Climate Change? Nahhh ...

"Baron of the Right" has a nice ring to it. It's also amazing SJ.com has a large number of scientists and policy wonks who are capable of analyzing complex data and distilling it in digestible form. Too bad that talent is wasted on a message board.

 

One side of the issue has been caught lying. Feel free to discern to which side I'm referring. That same side also wants those with a differing opinion jailed. Own that.

 

I really don't give a crap what a group of 20 professors think. I'm sure they match the brilliance of a policy wonk such as yourself.

 

There are no sides here, tony. There are people who believe in science and there are people who bury their heads in the sand. You are free to continue to do the latter, but you won't even do that. Sometimes you claim it isn't happening. Sometimes you claim we shouldn't care. Please show some integrity and pick one. Thanks.

 

Why do you believe people who have been proven to be liars?

 

Why do you believe old tony?

More importantly, do you actually believe every scientist who is telling us about the climate change is a liar? Seriously? Or are you just desperate for an excuse to keep your head buried?

Again, deny reality if you like. Admit you just don't care if you like. But pick one.

 

So those who refuse to march in lockstep with bogus data and are capable of critical thought are the ones with their head in the sand? Interesting world you live in.

 

You have no fucking idea what you're talking about. Tell all the island nations that are slowly disappearing that this isn't a problem.

 

Some folks lied so everybody lied. Yeah, that's an excuse to keep your head in the sand. Or an excuse to lie rather than admit you simply don't care.

 

The vulnerability of the low-lying western edge of the "billion dollar sandbar’’ — real estate that pioneering developer Carl Fisher literally dredged up from Biscayne Bay —is topped only by the Florida Keys, where even a half-foot more ocean will inundate large chunks of some islands like Big Pine. That’s sobering when a conservative projection from a regional climate change compact predicts at least two feet by 2060. A study released this month, factoring in new data on unchecked greenhouse gas emissions, predicts a potential five-foot rise.

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, along with Monroe, are part of a landmark 2009 compact that acknowledged the reality of climate change — a major achievement on a politically divisive issue. But on the mainland, where it may take a few more decades to see the inland thrust of tidal flooding already happening in the Keys and on the Beach, there has been a lot more talking than doing.

That’s largely because — as the Beach’s ambitious endeavor underlines — rebuilding South Florida to survive rising seas will come at considerable cost. Each Beach pumps runs $2 to $3 million, a relative pittance. Overhauling major flood canal gates and pumps along the Miami-Dade coast could be hundreds of times more costly. In the long term looms the daunting, big-dollars prospect of raising homes, roads, buildings. It will all add up to billions.

Miami Beach’s battle to stem rising tides

 

Not so sure about that. Extra melting can wipe out land masses. Extra freezing, not so much.

Besides, if you look at the world's most advanced/productive/nations, it's amazing how the closer you get to the equator, the worse things are for nations. Seems like for whatever reason, you need it to be cold to get stuff done.

 

But it will be nice and warm!