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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:15 PM Original message |
Global warming worse than predicted |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. See? No one could have anticipated that. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. when it hits them in the wallet ,they will wake up |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. but by then it will be too late |
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toadzilla (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. its already hitting them in the wallet, they're not waking up. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. and the band plays on.... we do nothing... so big oil can profit,thru WH inaction |
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Jack Bone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Off to the greatest...#5 Rec! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is happening faster than expected. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah sure. Exxon Mobile scientists said Global Warming is a fraud. Who to belive..... |
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Clive2 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
78. Follow the Money |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. Please answer my stupid question (I'm really asking) . |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Thanks for the clarification but |
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DLnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Yes, energy is always coming in, by way of mostly visible wavelength sunlight. |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
57. The level of oxygen isn't falling but |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, C + O2 =CO2 |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
74. Natural CO2 levels are very low; 100 ppm increase is DRASTIC. |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. No it's increasing too |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. No. O2 makes up about 20% of Earth's atmosphere. CO2 is under 0.04%. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Let's stop arguing about why |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The problem is that if we don't acknowledge the ways in which we're contributing to it |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. it's not only fossil fuel consumption. |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Absolutely |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. What I meant was |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. But like you said, some people deny that we're having an affect |
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mallard (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
67. That's it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. However, it does matter that we all understand this is due to burning fossil fuels ---- |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. The real tragedy lies in the fact that we could have done something |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. oh republick party people know it's real. -- it's that they |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Just think if we had followed through with the policies that Carter started. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Kicked and recommended. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Presto change-o! |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Every month, I read another report that it's worse than predicted... |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I think . . . |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think its here and scientists don't know how to say |
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William Tannenbaum (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Global Warming" is the greatest scientific hoax in the history of mankind |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. the artic will be ice free in less than 20 years |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Oh, Tannembaum, oh Tannembaum . . . say "buh bye" nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Your Claim is an Unforgivable and Dangerously Stupid Hoax |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Which shows you're simply not paying attention |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. uhhhhhh..ok. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Wow! It's not just the sheer power of your arguments - it's all the evidence you posted! |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. You must be a Jim Inhofe disciple... or an Exxon employee |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Oh wow really? Such a relief. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Tombstone in 3...2...1... n/t |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. And you know that, how, Tannenbaum?? Please tell us.... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Fuck off, you stupid freeper nazi fuck! |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #49 |
64. !!! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Looks like a "drive-by" flame baiter, folks. And it worked. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Hello Senator Inhofe! Welcome to DU |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. Welcome to DU, Name Removed! nt |
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RedSock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
90. thanks! i'm convinced (eom) |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
92. Tell These People |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. But . . . but . . .the CONs say that all our problems are just a lack of "personal responsibility." |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Today with Ideological Morons in Power and Their Insatiable Greed |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. In the name of my grandchild, I curse the Profiteers and their stooge parrots |
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gypsy11 (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well said. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. What about making oil companies accountable now . . . . . . ???? |
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cachukis (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. Might I add for yucks, "deindustrialization" |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. Worse than *admitted*. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Imagine . .. . many people have only woken up to this . . !!!! |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Wow -- it only took until post 44 for someone to mention overpopulation |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Yeah, buddy... |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Speaking of Gaia |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 07:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. overpopulation |
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leftist_not_liberal (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #55 |
65. The billions are not the cause |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Thanks for the posts, guys --- !!! My real shock was when I came to realize . . . |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. And to think...as little as 20 years ago the "in crowd" was telling us |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. What "in crowd" are you referring to? Scientists? Time Magazine? The crowd at the Viper Room? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Deleted message |
NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
84. Too bad the SCIENTIFIC community never said that |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Nice try, son. But I was just as skeptical then, as I am now. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 06:02 AM Response to Reply #91 |
95. So you can provide a source, then? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Your skepticism is based on a myth |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Nonsense. The publisher of our local paper says |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ready now? All on three: one....two...THREE! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Not the least bit surprised, but not why you think... |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
51. Meanwhile Democratic Leaders Poised to Sabotage Hope for Renewable Energy |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
54. Tuesday morning driving to work, the golf course was full...in WISCONSIN |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
56. We have nuclear technology now to help mitigate this |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Nukes are a bad idea for people and the environment --- dangerous --- |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. And fossil fuels are less dangerous? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. We need to get rid of both --- fossil fuels and nukes --- |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 06:09 AM Response to Reply #93 |
96. You do realize how little solar and wind supply to the global power supply, right? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Almost 200,000 homes served with WIND set up in 4 months in CA --- |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. So, how long are you willing to wait to get solar and wind up to 10% of world demand? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. When you have outdated or premature information . . . it may look like . . . |
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Andy Canuck (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
58. Sadlly, |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
61. Mother Nature is in CHARGE |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #61 |
94. Well, unfortunately maybe not --- |
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leftist_not_liberal (408 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
62. PARK YOUR CAR. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. So true . . . !!! |
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allisonthegreat (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. do not drive...got rid of my car |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 02:44 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Good for you --- |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
77. Who cares? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
80. And if you try to tell me that you HAVE TO have an SUV to haul your two children |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
86. My brother does not believe that humans have the ability to significantly affect the environment. |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. Ozone layer was being depleted, CFC's were banned and holes closed up |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Ask him what the results of a global nuclear exchange between the US and the USSR would have done |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
102. Oops. I should have added that he excepted that single instance. (nt) |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
87. Carbon holidays, one day off a week. America shuts down. It has |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
101. kick |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
103. According to Dr. Albert Bartlett |
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