Glacier National Park to remove all 'glaciers will be gone by 2020' signs

I imagine this is perfect for climate change deniers. Climate change is very difficult to fight because both undershooting and overshooting your predictions can come back and hurt you.

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Post by deith » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

That's weird, I'm pretty sure in the 80s I read that by 2020 the Earth would be a giant ball of smoldering fire

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Post by duderific » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

0xdada wrote: post #5

I imagine this is perfect for climate change deniers. Climate change is very difficult to fight because both undershooting and overshooting your predictions can come back and hurt you.

I can only imagine the gleeful Fox News reporting once they get hold of this story.

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Post by bregma » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

deith wrote: post #6

That's weird, I'm pretty sure in the 80s I read that by 2020 the Earth would be a giant ball of smoldering fire

I'm pretty sure in the '70s I read the Earth would be a big ball of ice, but it's OK since if we didn't nuke ourselves the overpopulation will have killed us all off.

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Post by kirstenbirgit » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

deith wrote: post #6

That's weird, I'm pretty sure in the 80s I read that by 2020 the Earth would be a giant ball of smoldering fire

Have you seen what's going on in Australia and the Amazon right about now?

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Post by bureaucrat » Thu, Jan 09, 2020, 9:25 PM UTC

fear-mongering much?