to help minimize the confusion, I give you this convenient thread summary: |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. Please watch Jeremy Jackson's "Brave New Ocean": |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. For the contrary scientific opinion, see E. O. Wilson: |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. IUCN Red List of Endangered Species: |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. great link, thank you |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. They do a great job, glad you like. n/t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. Patrick Moore is Loon with a capital L |
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