Power Station Attacked by Climate Change Clowns

[TheStinger]

I am always a bit sceptical about impending doom scenarios, when I was at school in the 80's the current thinking was that the oil would run out in 2000 and we were about to enter another ice age.

However there does seem to be fair amount of evidence of the climate warming up.

[Solly]

"However there does seem to be fair amount of evidence of the climate warming up."

A small, modern warming isn't denied.

[Arrian]

I guess my question is this: ok, you don't like carbon emissions, and therefore coal power plants are something you want done away with. But if the plants are shut down, right now, how do you take up the slack. Even assuming conserving some power, you'd be waaaaay short.

By all means, vote for the Greens. Support alternative power generation (hell, I pay more than I have to on my power bill for just such a purpose). But this? Moronic.

-Arrian

[Snotty]

the consequences of trying to prevent global warming are not terrible. we take a quality of life hit. the scientists might be wrong and global warming is a sham, but the consequences of not doing anything in the second scenario involve a much higher quality of life hit

but hey Im mister procrastination. I cant expect other people to get their fingers out if they dont beleive global warming MIGHT be bad

[Lorizael]

But what if there is no Global Warming, but we do something to prevent it anyways... and end up causing Global Cooling instead!

[Snotty]

that might be the right argument to bring PA around

[Solly]

Originally posted by Snotty
the consequences of trying to prevent global warming are not terrible. we take a quality of life hit. the scientists might be wrong and global warming is a sham, but the consequences of not doing anything in the second scenario involve a much higher quality of life hit

but hey Im mister procrastination. I cant expect other people to get their fingers out if they dont beleive global warming MIGHT be bad

Precautionary Principle huh?

[Snotty]

yeah i guess. although how we are going to get the yanks out of their cars I will be buggered if I know

[Lorizael]

We'll invade Europe again before we give up our cars.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Snotty
yeah i guess. although how we are going to get the yanks out of their cars I will be buggered if I know

Reduce the size of the continent.

[Elok]

This global warming skepticism is a clear symptom of humanity's waning faith in objectively verified, empirical truth, combined with our loss of faith in religion.

You jacked my thread for a troll; now we're even.

[Tattila the Hun]

I wonder if the company that owns the powerstation also manufactures space shuttles?

[Whaleboy]

I can't believe that people are still feeding PA's trolls!

Ignorance just got more stupid

And wtf is up with this?

Liberal and defender of freedoms for the people

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
There is no disproving to be done. The case has not yet been made.

I guess you are better than 90% of the climatologists, then.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Wezil


Reduce the size of the continent.

So it's a self-regulating system: Auto-emissions ==> Global warming ==> Ice cap melting ==> Coastal flooding ==> Reduced driving......