tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post3536825165893661073..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: The thigh-sucking gullibility of Kate McMillan.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-58244826597572756832009-11-22T18:12:29.982-05:002009-11-22T18:12:29.982-05:00Ah, I was wondering why I got those 2 hits from St...Ah, I was wondering why I got those 2 hits from Stumblebumming Retard. I guess that was Louise and her reader.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458917081261136618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-6936937875438954742009-11-22T12:19:08.187-05:002009-11-22T12:19:08.187-05:00Lindsay, it's not pollution as people generall...Lindsay, it's not pollution as people generally understand it, but systemic climate change that is the problem. Greenhouse gases let more heat enter the atmosphere than they let escape; so Earth warms up and the climate of many places changes. The main problem is that wet areas will likely get wetter, dry areas will likely get drier, there will be more extreme weather events, and we will thus have more crop failures; also more water shortages.<br /><br />Everyone understands they need food and water; though they may not understand how the system works to provide them unless it is pointed out in simple terms.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-30721545507012336182009-11-22T10:35:53.156-05:002009-11-22T10:35:53.156-05:00I'm quite disappointed that Louise didn't ...I'm quite disappointed that Louise didn't mention me. I can ignore a story as well as anyone I know.poggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230532270911414866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-89839264426349921122009-11-22T07:23:59.763-05:002009-11-22T07:23:59.763-05:00this global warming thing pisses me off. i'm n...this global warming thing pisses me off. i'm no scientist and i don't have a grasp of the complexities of the models that measure and predict change over time in a system as vastly complex as the earth's environment. but what i do know is that if you constantly shit in the fridge and you keep making sandwiches, eventually you run out of nutella. the bottom line as i see it is that we have a branding issue that gives cover to the greedy liars and fools that people like kate admire. the whole issue turns on the notion that the short term profit from vulgar and unchecked pollution is more important than the long term damage we'll bequeath to our children and their children after.<br /><br />global warming is a stupid phrase that means nothing in the tiny frame of reference that humans have. there's a reason that dimbulbs like kate post pictures of a thermometer and that is satisfactory to the slack jawed yokels that dwell yonder there, down delisle way. the concept of systemic change is too much to grasp and therefore easy enough to deny or ignore. thus a snowy day and a cold front prove the scientists wrong, ta-da. ignorance = bliss.<br /><br />the issues at hand are pollution and poison versus the expense or social adjustment necessary to mitigate harm. we need to look more at the smaller act than the larger result. is it acceptable to continue to spew ever increasing amounts of toxic gases, particulates and fluids into our air, onto our land and into the water that sustains life as we know it? even people as stupid as kate's readership have a rudimentary grip on the idea that pollution is bad. we can't sell a nebulous evil like global warming to people that dumb but we can perhaps get them to acknowledge that pollution isn't such a clever habit.Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.com