Western democracies vs. One-party capitalist governments

Franz Von Peppercorn

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

The comparison the the op was with the Chinese and Vietnamese. China has recently come on board on climate change and doesn’t have to worry about the general population as much (obviously they do a bit).

China has come on board with climate change because their environment is nasically wrecked.

Colleagues were in China a few years ago and a smog as thick as a soup hung round the city some days. Theres nothing like it in Ireland.

The Wild Goose

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Just look at Trump and his denial of climate change.

Maybe Trump has seen Ivar Giaever's (Nobel laureate in physics) talk entitled "Global Warming is Pseudoscience"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXxHfb66ZgM

Worth checking out.
Incidentally, when did it morph from 'global warming' to 'climate change'?
Maybe around the same time e were all freezing our asses off in the snow last March?

Gbear

The Wild Goose wrote: »

Maybe Trump has seen Ivar Giaever's (Nobel laureate in physics) talk entitled "Global Warming is Pseudoscience"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXxHfb66ZgM

Worth checking out.
Incidentally, when did it morph from 'global warming' to 'climate change'?
Maybe around the same time e were all freezing our asses off in the snow last March?

I've noted that he's not a nobel laureate in, say, climate science...

No, it's gone well past the stage where you can engage in climate change denialism and expect to be taken seriously. You may as well have rocked up and started going on about the elves that live in your garden.

The ignorance contained within these two sentences...

Incidentally, when did it morph from 'global warming' to 'climate change'?
Maybe around the same time e were all freezing our asses off in the snow last March?

... demonstrates that you haven't even the vaguest notion what you're on about.

The Wild Goose

Gbear wrote: »

I've noted that he's not a nobel laureate in, say, climate science...

No, it's gone well past the stage where you can engage in climate change denialism and expect to be taken seriously. You may as well have rocked up and started going on about the elves that live in your garden.

The ignorance contained within these two sentences...



... demonstrates that you haven't even the vaguest notion what you're on about.

And there was me thinking that 'climate change' has been happening for the last 4.5 billion years or so, when in fact it is only a recent phenomenon.
Silly me, and silly dinosaurs too for imagining that cold snap.
If only they had CNN at the time...they would've set the record straight.

I didn't realise at the time of replying to your post (but should have given your Trump bashing) that I was again engaging the previously encountered Gbear.
Had I been aware I would of course have avoided crossing swords with one of such superior intellect, be it political, economic, meteorological or otherwise. Your grasp of all things truthful is only matched by that other bastion of knowledge, CNN.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a 10am meeting with some elves at the bottom of the garden

oscarBravo

The Wild Goose wrote: »

Incidentally, when did it morph from 'global warming' to 'climate change'?
Maybe around the same time e were all freezing our asses off in the snow last March?

With as much respect as I can muster, maybe you should do some basic research into the difference between "climate" and "weather" before saying things that just make you look silly.

James Brown

The Wild Goose wrote: »

And there was me thinking that 'climate change' has been happening for the last 4.5 billion years or so, when in fact it is only a recent phenomenon.
Silly me, and silly dinosaurs too for imagining that cold snap.
If only they had CNN at the time...they would've set the record straight.

I didn't realise at the time of replying to your post (but should have given your Trump bashing) that I was again engaging the previously encountered Gbear.
Had I been aware I would of course have avoided crossing swords with one of such superior intellect, be it political, economic, meteorological or otherwise. Your grasp of all things truthful is only matched by that other bastion of knowledge, CNN.
Now if you'll excuse me I have a 10am meeting with some elves at the bottom of the garden

'Trump bashing' suggests people are exaggerating or making things up about him. Basically you can't truthfully and factually discuss Trump without coming across like that. The man denies climate change. How's that bashing him?

It's commonly known that global warming causes erratic weather pasterns. Also Global warming is climate change, it's in the 'warming' part.
It's merely coincidental that denial works well for the pockets of fossil fuel lobbyists, I'd imagine.

RandomName2

oscarBravo wrote: »

Not trying to be antagonistic here, but isn't that a succinct definition of fascism?

China would disagree.

Chips Lovell

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nuac

Interesting thread.
Will read it all later and possibly comment