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That's the voice of Science. And we (in the USA) just elected a leader who doesn't believe that humans have anything to do with climate change.
by finid 10y ago
That's the voice of Science.
And we (in the USA) just elected a leader who doesn't believe that humans have anything to do with climate change.
- meritt 10y agoIndeed. And two countries most emboldened by a Trump presidency? Russia and China. China, US, Russia are the 3 top contributors to global warming by a significant margin. China has 60% more CO2 emissions than the United States, but Trump's promise to wage war on clean energy while investing heavily in coal and oil, there's a good chance US will be back to #1. So I guess the question is will civilization ultimately perish from climate change or nuclear war? With Trump at the helm, it's hard to say which happens first, but we can conclude that we're all fucked.
- finid 10y agoGuess who will likely be his nominee for Interior Secretary? Hint: Drill, baby, drill!
- Retric 10y agodoesn't believe... No, doesn't care, he may or may not believe.
- hyperbovine 10y agoFor people outside the USA who may naively conflate "elected" with "the majority of the voters voted for", I feel the need to point out that this is not what happened.
- manachar 10y agoClinton did not get the majority by that much. A very significant portion of the public voted for this leader and the party espousing similar anti-science position all the way down the ticket.
- hyperbovine 10y agoAgreed, but in democracies a special status is conferred upon the majority. The majority of voters did not vote for this idiot. It's a really important point.
- Mizza 10y agoFinally tally isn't in, CNN still has Trump as the projected winner of the popular vote.
- finid 10y agoThis is slightly off topic, but the fact that Trump got as many votes as he did, or that Hillary did not get way more votes that a person running against Trump should have, shows how bad of a candidate she was. She was not even very popular with women. Democrats screwed themselves.
- bluthru 10y ago>She was not even very popular with women. 4% lower than Obama. Pathetic.
- einrealist 10y ago"clean coal" Enough said.
- burke 10y agoThis, of all things, is actually only mostly bullshit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage
- petre 10y agoCarbon sequestration is expensive. It might just be much more cheaper and cleaner to build 4th gen nuclear power plants. Or geothermal for that matter.
- einrealist 10y agoYeah, and its not only about the carbon dioxide that must be captured safely, when its emitted. Its also about the dirty and energy consuming business of getting the coal out of the earth crust in the first place. The term "clean coal" is just ... I would laugh if it weren't so sad.
- k8t 10y agoYeah, seriously. However you feel about Obama, he not only advocated for climate change efforts, but spoke intelligently about AI and it's risks. Can you imagine Trump doing that? Edit: Hell, I can hardly even imagine Hillary doing that.