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Why Is Europe Burning?

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Re: Why Is Europe Burning?

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It's not climate change/global warming of course - that's a hoax, a con job and a scam - world leaders tell us so.

That's not fair, there are also a lot of world leaders that pay lip service to concern about global warming while defending corporate interests at all costs!

Re: Why Is Europe Burning?

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It's not climate change/global warming of course - that's a hoax, a con job and a scam - world leaders tell us so.

World leaders paying back fossil fuel companies who helped them get elected.

Indeed buddy, what is the point? the GP noted the corruption, you also have issue with corruption. The current admin(in the US) thinks corruption is legal.So why split hairs?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

World leaders paying back fossil fuel companies who helped them get elected.

Indeed buddy, what is the point? the GP noted the corruption, you also have issue with corruption. The current admin(in the US) thinks corruption is legal.So why split hairs?

Just pointing out where the root of the denialism comes from. Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change in the 1970s because their scientists told them, and they covered it up, then later began a campaign to discredit climate science as it became obvious the Earth was warming.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed buddy, what is the point? the GP noted the corruption, you also have issue with corruption. The current admin(in the US) thinks corruption is legal.So why split hairs?

Just pointing out where the root of the denialism comes from. Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change in the 1970s because their scientists told them, and they covered it up, then later began a campaign to discredit climate science as it became obvious the Earth was warming.

Totally agree, the issue is what does anyone DO?

Re: Why Is Europe Burning?

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It's not climate change/global warming of course - that's a hoax, a con job and a scam - world leaders tell us so.

In this particular case it was literally arson.

Arson may be the original source, as may campfires, downed power lines, sparks from powered tools, etc, but the fact that these fires grow much larger than in the past is because of climate change.

If it wasn't humans, it'd be lightning strikes and other natural phenomena.

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