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You can find support for virtually any belief you hold on the internet and accept it thanks to something called confirmation bias. The fact is that, as the simultaneous cooling of the upper atmosphere and warming of the troposphere shows, the science is settled on this question. And please spare us the cliche that the science is never settled. The example that denialists routinely introduce is Newton's theory of gravitation vs. relativity. The fact is that Newton's theory is accurate enough to steer a spaceship to Pluto. And no one is retreating to pre-Newtonin physics to explain the motion of heavenly bodies.
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Could a random pedestrian recruited from the street have offered that vision? We'll never know. What we do know is that there's in nothing in Farage's history or comments that suggests he has access to any special insight. All we can do is judge someone on the basis of what they know and what they say. No evidence that Farage understands anything much except how to mobilize resentment.
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I guess I should be flattered that you would ask me, an anonymous member of aseannow.co for the answer to this question rather than consult the numerous resources that are available on the internet. Still, rather than have you be possibly misinformed by me, I decided for the sake of your education to google for an answer to this question: What causes ice ages? I came up with an authoritative link that explains what causes ice ages. (And just to be precise, we are still in an ice age.) https://gml.noaa.gov/education/info_activities/pdfs/PSA_ice_ages.pdf However, the fact that we are in an interglacial period of the current Ice Age, has nothing to do with current accelerated rate of change. An issue which you addressed with one word: "Still"
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Yes, Farage's deep knowledge of economics, particularly trade, would have been a major resource for the government to draw on.
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Coal plants are being closed because they aren't economically competitive. They are also a huge public health hazard with the costs incurred by their pollution paid for by others. As for nuclear reactors, they typically incur huge cost overruns when they are being built. And virtually all defunct nuclear plants which have had to be shut on account of their age, haven't managed to find any takers to dispose of spent fuel rods.
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What is it about human-caused climate change denialists that apparently makes them incapable of understand the concept of rates. If you were offered 2 equally safe savings accounts, one that offerd 1% interest and another that offered 10% interest, I guess it would be a matter of indifference to you which account you would chose. After all, both are increasing, so rates are irrelevant. John Paulos, a mathematician, coined the word "innumeracy". Basically it's the equivalent of illiteracy but applied to math. The rates at which glaciers are melting and global average temperature is rising are unprecedented for hundreds of thousand of years. What is so difficult to understand about this?
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What is "bumbling" about teling someone to "shush up"? Your comment is utterly Pavlovian.
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‘Manipulative, deceitful, user’: Tara Reade left a trail of aggrieved acquaintances A number of those who crossed paths with Biden’s accuser say they remember two things: She spoke favorably about her time working for Biden, and she left them feeling duped. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/15/tara-reade-left-trail-of-aggrieved-acquaintances-260771
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From the article you linked to: "Thailand is susceptible to the effects of El Niño, which is forecast by the Department of Meteorology and weather experts to commence in June. The world, Thailand included, is expected to face an intense drought due to the occurrence of El Niño, leading to reduced rainfall during the rainy season, or possibly no rain at all."
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Did they give you a piece of leather to bite down on?
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Durham report finds FBI probe into Trump-Russia ties was flawed
placeholder replied to Social Media's topic in World News
The point of Durham's investigation was to establish that there was some sort of conspiracy in the Justice Dept against Trump. Had the FBI wanted to screw him over all they would have had to have done was leak that there was an on ongoing investigation of Trump's Russia ties during the campaign. Peter Strzok, who was maligned for writing emails bashing Trump was on that team. Yet, somehow, word never leaked out. Give up already. -
Trump appeals verdict finding him liable for sexual assault
placeholder replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
What in this paragraph do you find significant? -
Which is why it's pointless to mention it.
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First off, you wrote this: "Does the government not control where you can go and for how long?" And of course it's been the case for a long long time that localities can exercise zoning laws. And who would doubt that governments have an obligation to protect public health from pollution? What has this got to do with deadly floods linked to climate crisis?
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So plain to see that it seems to have gone entirely unreported. At least among Brexiters and supporting media.
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Trump appeals verdict finding him liable for sexual assault
placeholder replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
So basically an implicit threat from Trump. -
Trying to make it personal instead of addressing the issue.