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Is this true?

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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
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    A good test of one's connection to reality, is whether one believes "climate science" departments at universities are entirely politicized now, and whether that politicization affects the results those "scientists" provide to the public. Of course, hearing this thought experiment, a lot of people would consider me detached from reality and a science denier. And that's ok. I'm sure humans have caused warming.

    Education is extremely important.

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      We need to cut the world population by half. We need to embrace the conservation ethos of yesteryear, not the current green silliness we're experiencing. We need to turn away from as much urbanization and get back to small city and town life, with more locally grown food.

      We need to invest in less large scale, irrigation-dependent agriculture. We need to take a hard look at the effects of factory farming and look at how we raise slaughter animals in a more land-friendly way.

      We need to look at using more rail and shipping, especially combination applications that can combine freight and passengers, when possible.

      We need to take a hard look at urban planning, emphasizing neighborhoods that are pedestrian and bike friendly, where people can live, work and shop within neighborhoods. And I'd also like to see a return of trolley service and light rail in bigger cities that don't have subways, and better mass transportation options in small cities.

      I think solar and wind power do have a place. Use them to supplement the grid or to create portable power. It's why I think hydrogen is a very interesting concept...Take more energy to make it than it provides, but combine solar or off-shore wind with seawater and maybe we have something to power the ICE of the future.

      Nuclear is the future of electricity production. Be nice if fusion ever became a reality.

      Lastly, earth's resources are finite. We need to become an interplanetary species, using extraterrestrial resources. That will take some of the best engineering and medical talent we have, as we try to solve the problems that come with living and working in the most inhospitable environs imaginable.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        We need to cut the world population by half. We need to embrace the conservation ethos of yesteryear, not the current green silliness we're experiencing. We need to turn away from as much urbanization and get back to small city and town life, with more locally grown food.

        We need to invest in less large scale, irrigation-dependent agriculture. We need to take a hard look at the effects of factory farming and look at how we raise slaughter animals in a more land-friendly way.

        We need to look at using more rail and shipping, especially combination applications that can combine freight and passengers, when possible.

        We need to take a hard look at urban planning, emphasizing neighborhoods that are pedestrian and bike friendly, where people can live, work and shop within neighborhoods. And I'd also like to see a return of trolley service and light rail in bigger cities that don't have subways, and better mass transportation options in small cities.

        I think solar and wind power do have a place. Use them to supplement the grid or to create portable power. It's why I think hydrogen is a very interesting concept...Take more energy to make it than it provides, but combine solar or off-shore wind with seawater and maybe we have something to power the ICE of the future.

        Nuclear is the future of electricity production. Be nice if fusion ever became a reality.

        Lastly, earth's resources are finite. We need to become an interplanetary species, using extraterrestrial resources. That will take some of the best engineering and medical talent we have, as we try to solve the problems that come with living and working in the most inhospitable environs imaginable.

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        @Jolly said in Is this true?:

        We need to cut the world population by half.

        I think we are reaching peak population. The problem is that the last time we were at 4 billion people, the majority of them were young working people.

        When we start the world population decline, the population will start to look like an "invert" pyramid, like how China is looking.

        That is a problem.

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        • 89th8 Offline
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          #7

          Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

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          • 89th8 89th

            Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

            RenaudaR Offline
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            @89th

            Just lovely. That means there will be no end to Nigerian email scams.

            Elbows up!

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            • 89th8 89th

              Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

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              @89th said in Is this true?:

              Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

              They will have the most electoral votes.

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              • 89th8 89th

                Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

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                @89th said in Is this true?:

                Nigeria will be the 3rd biggest (by population) country in the world in like 25 years, I believe.

                I’m glad that I was able to invest into their banking system so early!

                The Brad

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                • MikM Mik

                  That burning fossil fuels has also been cooling the planet? We just can't catch a break.

                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/we-ve-been-accidentally-cooling-the-planet-and-it-s-about-to-stop/ar-BB1oQVS3?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=634d21daec5a47049d4475f1c831f97b&ei=22

                  LuFins DadL Offline
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                  LuFins Dad
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                  @Mik said in Is this true?:

                  That burning fossil fuels has also been cooling the planet? We just can't catch a break.

                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/we-ve-been-accidentally-cooling-the-planet-and-it-s-about-to-stop/ar-BB1oQVS3?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=634d21daec5a47049d4475f1c831f97b&ei=22

                  They addressed the freighter fuel issue the guy was telling me about last week.

                  The lessons here? The climate changes. Always have, always will. Man’s actions do have an effect, and we are morally and ethically bound to be better caretakers of what we have. At the same time, this alarmist crap is just that. The climate is an extremely complicated and enormous system, with numerous failsafes. It will react and change. We will react and change with it.

                  I still think we need more muclear.

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                    @Mik said in Is this true?:

                    That burning fossil fuels has also been cooling the planet? We just can't catch a break.

                    https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/we-ve-been-accidentally-cooling-the-planet-and-it-s-about-to-stop/ar-BB1oQVS3?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=634d21daec5a47049d4475f1c831f97b&ei=22

                    They addressed the freighter fuel issue the guy was telling me about last week.

                    The lessons here? The climate changes. Always have, always will. Man’s actions do have an effect, and we are morally and ethically bound to be better caretakers of what we have. At the same time, this alarmist crap is just that. The climate is an extremely complicated and enormous system, with numerous failsafes. It will react and change. We will react and change with it.

                    I still think we need more muclear.

                    RenaudaR Offline
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                    Renauda
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                    @LuFins-Dad

                    I still think we need more muclear..

                    Indeed, there is a lot of snot in the world just waiting to be harnessed and turned into green power.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • RenaudaR Renauda

                      @LuFins-Dad

                      I still think we need more muclear..

                      Indeed, there is a lot of snot in the world just waiting to be harnessed and turned into green power.

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      @Renauda said in Is this true?:

                      @LuFins-Dad

                      I still think we need more muclear..

                      Indeed, there is a lot of snot in the world just waiting to be harnessed and turned into green power.

                      Lol, I have no idea what the heck is up with my spellcheck and autofill. It tries to correct things that are correct but misses that…

                      The Brad

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