I feel as if all the point of progressivism has just served to use it as a target. Every place where there has been an attempt to move forward, it turns out that the forces of moving back are more motivated, more powerful, and they play dirty.
I’m not in favor of assassinations; I’m especially not fond of sloppy wet work.
Where are fossil fuels most useful? Here’s a hint: it’s one of the dumbest reasons you could possibly think of.
I saw over at PZ’s that it is “What about the menz?” Day. [pha]
The US Government’s view is that our CO2 emissions will continue to climb, until 2050, at which point they will suddenly tail off.
This is the scenario, as I see it:
In liberal(ish) circles, it seems to be a popular new pastime to try to separate out different categories of people who are concerned about climate change, to label them, and try to dismiss their views if they are not the correct ones in the author’s opinion.
I couldn’t resist.
I think that a lot of the scare discussion around ocean levels is because it’s relatively simple to understand. More complex things, like arguing about the accuracy of certain climate models, is just too easily sidetracked into a sea of “mights” and “maybes.”
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You already know I despise marketing, advertising, and the people involved in it. The reason is simple, as I have said before: in order to do advertising you generally have to promote something as being better than you know it to be.