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[–]Tom_Bombadil 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

It's interesting that the Sierra club now bases it's policy on opinion, instead of evidence.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Yes, and the "97% of scientists" he continues to repeat is, in fact, 97% of a small number of scientists that responded to a Sierra Club poll. That is 97% of 77 scientists who responded to a non-scientific online poll agreed that the world is warming despite satellite data to the contrary.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

The wheels have come if of the global warming bus, and they're now desperate enough to rely on bogus polling.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Polar Bear populations have quintupled. What about that lonely bear swimming around that we saw three or four years ago. 😃

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What about that lonely bear swimming around that we saw three or four years ago. 😃

That polar bear is now a champion swimmer; and quite respected in the polar bear community. 🏅

[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

[–]Optimus85 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

As an addendum, I'd like to point out that, scientifically speaking, the melting of the ice sheets will very likely hamper polar bears' abilities to look for food. However, I don't think we can really ascertain the impact of human activities on the receding ice. Pollution and its effects on people living in densely populated cities is quite obvious but the recent weather threads could be caused by a host of other factors that we're not able to observe or quantify.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If David Dilley is correct we have already entered a period of global cooling. He says the guff about global warming is all about energy and money and is driven by academics desperate for grants. Since he is not an academic and apparently has no agenda to push, I tend to believe him.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Do you think that man made climate change is real?

[–]Optimus85 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't believe there is enough scientific evidence to come to that conclusion. Doesn't mean everyone should be driving F350s though...

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They had me fooled for many years.

The fact that "the warming paused" and the atmosphere CO2 rate continues to accelerate is proof that the theory was a fraud.

The real scam is the UN agenda 21 global takeover. That's the global end game.

Control of energy resources is the reason that global warming is being pushed.
But it's just one piece of their strategy. There are multiple fronts.

Also, the fossil fuel concept is a hoax.

The deepest fossils discovered was at a depth of 6700 meters.

The deepest oil well was drilled to over 12,000 meters. This is impossible, if the fossil fuel theory is correct.

We've all been duped.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Fact Check is entitled to its opinion but their answer hinges on a group I do not trust, the U.S. Department of the Interior.

[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed. I should have picked a better source.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think David Dilley is a darn good source. He consistently outperforms NOAA (?) and other groups in predicting how bad hurricane seasons will be and even earthquakes. His company is not as well-known as the other predicters because he doesn't care about the global-warming agenda and knows it is baloney.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, they used online polls to get the opinions of "scientists." Now that is valid data and forget what the satellites say. (David Dilley suggests a different but equally bogus way they arrived at the 97% figure. Note that he is CEO of a weather prediction company and has a dim view of academics who publish in this field and their data.)

[–]BinuMan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

All the idiots who shout "97%" nonsense don't even have a clue where that number came from. This is required viewing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgakkNTHwew

[–]hennaojisan[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks.