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You could equally say the argument ad vericundiam, or appeal to authority, is also a logical fallacy. You'd be right in both cases. The 900 pound gorilla in the room is still the data coming out of Greenland and Antarctica, plus the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide. They are inescapable facts. The Larsen Ice Shelf is like Humpty Dumpty. All the king's men won't put it together again. Subsequent to one of my posts, you did answer my question. No need to repeat yourself.

I don't question the laws of thermodynamics. My reason? Ever since they were formulated, better minds than mine have been trying to circumvent them, and have failed dismally. Gravity is just a theory. It becomes real enough when someone steps off the fourteenth floor of condo , converting themselves to strawberry jam. Gravity explains the phenomenon very well, No-one has come up with a viable alternative to gravity either. Anti-gravity devices still belong in science fiction. My point is there are some facts and theories where it is a waste of time and energy trying to invalidate them. OTOH, I do question whether climate change sceptics are sticking their heads in the sand, or are so ignorant they prefer believing any charlatan on YouTube who tells them what they want to hear. I question if Trump is just a scientific troglodyte, or whether his climate denialism is motivated by money from the fossil fuel industry. I question the Catholic belief in original sin. To me, that's as daft a proposition as anything I have seen. Purgatory comes a close second. Then there's Islam's belief the Koran is the last word of Allah. Don't worry, I question many things. My question to you is, do you think America will learn from the fires? You do have previous form, in ignoring the result of Australia banning semi-automatic weapons. The response to a school shooting is an uptick in firearm sales. I am reminded of Churchill's observation: " Americans usually get it right, after they have tried everything else".

Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin in 1974. That led to a big revamp of building codes. Ash Wednesday and Black Saturday have also led to many changes. My son lives in a very fire-prone area, among 40 metre tall eucalypts. He clears leaf and stick litter every spring. He has a house of brick veneer, cement tile roof. He has a fire-fighting pump, capacity 490 litres/minute. He has an independent water supply, capacity 70,000 litres. It has never been lower than 30,000 litres. The house has a sprinkler system which covers the entire roof, and also windows facing the most vulnerable fire direction. He was a member of the local volunteer fire brigade for about 10 years. Comparing that level of preparation with Mr Carr and his garden hose, I still think he was a lucky idiot. The question is, if/when Pacific Palisades rebuilds, will the houses be prepared like my son is? Or will it still be wooden houses and shingle roofs?

Climate change is not a belief. It's a fact, 95% of scientists agree on that fact. Including people like me who are not even working in climate science. That fact is based on observation, such as ocean temperatures, sea level rise, heat cells, Greenland ice cap, Larsen ice shelf etc. etc. etc. I don't disagree there should be questioning of beliefs. However, when the arguments of plant food, natural cycle, volcanic activity and cherry-picked data are part of said questions, I say whoa. I especially detest the dishonesty of those who claim scientists are trying to milk money for grants. No use asking me to teach, I would probably be a disaster in a classroom. I don't have the patience.

I am confident there will be multiple inquiries. Whether they achieve anything is a different question. There is the combination of fuel, wind, and dryness. As someone who has lived in a fire-prone region, and taken appropriate precautions, I can tell you radiant heat can ignite fires in trees from hundreds of metres away. There are also wind driven embers, which can start fires several kilometres away. Under those circumstances, the only thing firefighters can do is stay out of the way. How much fire-fighting capacity they have available becomes irrelevant. Under those circumstances, building wooden houses with shingle roofs in the path of said risk borders on insanity. What I find really nasty is the attempt to score cheap political points, as the response to a massive tragedy.

Nearly spilled my coffee on the keyboard. The human race seems determined to dumb itself down.

The mass extinction of dinosaurs was 66 million years ago, and they thrived happily for 165 million years. Humanity is a flyspeck in comparison. How did the "prominent chemist" explain dinosaurs?

And 50% of Americans still believe in angels. Is that 10,300 years Creationism, or something else?

Point taken, IMO answered in my previous post ( and yours )

The laws of thermodynamics were operating back in the Ice Ages. The answer to your question lies in two main factors, the earth's orbit around the sun, and albedo. During what are called Milankovitch cycles, the planet moves further away from the sun, and receives less solar radiation, It cools down so that snow and ice that would normally melt during summer in the high latitudes stays on the ground. Albedo is reflectivity of radiation. Earth and rock absorb radiation, ice and snow reflect it back into space. Earth cools in a positive feedback loop. There are other factors, such as volcanic eruptions contributing putting ash and dust into the atmosphere to add to cooling, and atmospheric CO2 concentration. The basic point is the time frame. Ice Ages take millennia to form and disappear. We might even have been heading into one now, but three hundred years of mankind burning fossil fuels has well and truly upset the applecart. If I get combative with posters, it's because I get frustrated with an inability to acknowledge basic science. Sometimes, it is a wilful inability.

It's not actually Russian lives lost, more the ethnic minorities and recruits from the satellites in the Russian Federation. Plus North Koreans. Putin knows if he starts drafting in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the doo-doo will really hit the fan. The 1918 Revolution had some of the factors occurring now.

Wow, you have changed.

IIRC you said your Thai wife had gone from gorgeous to a german hausfrau. Are you mellowing with age?

How many have you purchased?

I did read your previous posts on this thread, Sheryl. Not disputing for a nanosecond your recommendation, doxy was a by the way post.

IIRC there's a saying about not looking a gift horse in the mouth.

AFAIK the acronym PCP is used for a mind-altering street drug, phencyclidine. Enlighten me, please. Good luck with the course of doxy.

But I thought Putin said the sanctions aren't working...........

Doxycycline is effective against a number of urinary tract infections. Years ago, I had a virulent UTI, including pus. The first pill of the course of doxycycline stopped the infection in its tracks. Co-incidentally, doxy is also prescribed as a malaria prophylactic. However, prolonged use may weaken the immune system.

My word, I'll have to mount your post on a wall. We actually agree on something.

Yes. The problem is you. I guess you'll just have to accept there are people who don't suffer fools gladly.

Yes, the climate is changing. It's the first time a species on the planet has caused the change, in the space of a few hundred years, instead of millennia. Yes, the Earth is not an isolated system. That's why we live in a SOLAR SYSTEM, which for all intents and purposes IS isolated from the rest of the universe, apart from the odd comet. I guess you are just so much smarter than Thomson, Clausius, Nernst and Fowler. Where should I send your Nobel prize, genius? Describing what is settled science as mumbo jumbo is simply a demonstration of your abject ignorance.

I suggest you stop lying, because there is nothing in the X-sourced post to confirm the liberal judges sided with the conservative judges. An opinion piece by a jurist. It says nothing about the Supreme Court being unanimous. I guess mundane is code for: don't bother me with details such as lying. The get a life remark is a typical put down from someone who does not have one outside these threads, probably sitting in some miserable bedsit in the UK trying to stay warm, even in what passes for summer..

He hasn't been sent to jail after sentencing for 34 counts of falsifying business records, so perhaps your claim of a bus ticket is a tad exaggerated. Get real, man. When has Trump ever lowered himself to get on a bus?

Sadly, the adaptability of bacteria to pharmaceuticals means what works for one person does not necessarily work for another. Good to see in your case, fingers crossed for the OP.