And who the heck is making money working against global warming? I believe the largest profit on record went to an oil company last year, so those anti-Global Warming money-grubbers clearly have a ways to go.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 25, 2009 10:44:36 am PST #8259 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Emily - Feb 25, 2009 10:45:21 am PST #8260 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I did mention that, climate aside, burning coal affects the air we breathe.
I also tried to make the point that, although it's often phrased as a moral issue, it may be more useful to consider it as an economic issue. Should, shouldn't, whatever -- how much will it cost if we have to relocate New York? Yes, the Earth has had many different climates -- how much money will it take to adapt to a different one?
They're a little more receptive to that, actually -- I think the "save the Earth" rhetoric turns off a lot of... well, a lot of conservative teenagers, anyway. It smacks of "hippie commie peaceniks", who apparently never thought a right thought ever.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2009 10:45:31 am PST #8261 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And who the heck is making money working against global warming?
Clearly, the fact that you are asking this question means you have been brainwashed by Big Solar.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2009 10:45:34 am PST #8262 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
not worth saying twice
Emily - Feb 25, 2009 10:46:24 am PST #8263 of 30000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
And who the heck is making money working against global warming?
Word. Maybe the MSM? Of course, if They raise taxes and Take Our Money to fight it, then there you go. Where? Uh, there.
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2009 10:48:17 am PST #8264 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
And who the heck is making money working against global warming?
Oooh! Oooh! "Hollywood Elites"?
Gudanov - Feb 25, 2009 10:49:32 am PST #8265 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
And who the heck is making money working against global warming?
Scientists who can only get grant money if they go with the established line about climate change. Environmental groups who are able to raise more money if they can instill a sense of crisis.
Jesse - Feb 25, 2009 10:51:08 am PST #8266 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
MSM is MainStream Media, right? Because I've done work tangentially related to HIV prevention, I always read it as Men who have Sex with Men.
Theodosia - Feb 25, 2009 10:51:17 am PST #8267 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
And who the heck is making money working against global warming?
Hence the claim that Al Gore has gotten rich(-er, actually) since his political days.
Gudanov - Feb 25, 2009 10:51:19 am PST #8268 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I'm starting to think that Emily teaches in my school district.