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It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by SigmundA »

lmilcin wrote: post #8

Who still believes global warming does not exist? I am currently listening to audiobook of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998). It has a paragraph on global warming and trying to convince POTUS it is real. And POTUS not wanting to act on it because it would be too large economic drag on US. This book is almost quarter of century old.

Most of the deniers I know have shifted from it doesn't exist to either its not man made and just a natural cycle or it may actually be a good thing because plants like CO2 and warmth...

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by api »

lmilcin wrote: post #8

Who still believes global warming does not exist? I am currently listening to audiobook of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998). It has a paragraph on global warming and trying to convince POTUS it is real. And POTUS not wanting to act on it because it would be too large economic drag on US. This book is almost quarter of century old.

I was very much a skeptic until I started seeing more and more real world (as opposed to just models) evidence. I am pretty convinced now.

My skepticism was rooted in the fact that politicians, pundits, and the media were trying to scare me about it. Any time politicians or the media try to scare me about anything my default response is to assume it's a get out the vote drive or a power grab and to become extremely skeptical. This isn't partisan. It doesn't matter if the politician is "left" or "right."

I still think that should be a default suspicion, but that means you have to dig and check the details and check multiple sources.

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by gruez »

orf wrote: post #7

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal And this is still a thing.

As much as this is (anti?) virtue-signaling, it's not really a contributor to global warming. Idling the engine for a minute or two probably causes more co2 emissions. The main concern is the particulate emissions.

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by wk_end »

lmilcin wrote: post #8

Who still believes global warming does not exist? I am currently listening to audiobook of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998). It has a paragraph on global warming and trying to convince POTUS it is real. And POTUS not wanting to act on it because it would be too large economic drag on US. This book is almost quarter of century old.

Just based on what I can gleam from things like Facebook newspaper comment sections: there are certainly still some deniers, but I feel like outright denialism has mostly given way to a belief that global warming isn't man-made - that it's a natural part of Earth's climate cycle - and that releasing carbon could only be good for the planet (plants breathe CO2 after all).

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

whall6 wrote: post #19

Why is every other post on hacker news about climate change

Because it's of interest to hackers.

Why? Partly because it's a technical problem, and partly because we care about the environment, because that's where we live.

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by headmelted »

echelon wrote: post #15
orf wrote: post #7

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal And this is still a thing.

Yeah, these assholes: (Warning: these videos will make you very mad.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS5psOvHFIE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDxjge5hmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHmJSsRLgj4 https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/j1yj0c/trum... This should be some sort of crime. edit: Sorry, I edited out my comment about this probably giving bikers cancer after I included more videos. This can't…

“It probably gave the bicyclists cancer”

I said this to someone who showed me one of these videos once and they basically told me to wise up and stop being paranoid.

How about the whole world stops being a pack of idiots instead?

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by ancientworldnow »

api wrote: post #22
lmilcin wrote: post #8

Who still believes global warming does not exist? I am currently listening to audiobook of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998). It has a paragraph on global warming and trying to convince POTUS it is real. And POTUS not wanting to act on it because it would be too large economic drag on US. This book is almost quarter of century old.

I was very much a skeptic until I started seeing more and more real world (as opposed to just models) evidence. I am pretty convinced now. My skepticism was rooted in the fact that politicians, pundits, and the media were trying to scare me about it. Any time politicians or the media try to scare me about anything my default response is to assume it's a get out the vote drive or a power grab and to become extremely s…

If anything, politicians globally are hugely downplaying the risks of climate change and betting on being out of office before the worst effects manifest.

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by imoverclocked »

api wrote: post #22
lmilcin wrote: post #8

Who still believes global warming does not exist? I am currently listening to audiobook of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (1998). It has a paragraph on global warming and trying to convince POTUS it is real. And POTUS not wanting to act on it because it would be too large economic drag on US. This book is almost quarter of century old.

I was very much a skeptic until I started seeing more and more real world (as opposed to just models) evidence. I am pretty convinced now. My skepticism was rooted in the fact that politicians, pundits, and the media were trying to scare me about it. Any time politicians or the media try to scare me about anything my default response is to assume it's a get out the vote drive or a power grab and to become extremely s…

Did the plethora of scientists claiming that it was an issue not factor in at all?

Re: It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record

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Post by systemvoltage »

orf wrote: post #7

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal And this is still a thing.

This always gets brought up and it's a distraction from the real coal power plants that contribute to double digit CO2 emissions.

Some guy blowing up smoke in the truck might make you raged but it's misplaced. Can we get raged at the coal powered power plants?

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