Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Of the 50 or so climate alarmist predictions I've heard over my life, the number that have come to fruition is zero. I bought this house in Massachusetts on a small mountain expecting to sell it as waterfront property, and darnit if you wouldn't know it's still on a mountain.
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So if I turn up my thermostat and don't drive that's going to make an effect. Are you CRAZY. Look at the sheer number of people in India, China, Africa etc and they want to live like us so they are JUST STARTING to buy cars, get electricity, etc and do you think they are going to give that up....NOT. Plus, how do you know CO2 level increases are not from the huge amount of undersea volcanos? The climate may be changing but it always has and always will. Humans have always had to adapt to live besides the main problem with our planet right now is OVERPOPULATION. If we had half the people, everything would be fine.
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I’ll post the link later to the study of Augusto’s Capri home that is now *under* 4.2m of water. It includes the statement that the Med has risen since Roman times. Or maybe the sea levels are different on opposite sides of the island.
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Or maybe pictures don't lie? Or maybe the local "expert" lacked expertise? Or maybe it doesn't matter since in 50,000 years we'll all be underwater anyway----note 50 THOUSAND years NOT 20, or 50 or 100
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Where I am it hasn’t rained in the last three days but still there is water in the streets near drainage grates. There is also a salt water flood warning for the rest of the day. Sea rise is affecting cities today, tens of thousands of years before the period some seem to be focused on.
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Why do people insist on making claims without looking them up first, do they really think no one will check? Proof by emphatic assertion rarely works. Confirmation bias is real; I can find any number of articles that say so. Victor, NY Randallstown, MD Yakima, WA Stevensville, MD Village of Hillsborough |
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Even if the whole climate issue is real I don't believe that the ridiculous measures that they are trying to mandate and going to make much difference. Why electric cars, which have their own issues, and appliances? Why not corporate jets and yachts and excessive mcmansions? Why do we take the hit while the super rich go unscathed? Published estimates of top billionaires' annual emissions in 2021 and found that a superyacht — with permanent crew, helicopter pad, submarines and pools — emits about 7,020 tons of carbon dioxide a year, over 1,500 times higher than a typical family car.
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When the climate alarmists start hyperventilating, I just roll my eyes and walk away. There is nothing significant we can do, especially as well less than half the population of the world, to change the climate OF AN ENTIRE PLANET.
Should we work to reduce pollution? Absolutely, and the US, Western Europe, and Japan have led the way in this area since the 1970's. But CO2 is not pollution, it is a necessary component of life on earth. Is the average temperature increasing? Perhaps. But all we can do is adapt to it. EV, solar, and wind will make little to no difference, anymore than washing my car makes it rain. And nuclear, which is zero emissions, also leads to hyperventilation of the same people. Who by the way, when you look at how they live their personal lives, gives no indication that they believe in what they say. So I'm going to live my life as I see fit, and ignore the Chicken Littles. Gotta go watch the Bears lose now. |
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Could be, wasn't aware. Affected by high levels more often but is not where I currently am. Guess that makes the effects even more widespread.
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