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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:30 PM Original message |
Why are so few here interested in the Climate Change Summit? |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've been reading the threads on it |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. this has been like HCR on steroids |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I know! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because Summits rarely lead to substantive change |
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Juneboarder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Global Warming is BUNK? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. It's snowing in North Carolina today |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. What the fuck does that prove about global warming? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's that little ol health care thingie. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's been a really long week. Nobel prize, HCR, the summit. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. because people have lost hope of anything meaningful happening |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. No China is the biggest problem |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Who has more weight at Copenhagen? |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. An American still produces 3.5 times the CO2 that a Chinese produces, there are just 4 times |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. China is rapidly industrializing and is not lifting a finger to curb carbon |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Sadly, American emissions don't decline every year |
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harkadog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Thanks for the figures |
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unabelladonna (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. climate change as an issue |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. what we do immediately, will affect us all down |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. Probably because it seems a forgone conclusion that it will not produce the needed change |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
49. You got it. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've been paying some attention to it, but I think the HC debate has been sucking up all the oxygen |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. There will be more today since Obama's people are claiming he just did something great. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've been watching it all week on Democracy Now! and quite honestly what |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. the coverage has been awesome! if people were watching/listening/reading DN! they would understand |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. I have to admit, I have been distracted on health care. I have followed it loosely |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Me, too, but after watching what was going on and listening to the interviews |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. +1 |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Most people know that nothing is going to happen. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Partly because although many call themselves "activists" |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Get over yourself. Disagreeing with "FrenchieCat" on DU does not mean one is not an activist. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because it is a meaningless dog and pony show |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. I am very interested, and disappointed that the USA isn't taking a stronger stance. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. USA is part of the problem IMHO. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. sometimes to lead |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. It sure does. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not much to fight about, any deal on |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
24. The only thing I'm watching is the level of progress. The summit itself was corrupt before it began. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am uninterested in anyone whose "effective" response to global climate change is "cap and trade" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Cap-N-Trade is a big scam. We need a CARBON TAX. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. certainly, this has been an opportunity to learn |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
26. We're too busy dealing with the fact that we've been played |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. What you said. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
27. because it's a joke that will not solve anything. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
32. So you have determined exactly what qualifies as many or few? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. it's not the number of threads |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. more interested in healthcare and also |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's the Protesters Who Offer the Best Hope for Our Planet |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I wish we had protests like that about HCR. Universal health care would be |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. that is the component of the summit |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. what's the point...? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. Because there is a war on christmas going on! Jeesh! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's our prime concern. It over-arches all issues |
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Myhrejl (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
52. Why are so few here interested in the Climate Change Summit? |
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mddem9850 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. a lot of them are just ignorant dolts |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
54. Global warming is a HUGE issue for me, but I feel like NOTHING will be done under Obama. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. actually, the alternative climate summit was probably more productive |
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