Climate change discussion

things are produced and sold under communism. they just plaster a state seal on it and it's more crony.
Since communism is government ownership of markets, that is correct.
merger and acquisitions can happen too much, leading to monopolies and cartels which defeat the stated benefits of "free trade".
Monopolies do form from time to time, yes. They are unstable, however. It's a self correcting problem. No need for government intervention. Indeed, monopolies can only exist with government help.
trust busting is essential. we need a round of it now.
Then the best course of action is to get government out of the way.

Monopolies destroy themselves. It isn't long before some little company comes a long and shoot's it's kneecaps off.

IBM was a monopoly. It was destroyed by Microsoft and Apple. Little is left of IBM now.

Microsoft is a monopoly. It has been destroyed by Linux. Microsoft has been effectively driven out of the server market, the automotive market, the cellphone market, and as far as developers are concerned, largely out of the personal computer OS market.
The still have a foothold in the OS market, and of course they are a distant 2nd place in the video game console market, but Microsoft has lost a LOT of market.

Ford was a monopoly in the automotive market. That was destroyed a long time ago by a whole plethora of car manufactures. Most of them have merged into General Motors now, but that has rapidly been losing market share to Japanese and European imports, and, of course companies like Tesla.

Boeing was a monopoly in the large aircraft market. So is Airbus. Both are maintained as monopolies by governments.

Polaroid was a monopoly in the instant image market. That has been destroyed by the digital camera, now so cheap they are incorporated into devices like cellphones, webcams, traffic cams, security cams, etc. Memory is now extremely cheap. Cheaper than the film we used to use.

Youtube was a monopoly. No longer. There is now Bitchute, Rumble, Gab.
Amazon does not have a monopoly on webservers. There are literally thousands of them out there. Parler is currently re-establishing itself on one of them. The bindery is already up.
Google has a monopoly on linux oriented cellphones. Android is, however, so bastardized as a linux that other people are starting to produce open linux phones. They can load up software from anywhere. Even Android can load up software from anywhere. You don't have to be limited to the Google Play Store.
Google has no monopoly on search engines. People are already moving to another company that does the same thing, only faster, and doesn't monitor every aspect of your searching like Google does. It's called DuckDuckGo.

Big Tech isn't as powerful as you think. People are already moving to alternatives. This has already hit Twitter and Facebook hard right in the ole' pocketbook. It's hitting Google too. Amazon Web Services has violated it's terms of service (like the others have). They are currently being sued for contract violations because of it. People now have a lot less faith in going through the expense and effort to build a website on AWS. Several of them are already looking for alternate servers. AWS is good for developing services, but it's not a reliable place to keep one. I think a lot of people understand that now.

The Alexa service is still pretty useful. It's easier to write nice skills on AWS, and the multi microphone technique of noise cancellation is very effective, but Google Cloud has the advantage of location information and a better dictionary. It's bit disadvantage is that it's a royal pain to code for. Microsoft has Azure of course, and while it beats Google Cloud pretty effectively, it is much more expensive than AWS.

Other cloud services are already coming together. They will be completely open sourced....essential a series of 'micro clouds'.

Even expensive firewalls are no longer necessary. A cheap raspberry Pi can do the job quite effectively. I know several folks that have done this. They've even replaced whole server racks with a pile of Pis. Virtual machines are in many cases no longer even necessary.

The world is 'a changin'.
 
there are exceptions to most generalities. fascist cartels are pernicious and a rule more than an exception. sorry snowflake. reality bites.

Fascism isn't a cartel. Fascism is government manipulation of markets. I believe you are using 'cartel' as a buzzword. I am not a snowflake. I am a conservative. Define 'reality'. Buzzword fallacies.
 
You seem to be talking in a vacuum here. What industries do you think are monopolies? What industry controls a government? Can you give me an example?

many sectors are dominated by cartels. a few of these major sectors can effectively achieve state capture and have. stop being a fascist neocon.
 
many sectors are dominated by cartels. a few of these major sectors can effectively achieve state capture and have. stop being a fascist neocon.

Buzzword fallacy. What industry controls a government? Can you give me an example? Answer the questions put to you. Stop evading.
 
weapons, oil, media, finance, healthcare. stop carrying fascist water.

The weapons industry does not control the government. It is actually quite competitive. Sure the government buys a lot of weapons, but so do a lot of folks.
The oil industry does not control anyone. If you want to stop using oil, you are welcome to. You can do without the fuel, the plastics, the dyes, the medicines, and all the other things that come out of the oil industry.
The dollar is printed only by authorization from the government. It is unconstitutional. So is the Federal Reserve. It is fascism.
The healthcare industry is many doctors and hospitals competing for your business. If they don't provide desired services for the market price, people won't go to them. Healthcare insurance, other than Obamacare, is the same. You have a choice whether to buy insurance or not, and a choice of several companies and co-ops should you want it.

I despise fascism. I despise communism. You obviously have no clue what you are talking about here.
 
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So if it's a rainforest climate, is it currently raining?
 
The weapons industry does not control the government. It is actually quite competitive. Sure the government buys a lot of weapons, but so do a lot of folks.
The oil industry does not control anyone. If you want to stop using oil, you are welcome to. You can do without the fuel, the plastics, the dyes, the medicines, and all the other things that come out of the oil industry.
The dollar is printed only by authorization from the government. It is unconstitutional. So is the Federal Reserve. It is fascism.
The healthcare industry is many doctors and hospitals competing for your business. If they don't provide desired services for the market price, people won't go to them. Healthcare insurance, other than Obamacare, is the same. You have a choice whether to buy insurance or not, and a choice of several companies and co-ops should you want it.

I despise fascism. I despise communism. You obviously have no clue what you are talking about here.

no bid contracts?



ok , fascist in denial.
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and yes, federal reserve=also fascist.
 
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What quantity is changing? A marine climate is still a marine climate. A desert climate is still a desert climate. There is no such thing as a global climate. Earth has many climates. I believe the word you want is 'weather'.

A valid question. We can't even predict weather accurately.

Define 'pollution'. Just what constitutes 'pollution'? Is water pollution? Is H2SO4 'pollution'? Is plastic 'pollution'? Is sugar 'pollution'? How would you define 'pollution'? Is it a substance? Is it a mixture of substances?

Since both are used as meaningless buzzwords, there is a link. It is proven. It is part of the scripture of the Church of Global Warming.

Gotta define it first.

Bingo.

Bingo.

You recognize a very important thing here.

The Church of Global Warming and the Church of Green stem from the Church of Karl Marx.
The Church of Covid does too.



we are in agreement on most of this. But when you say the climate has never changed, how do you explain the ice ages? when all of europe and most of north america were under ice. Was that not a world wide climate change?
 
we are in agreement on most of this. But when you say the climate has never changed, how do you explain the ice ages?
Assuming the ice age took place, they are not a climate. They are change in the weather. A desert climate is still a desert climate. An arctic climate is still an arctic climate.
when all of europe and most of north america were under ice.
How to you know? Were you there?
Was that not a world wide climate change?
Assuming this took place...NO.
Europe is not the world. North America is not the world.
A desert climate is still a desert climate. An arctic climate is still an arctic climate. A tropical climate is still a tropical climate. Nothing's changed.

Weather changes, not climate. Weather has quantities: temperature, dew point, inches of rainfall, inches of snowfall, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, etc.
Climate is a description of prevailing conditions, but none use a quantity. Climate has no quantity that can change. There is no such thing as a global climate.
 
Assuming the ice age took place, they are not a climate. They are change in the weather. A desert climate is still a desert climate. An arctic climate is still an arctic climate.

How to you know? Were you there?

Assuming this took place...NO.
Europe is not the world. North America is not the world.
A desert climate is still a desert climate. An arctic climate is still an arctic climate. A tropical climate is still a tropical climate. Nothing's changed.

Weather changes, not climate. Weather has quantities: temperature, dew point, inches of rainfall, inches of snowfall, wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, etc.
Climate is a description of prevailing conditions, but none use a quantity. Climate has no quantity that can change. There is no such thing as a global climate.



you are in disagreement with all the AGW clowns. But any reasonable person understands that an ice age is a global climate change. How do we know it happened? glaciers created the great lakes. fossil and ice core data confirm that warming and cooling of the planet have been happening for millions of years, without any help from humans.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make, seems like argument for the sake of argument. I won't waste my time on that.
 
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