On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 7:15 PM '[email protected]' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote:
* > I continually nag, not Personalities but Policies. If the Policies are > workable, personality be damned.* > *It doesn't matter if a policy is workable or not if a personality can't get anything done. Remember Trump's "infrastructure week" or his policy of building a wall and making Mexico pay for it? And policies don't start wars, personalities do. Remember George W. Bush? And policies don't become fascist dictators, personalities do. * John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis> psw > No, I don't expect anyone to change because of my statement! > > Hi John! > > > > On Monday, April 1, 2024 at 06:45:19 AM EDT, John Clark < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 5:44 PM Russell Standish <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *>"Environmentalists" are not one united group of people.* > > > *Environmentalists are united about one thing, they never saw a large > scale power source that they didn't hate. The self righteous little brat > and self-proclaimed environmentalist Greta Thunberg was arrested a few > years ago in Sweden for blocking a street while she demonstrated against > the building of a wind farm. A wind farm!* > > > >* "* > *but SCoPEx didn't rate a mention. So this most likely was a small > group opposing it, and nobody else knew about it."* > > > > *SCoPEx only planned to place 2 kilograms of ground up over the counter > antacid tablets into the stratosphere but environmentalists moved heaven > and earth to stop them from doing so because they were terrified it might > show a way to stop global warming without introducing mass suffering. > Apparently they believe the human race needs to suffer for their past sins. > I find this attitude to be utterly contemptible! And the group opposing it > was large enough to kill SCoPEx. The same thing could be said about the > environmentalists who killed the Thirty Meter Telescope, although in that > case I admit they had the help of native Hawaiian imbeciles who were > worried that this magnificent device that would have taught us more about > how the universe works might offend an invisible man who lived in the sky. > And Aquaman also helped to destroy the telescope. * > > *> "The most compelling argument to opposing geoengineering is that it > is a distraction from the real task, which is to reduce CO2 emissions."* > > > *The real task is not to reduce CO2 emissions, it's to stop global > warming. And I must say, global warming is a problem but if I were to make > a list of world problems global warming would not make the top five, I'm > not sure it would even make the top ten. * > > > > *> "Some people (I don't think anyone in this company would be that > stupid) seem to think it is OK to continue burning fossil fuels if the > effects can be mitagated by climate geoengineering, or carbon capture > sequestration."* > > > *Oh I'm stupid enough to believe we should continue burning fossil fuels > until a replacement can be proven to be able to produce an equal amount of > energy at a price that makes economic sense. I say that because the > alternative is the end of civilization and the death of billions. Like it > or not the Earth is simply not capable of keeping 8 billion mammals as > large as human beings alive, much less happy, without artificial > fertilizers and pesticides, which require energy to make, and farm > machinery and a way to transport food to where it is needed, which also > requires energy.* > > *>"This is all entirely political, and as far as I'm concerned > total bullshit. We need all and every possible means to counteract > climate change."* > > > *Yes and that includes geoengineering if a way that could be found to make > it work, and the first step in finding out if something like that could > work involves grinding up 2 kg of Tums antacid tablets. But > environmentalists say that is too radical a step to take even though they > also claim global warming is an existential danger to the human race. And > that is why I say environmentalists are not serious people.* > > > 2rs > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1AWrUCnET2rLYnX%2BH5h_MNSgt1dRaXoJN%2B2E8d3bSPZA%40mail.gmail.com.
