Apple CEO Tim Cook Urges U.S. President to Stay in Paris Climate Pact

[slimothy]

I think we can all agree that more government regulations is a better government.

Nobody wants to be like middle-America/Somalia where the economy is weak.

Everyone wants a big-government liberal society like California or New York, where the economy is strong.

LOL I really thought you were trolling there until I realized how off-base you are, and that you're serious. Less government = capitalism thrives. Look at history for an example of that. Actually, many examples.

 

[FatherJack1980]

Tim, stop being a hypocrite

Start making products that are upgradeable

 

[ibookg409]

Tim, stop being a hypocrite

Start making products that are upgradeable

Lol. I tried clicking the done button.

 

[Born Again]

how about trump resign and tim stay out of politics?

Trump is a disgusting filth of a human being.

He really is hurting America.

 

[CrystalQuest76]

As usual, the poor and uneducated screwing us all. Thank you, Trump supporters.

There are many smart people that are against environmental regulations. They know if they have to comply to those regulations their profit margins will be reduced and their opportunity for greed will be curtailed. Of course that is short term thinking and that is where the money is being made.

 

[ibookg409]

how about trump resign and tim stay out of politics?

Trump is a disgusting filth of a human being.

He really is hurting America.

What has Trump done? How is your life any worse off now than it was on January 19th?
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As usual, the poor and uneducated screwing us all. Thank you, Trump supporters.

I supported Trump. Are you saying that I am poor and uneducated?

 

[whsbuss]

Are you a scientist?

What research have you published to draw this conclusion?

Well you do realize that each and every second the sun grows larger. So eventually the earth will become uninhabited - man contributes but show me your evidence that paying $$$$$$ to a climate pact will save us.

 

[ibookg409]

There are many smart people that are against environmental regulations. They know if they have to comply to those regulations their profit margins will be reduced and their opportunity for greed will be curtailed. Of course that is short term thinking and that is where the money is being made.

There is nothing wrong with protecting the environment. No one should be able to dump waste into a lake or river. No one should be able to clear cut wetlands just to erect a Target and a movie theatre.

But there is a difference between policies that protect the environment and policies designed to tax people and companies with the ridiculous notion of reducing the earths temperature. The earth has been through countless cycles of warning and cooling well before man created the internal combustion engine. Britain used to be warm enough to grow olives. We've been through this many iceages. It's taken 1000s of years for all the ice to melt away from the last ice age. Melting glaciers isn't proof that man is raping the earth, it's just proof that it takes a really long time for planet sized ice cubes to melt.

Man made global warming is bull ****. If we should do everything we can to be responsible with our opinions planet.

 

[Nefilim]

Stay out of politics Tim and worry about the keynote next week.

That ship has sailed long time ago, get over it (or not, it just doesn't matter really).

 

[CrystalQuest76]

Then Apple should build products that would lasts for years. They should not sell Macs that are crippled and gets obsolete in 6 months. iPhone release should be every 2-3 years and iPad should be every 3-5 years. They need to get rid of yearly iPhone upgrade program. My suggestion is nothing new to Apple they already done this to Mac Pro and Minis. Imagine millions of those Apple products being shipped every year that includes deliveries that's a pretty significant carbon footprint right there. Millions of those Apple products being dump somewhere because not a lot of people turn their old products to Apple. If Tim actually does this then he actually putting his mouth where he speaks. As of now other than he says to look good to the media and for himself.

I have two macs (one desktop and one laptop) that are working just fine after five years. I have two iPhones in my household that are two years old and they work fine along with a two-year-old and three-year-old iPad.
Just since apple generates new versions of their products nearly every year, it does not mean that consumers (with the money) need to buy the latest product.
Saving money is not a crime, and nether is conservation.

 

[johngordon]

In other news, Apple customers urge Tim Cook to focus on Apple.

In other news, new research suggests people are capable of thinking about more than one thing at the same time.

 

[star-affinity]

You forget that CO2 is a feedback loop. Plants turn CO2 into O2 and people use O2 and exhale CO2. You put more people on the earth you need more plants to clean it up. And then you have to take more plants away to house those people. And you need more plants to feed those people. So you're adding CO2 and removing the things that remove CO2.

Even if you add people without removing plants (skyscrapers) you still need to rape the Earth to build them be it concrete, steel, etc.

More Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is not necessarily good for plants.

https://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food.htm

 

[johngordon]

Stay out of politics Tim and worry about the keynote next week.

Do you find that only ever being able to think or worry about one thing holds you back in life at all?

 

[Born Again]

What has Trump done? How is your life any worse off now than it was on January 19th?
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I supported Trump. Are you saying that I am poor and uneducated?

For society to improve think of others than just yourself.

How would could you reasonably argue taking heathcare away from those in need a good idea? Removing environmental protections when climate change is happening. I can go on and on. This isn't my life is society.

You know i miss President Bush. At least he wasn't such a terrible person. I mean seriously trump is a bad person. Can you agree with that?

 

[jonblatho]

I supported Trump. Are you saying that I am poor and uneducated?

Statistically, the odds aren’t awful, at least for the latter.

 

[ibookg409]

Can you answer any of my questions please? Answer my questions and then I will answer yours. That seems fair, right?

 

[Swift]

Well - this is problematic. We could see increased device costs if nations choose to pursue punishment.

They won't punish us, but it will hurt us directly, because renewable energy is the future. There are at least half a million jobs in renewables already, 50,000 and shrinking in coal. Maybe 100,000 in oil and gas. We have to develop the electrical grid to power almost everything, and to accept the facts of science. We can't allow this to be delayed like the science about tobacco. That PR blitz delayed stronger measures against tobacco for 25 years and killed millions for profit. (Okay, that sounds harsh, because it was harsh on the people who suffered and died.) Delaying the massive actions that are necessary now is suicidal.

 

[ibookg409]

Statistically, the odds aren’t awful.

I have 5 properties and own 4 of them outright. I'm not poor. I design and build advanced communication systems. I'm not uneducated.

How are you doing?

 

[CrystalQuest76]

Everybody can be a scientist nowadays. Look Bill Nye a tv personality which demo some cool stuff, and quote some information that is interesting.

Actually as an engineer, Bill Nye is a scientist.

 

[star-affinity]

If you have an alternative explanation for why atmospheric carbon dioxide started jumping around the Industrial Revolution, and the global mean temperature began trending up to follow suit, but is not related to humans, I'd be interested to hear it.

This.

 

[jonblatho]

Man made global warming is bull ****.

Wrong. See my earlier post for why. I give a high-level view of the physical processes that drive global warming and explain why this bout is especially concerning.

Climate change has happened, is happening, and is currently being driven predominantly by human excess. Isn't the first time we've screwed up nature, just the worst example so far.
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Actually as an engineer, Bill Nye is a scientist.

I'm actually not a fan of some of what Bill Nye has to say about climate change. He’s a little quick to blame specific weather events on climate change…it hurts us all when he does.

 

[itguy06]

More Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere is not necessarily good for plants.

https://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-plant-food.htm

Yeah let's trust a site that promotes the man made global warming agenda. Real unbiased source. Again, Mother Nature has built in feedback loops. Plants and CO2 are that such loop. Wasn't too long ago that scientists were trying to figure out the balance of algae (a plant) to combat the rise of CO2 levels...

 

[ibookg409]

Hi! Meteorology major here. We can predict the weather for your neighborhood for the next few days with (usually) pretty good accuracy. If you're not getting the accuracy you seek, perhaps it's a good idea to get weather information from a different source. For the United States, the National Weather Service, The Weather Channel, local broadcast media, Weather Underground, AccuWeather, Dark Sky, and many more exist.

Climate change is the result of relatively simple radiative processes in our atmosphere. Carbon dioxide traps and reemits solar radiation that enters our atmosphere. Other gases do this, too, and together they're called greenhouse gases. There are a lot of sources of greenhouse gases, and in moderation, they're a good thing! They're here to keep our temperatures from swinging hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit each day.

Of course, there can be too much of a good thing. Climate's changed before, sure, and we can look at previous climate change going back centuries or even millennia. But compared to previous climate changes, this one's happening really fast—far faster than any before it—and it starts right around the beginning of the 20th century.

It's tough not to tie this to the human-led Industrial Revolution, when we started pumping into the air factory exhaust and, soon afterward, car exhaust. Deforestation, which removes plants that absorb carbon dioxide and return oxygen, exacerbates the problem.

If you have an alternative explanation for why atmospheric carbon dioxide started jumping around the Industrial Revolution, and the global mean temperature began trending up to follow suit, but is not related to humans, I'd be interested to hear it.

As for what caused the end of the last Ice Age, it was a change in the composition of gases in our atmosphere—fittingly, an increase in carbon dioxide.

Do a little research on the Vostok Ice Core Samples. CO2 increases tend to follow a warming, not the other way around. Temps go up, plant life increases, plants produce CO2.

 

[CrystalQuest76]

For society to improve think of others than just yourself.

Thinking about others and helping others will get you killed. Just ask the two of the three individuals that stood up and came to the defense of two innocent women in Portland. Ricky John Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche were two brave individuals that cared about more than themselves and their own personal comforts.

 

[sbailey4]

If someone is rich, they are most likely rich because of their social status: rich parents, nepotism, and trust funds.

Remember, this is how Donald Trump got rich, because he had a rich dad.

Republicans like to think having rich parents is "hard work".

People that work hard are never rich.

OHHHHHH so that's why the liberals are all about handouts and freebies and welfare. Been wondering why that was for a while now you have explained it perfectly. Because "people that work hard are never rich". Well there ya go. Thanks for the info!