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Tim Cook Introduces 'An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power' At Silicon Valley Film Debut
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Remind me again, who in the climate debate is on the moralizing 'repent all ye sinners' side? And whose 'priests' are selling tithes to absolve all these 'sinners'? Whose calling for 'non-believer' witch hunts in order to save us from this 'evil'? Why does man made climate change belief function exactly like 'original sin' theology in Catholicism?
Should be pretty obvious where the superstition lies. Hint: it's never with the skeptics demanding hard scientific proof.
In order for scientific proof to actually happen, there needs to be a testable hypothesis that can be repeated for the same results. This has never happened on the 'repent all ye climate sinners' side. Lots of speculation over data, and very colorful ways to present some data, along with dire 'predications' of the future. But none of that is cold, hard science, it's merely speculation by scientists, and speculation is how people manage ignorance when they can't/don't have the information or means to make a testable hypothesis thru experiment and reach a repeatable result.
I'd take a deep breath and try not to worry about burning fossil fuels. But what you should worry about are the measurements showing an alarming increased rate of decrease in rotational speed of the Earth's molten core. Slowing core is 'planet death', and there's an overwhelming scientific consensus to support this, so... Repent! And I guarantee that American automobiles, TV, iPhones and Rock n Roll, are all somehow to blame/tax for this too.
"Truth to Power" from venture capitalists and the CEO of the biggest tech company in the world.
Sadly, you may be right. Tipping points come when the color of no-ice absorbs more heat, and the gases released from no-longer-frozen permafrost trap more heat.
I'm hoping some smart people are working on atmospheric greenhouse gas scrubbers.
Rule number one when setting out to solve a problem -- define the end goal. That's the problem I have with the global warming issue. It's rare that anyone championing the cause defines the end goal of their efforts with anything other than vague generalities.
"We need to stop making the planet warmer." Ok, so does that mean we simply need to sustain the current temperature? Oh, we need to make the planet cooler? By how much? Oh, no one can really agree on that?
The vast majority of environmentalists are simply people who ascribe to the notion that the planet needs to be saved; and they like to give themselves a pat on the back every once in a while for doing their part (including contributing a boatload of cash, in many instances) to save it. They also like to get on their high horse and talk down to people who they think don't take the issue as seriously as they should.
If Tim and Al want to donate their money to a cause that doesn't have a definitive goal that is widely agreed upon, that's their prerogative.
"We need to stop making the planet warmer." Ok, so does that mean we simply need to sustain the current temperature? Oh, we need to make the planet cooler? By how much? Oh, no one can really agree on that?
The vast majority of environmentalists are simply people who ascribe to the notion that the planet needs to be saved; and they like to give themselves a pat on the back every once in a while for doing their part (including contributing a boatload of cash, in many instances) to save it. They also like to get on their high horse and talk down to people who they think don't take the issue as seriously as they should.
If Tim and Al want to donate their money to a cause that doesn't have a definitive goal that is widely agreed upon, that's their prerogative.
Some of the initial global warming predictions had pretty early dates, I believe pretty early in this century, as to when we'd pass the tipping point and various doomsday scenarios would take place. Have we passed any of those dates yet?
Why do you hate freedom? Government steals and threatens people into cooperating. Companies only exist if they have voluntarily paying customers.
It's even more ludicrous because Al Gore is on Apple's Board. He's OK with it too. I guess that is an inconvenient fact they don't want to deal with because it would affect the bottom line and thinness.
And it's not just about repairability. Take the just obsoleted ATV2. It's perfectly usable for a lot of people still but just because it's 5 years old Apple won't update it anymore (not for features, but just usability tweaks). That's the definition of being wasteful.
I'm just glad someone managed to mention Trump as though we don't have enough posts involving him lately.
If it is caused by mankind then how did North America's glaciers recede before man ever set foot on the Earth?
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science is settled, there are no other possible causes at all...
Don't forget the Earth's population explosion in the 20th century:
Far easier to make us feel guilty about living and that we must tax some boogeyman vs encourage people to have less kids...
science is settled, there are no other possible causes at all...
What, that giant orange nuclear hell furnace, that we barely understand, 1 million times the volume of our planet, that causes catastrophic temperature shifts (in climatoid terms) every 8-12 hours?
Nah... that has no bearing on anything, but you were guilty before you born because of the great sin of consumption, committed since your ancestors. Repent!
It's only been changing for billions of years, long before we were here
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Global warming is caused by...pay attention now....THE EARTH! It's been changing it's climate for BILLIONS of years!
Man has done quite a lot to help natural climate change along. Natural climate change happens over thousands of years. With our help, the process has sped up. At this point panic and minimizing pollution now is futile.
It is amazing that there is so many people, especially younger people that are still convinced that any global warming is due to a human influence.
I thought that after the Wiki-leaks of emails showing that there is a deliberate manipulation of climate data to fit an agenda of proving man-made global warming.
BTW, I am not saying there isn't climate change, or even it isn't influenced by humans, but I am saying it is not a proven science that global warming is because of man. The evidence of any man-made global warming is tainted, so how can anyone believe the people that use it?
Also, anyone else remember when Earth Day was to educate people on the dangers of man-made global cooling?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-phony-war-against-co2-1477955418
http://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2013/09/Montford-Consensus.pdf
– Dr. Richard Lindzen, atmospheric physicist, MIT professor emeritus, and lead author of the “Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks” chapter of the 2001 IPCC report
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...atures-suggesting-rise-not-man-emissions.html
www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/study-sheds-new-insights-into-global-warming-trends
[doublepost=1488547316][/doublepost]The party of science folks! Unless you ask them when human life begins or if a man thinks he is a women.
There most certainly is climate change, except, it's been happening for billions of years and these...people....act like humans, who are like a speck of sand on an elephants ass in the sand of time, are to blame, it's quite interesting.
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It's absolutely not but keep getting those jabs in, it will make you plenty of friends
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Was not aware of Al Gore on the apple board. Someone should do a documentary into planned obsolescence and quantify the hypocrisy of all this. I compared my 2009 MacBook Pro to 2016 MacBook Pro. My 2009 is way more green, failed HD and failed ram would have been 2x logicboard replacements under Tims MacBook Pro, adding costs and pollution of dropping of , picking up etc...
All this talk of climate change, which the fossil records show happens on a cyclical basis and planetary science demonstrates happens to lifeless planets, too...yet nobody, not Al Gore, not all the billionaire philanthropists, not Tim ever talks about doing something about the giant, and I mean GIANT masses of plastic garbage floating out in our oceans, killing our sea life. Nobody wants to claim that mess. Or if there are people working on it, their efforts aren't getting the same press that global warming is.
There's no way of manipulating economies in tackling it, so year by year it grows.
Everyone goes on and on about the oil companies but nobody wants to own the absolute mess we individuals make with our laziness, throwing non biodegradable plastic trash out onto the streets or not cleaning up after a wind storm blows our recycling out onto the street. In my prior neighborhood, I once had to clean up all of my neighbors plastic waste after a wind storm because they were just too busy and important to do it even if our expensive cul de sac looked like a dump.
And meanwhile idiots throw plastic trash out of their cars or along their jog paths. I know because I go out with my dog and gloves and I pick all of that crap up before it can end up in our storm drains. I've seen these health nuts on their jogs finish up their water and just dump the bottle on the side of the path. They care enough about their health to jog and probably look down their noses at me for merely plodding along slowly, but they don't care about the health of their environment.
Black, white, rich, poor, doesn't matter what demographic you choose, there are litter bugs in every one.
I see plastic bottles everywhere, even in front of the lawns of houses that cost almost a million dollars. People walk by it. Homeowners seem blind to it even though it's littering their property. It's like everyone feels they're too good or it's too much bother to bend over and pick up some trash. Yet these are likely to be the same people who make a big noise about climate change. I just don't get it.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for curbing emissions and pollution of ANY kind. But I do think some aspects of pollution are more heavily politicized while others are practically ignored.
There's no way of manipulating economies in tackling it, so year by year it grows.
Everyone goes on and on about the oil companies but nobody wants to own the absolute mess we individuals make with our laziness, throwing non biodegradable plastic trash out onto the streets or not cleaning up after a wind storm blows our recycling out onto the street. In my prior neighborhood, I once had to clean up all of my neighbors plastic waste after a wind storm because they were just too busy and important to do it even if our expensive cul de sac looked like a dump.
And meanwhile idiots throw plastic trash out of their cars or along their jog paths. I know because I go out with my dog and gloves and I pick all of that crap up before it can end up in our storm drains. I've seen these health nuts on their jogs finish up their water and just dump the bottle on the side of the path. They care enough about their health to jog and probably look down their noses at me for merely plodding along slowly, but they don't care about the health of their environment.
Black, white, rich, poor, doesn't matter what demographic you choose, there are litter bugs in every one.
I see plastic bottles everywhere, even in front of the lawns of houses that cost almost a million dollars. People walk by it. Homeowners seem blind to it even though it's littering their property. It's like everyone feels they're too good or it's too much bother to bend over and pick up some trash. Yet these are likely to be the same people who make a big noise about climate change. I just don't get it.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for curbing emissions and pollution of ANY kind. But I do think some aspects of pollution are more heavily politicized while others are practically ignored.
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Your suggestion will do the opposite of what you think it will - producing more waste to recycle. FYI, glue doesn't sit in landfills.
This is such a silly statement.
Just because someone doesn't want to fork over thousands of $ for new gear doesn't make them cheap.
The fact you think that admitting climate change is real is a political troll should tell you the damage climate change deniers have already done.
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Oh please...Al Gore is worth $200 million, for starters. Facts.