Apple Reiterates Commitment to Obama Era Climate Pledge

[farmboy]

Humans have MUCH less of an impact than you people are giving us *credit* for. Not even close. So you expect us to live in cardboard boxes by candle-light just so hundreds of years from now maybe it will make a difference? Nope. Not interested.

Climate change is simply a ploy to grab cash and power from people to give it to others. Its an agenda. Period. Get off my back.

Get off my future.

PS: Right now, the second leading source of electricity in the world (behind petroleum) is renewable (wind - solar - hydro). More than natural gas, more than coal. Your cardboard box and candles will most likely be brought to you by continued reliance on petroleum.

 

[melendezest]

I agree, except that you state evolution remains a theory. Indeed, it cannot be observed in the obvious sense as a prehominid giving birth to a human. But it can be observed in fossils, genetics, behaviour studies, etc. There are for instance very compelling genetics studies that make a irrefutable case for evolution.

For instance, we can now observe the Earth is round from the international space station. The earliest photographic proof only came in the 1940's. But before that, we had to trust mathematicians and physicists. Scientific evidence can be very complex, and perhaps that's the real challenge of today. Explaining complex things to people.

I'd have to take your (and every other scientist whose research I haven't replicated) word for it.

Which requires faith and belief, especially once things get complicated enough to require "interpretation", such as connecting monkey to man and one becoming the other.

Thus I take those things with a grain of salt and not categorize them as "fact", although I don't discount the possibility altogether.

 

[nt5672]

You didn't burst my bubble. You're talking about the weather, I'm talking about climate. You're referring to a meteorologist. I'm a climate scientist. Two completely different subjects.

I suggest you learn the difference if you want to participate in a climate change discussion.

If you don't have the knowledge to predict temperature or rainfall 24 hours in the future, you don't have the knowledge to go any further, regardless of what you call yourself.

 

[MacCurry]

What exactly is a climate scientist?

A doctoral degree in each of the following subjects:
1. Astrophysics
2. Condensed matter physics
2. Geophysics
3. Meteorology (atmospheric physics)
4. Environmental Science (a branch of civil engineering dealing with water systems and large scale waste disposal)
5. Limnology (study of fresh water systems ecology)
6. Microbiology

The problem is that climate is very very complex and no one of these groups can explain everything. So people remain skeptical.
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If you don't have the knowledge to predict temperature or rainfall 24 hours in the future, you don't have the knowledge to go any further, regardless of what you call yourself.

Meteorologist vs. atmospheric physics are two different disciplines.

Atmospheric physics is a branch of meteorology and is related to climatology. Atmospheric physicists use mathematical and physical models to study and understand Earth's atmosphere and its weather systems. For example, they apply the theory of fluid dynamics to atmospheric tides./

 

[citizenzen]

If you don't have the knowledge to predict temperature or rainfall 24 hours in the future, you don't have the knowledge to go any further, regardless of what you call yourself.

Weather reports are quite reliable these days.

 

[amegicfox]

With soldered ram on desktop, very hard to upgrade hardware, glued components, Macs, Phones and tablet that are purposely being removed from updates and declared obsolete after 4 years, Tim Cook claim to be a "green" person.

Schiller laughing and making fun at Mac users who still use perfectly functioning Macs that are 5 years old.

Apple management hypocrisy and greed is endless.

 

[Meister]

With soldered ram on desktop, very hard to upgrade hardware, glued components, Macs, Phones and tablet that are purposely being removed from updates and declared obsolete after 4 years, Tim Cook claim to be a "green" person.

Schiller laughing and making fun at Mac users who still use perfectly functioning Macs that are 5 years old.

Apple management hypocrisy and greed is endless.

As much as I dislike their political activism, they still make the best computers

There's just no alternative.

 

[s2mikey]

Get off my future.

PS: Right now, the second leading source of electricity in the world (behind petroleum) is renewable (wind - solar - hydro). More than natural gas, more than coal. Your cardboard box and candles will most likely be brought to you by continued reliance on petroleum.

Your future? What about me and everyone elses present? What about the fact that your future isnt set in stone and the climate change data has been fudged at best? Sorry. Not doing it.

 

[star-affinity]

Your future? What about me and everyone elses present? What about the fact that your future isnt set in stone and the climate change data has been fudged at best? Sorry. Not doing it.

No, climate change data is definitely more concrete than fudge.
And I'm pretty certain he wasn't only talking about himself when saying ”get of my future”.

 

[s2mikey]

No, climate change data is definitely more concrete than fudge.
And I'm pretty certain he wasn't only talking about himself when saying ”get of my future”.

No it isnt. Its "concrete" in the eyes of those that have fallen for the sales pitch or stand to gain $$$ from it. C'mon.

 

[star-affinity]

No it isnt. Its "concrete" in the eyes of those that have fallen for the sales pitch or stand to gain $$$ from it. C'mon.

C'mon back at you.
What about the sales pitch or stand to gain $$$ from ignoring it?