Reply to: More climate lunacy

[Diver]

and climate change did all that ? wowser

I wonder why its only Indian cities, damn that global problem for not being global

pedant

[EternalOptimist]

Having been to a large indian city for a week, I can testify that the air pollution was so bad it would probably send me to an early asthmatic grave

and climate change did all that ? wowser

I wonder why its only Indian cities, damn that global problem for not being global

[Spacecadet]

Does anyone know anyone who died recently from air pollution?

Having been to a large indian city for a week, I can testify that the air pollution was so bad it would probably send me to an early asthmatic grave

[BlasterBates]

Does anyone know anyone who died recently from air pollution?

[Spacecadet]

Deaths due to outdoor air pollution per annum : 865,000 (2007)

Source: World Health Org.

Doesn't really work if the 'sensationalised' predictions come true, does it?

Thats deaths from proper air pollution, i.e. contaminants in the air.

[BlasterBates]

That page might be funnier if they listed the dates for most of the quotes. But both sides are as bad as each other for mucking about with silly quotes, and claiming what each other said.

They were made on Earth day in 1970.

[SupremeSpod]

That page might be funnier if they listed the dates for most of the quotes. But both sides are as bad as each other for mucking about with silly quotes, and claiming what each other said.

be fair doogie
if someone said 'I am not really convinced that there is a God'

would you start whining in Forbes that someone had broken religion and that you wanted to see his house burn down around him ?

Only if I were an <token> Extremist...

WHERE token = 1 Of MANY_RELIGIONS...

[EternalOptimist]

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent

That page might be funnier if they listed the dates for most of the quotes. But both sides are as bad as each other for mucking about with silly quotes, and claiming what each other said.[/QUOTE]

be fair doogie
if someone said 'I am not really convinced that there is a God'

would you start whining in Forbes that someone had broken religion and that you wanted to see his house burn down around him ?

[d000hg]

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent[/QUOTE]

I agree there's a lot of sensationalised climate alarmism of a tabloid nature being uttered or written by "so-called" climate scientists.

I think it's good to remind people of what they said in the past.

Here are a few more sensationalised predictions from environmental scientists:

Failed Mirth Earth Day predictions | Watts Up With That?

That page might be funnier if they listed the dates for most of the quotes. But both sides are as bad as each other for mucking about with silly quotes, and claiming what each other said.

[EternalOptimist]

'they broke the climate'


watermelon -'help, help, my climates broken '
PC Plod -'ello ello ello, and who broke your climate then sir ?'
watermelon -'he did - that dirty sceptic over there'
PC Plod -'and what do you have to say for yourself then m'lad?'
Dirty filthy rotten sceptic-' Alls I said was, I am not convinced that the Oceans will boil'

PC Plod (white faced with shock) 'You're fcnkg nicked mate'
Judge Green 'For breaking the victims climate, I sentance you to five years penal servitude. and may Gaia have mercy on your soul'

[pjclarke]

“Air pollution…is certainly going to take hundreds of thousands of lives in the next few years alone.”

Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University biologist

Deaths due to outdoor air pollution per annum : 865,000 (2007)

Source: World Health Org.

Doesn't really work if the 'sensationalised' predictions come true, does it?

[BlasterBates]

Copy-pasting the same semi-tabloid sensationalism hardly does much for your position of dignified scientist fighting lunatics.

I agree there's a lot of sensationalised climate alarmism of a tabloid nature being uttered or written by "so-called" climate scientists.

I think it's good to remind people of what they said in the past.

Here are a few more sensationalised predictions from environmental scientists:

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/04/2...y-predictions/

[SupremeSpod]

I'm waiting for the headline "Climate Change, it's just the tip of the iceberg!"

[d000hg]

I remember a prediction a while back:

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past - Environment - The Independent

Copy-pasting the same semi-tabloid sensationalism hardly does much for your position of dignified scientist fighting lunatics.

[SupremeSpod]

Actually, how big is your larder?

About 6,840,507,003 and counting, eh Zeity?