What hyped up impending catastrophe have the "experts" been wrong on before?
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"HAHAHAHA, this just shows what you know.
1. First of all it is not permanent, it decomposes in radioactive strength over time."
HAHAHAHAH - just shows how little YOU know.
Nuclear waste is a MAJOR problem with nuclear energy; even those in the industry acknowledge it. I said "relatively permanent problem" (if you're able to read), because from the human perspective, even generationally, it IS. Some of the hazardous waste has a half-life that is in terms of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of years.
Such a fool.
1. First of all it is not permanent, it decomposes in radioactive strength over time."
HAHAHAHAH - just shows how little YOU know.
Nuclear waste is a MAJOR problem with nuclear energy; even those in the industry acknowledge it. I said "relatively permanent problem" (if you're able to read), because from the human perspective, even generationally, it IS. Some of the hazardous waste has a half-life that is in terms of HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of years.
Such a fool.
"Someday global warming will too, it's not like anyone will ever admit they were wrong."
You're wrong about acid rain. I knew you were spending all of that time trying to google SOMETHING, anything to help you out. That's one of the problems with google; there is always some nutter's study out there to counteract the vast information on the side of the actual facts. I'm sure you came across all of it as you were going deep into the pages to try to find something to support your claim.
We're already seeing the devastation of climate change in some areas, and the warnings couldn't be more clear. At what point do you admit YOU are wrong about it?
You're wrong about acid rain. I knew you were spending all of that time trying to google SOMETHING, anything to help you out. That's one of the problems with google; there is always some nutter's study out there to counteract the vast information on the side of the actual facts. I'm sure you came across all of it as you were going deep into the pages to try to find something to support your claim.
We're already seeing the devastation of climate change in some areas, and the warnings couldn't be more clear. At what point do you admit YOU are wrong about it?
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The Almighty
1) Global Cooling
2) Acid Rain - while this one was certainly an issue, it was still overblown
3) SARS
4) Killer Bees
5) Avian Flu
6) Global Warming - like acid rain, overblown hype. Lets work on eliminating pollution and reducing the need for fossil fuels.
2) Acid Rain - while this one was certainly an issue, it was still overblown
3) SARS
4) Killer Bees
5) Avian Flu
6) Global Warming - like acid rain, overblown hype. Lets work on eliminating pollution and reducing the need for fossil fuels.
TheDanold
Unimatrix
OMGZ! You know there is some radon sitting in the earth that will and has been dangerous for MILLIONS of years! And unlike radioactive waste that is stored in KNOWN locations AND sealed, this is on land that could be developed!
Again put things in comparitive context.
My Dad has been working in nuclear energy for almost 30 years now, he dealt with this kind of nonsense for many years from protesters, so I am well versed in dealing with the usual childlike exxagerations and lies.
It is NOT viewed as a major problem in the industry, which is almost certainly why you were (as usual) unable to come up with a source for that.
Perhaps if you really get with the serious enviro-leftist crowd then you can move on to saying that all those in the industry should not be trusted.
Global cooling was a fringe theory, especially in the scientific community. Acid rain is still a problem, and is a good example of how regulation can reduce an issue like that. As for SARS/Avian Flu, the chances of a global pandemic are a virtual certainty, if you look at historical trends; I have no problem being more prepared for that than we are.
Global warming is already costing us billions & changing our lives. You guys are WAY behind the 8 ball on that one.
I'll give you that Killer Bees was overblown....
Global warming is already costing us billions & changing our lives. You guys are WAY behind the 8 ball on that one.
I'll give you that Killer Bees was overblown....
TheDanold
Unimatrix
Some nutter?
Edward Krug was a soil scientist, but as well his ENTIRE TEAM of researchers all working for the "National Acid Rain Precipitation Assessment Project" concluded it not to be a catastrophe.
Krug is respected in his field. His mentor, John Tedrow, a world-renowned soil scientist at Rutgers University, says that Krug borders "on genius." Krug has developed an internationally accepted theory on lake acidity. He has published in prestigious scientific journals. He organized the Acid Rain Symposium at an annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served as an adviser to two directors of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But today, because of politics, he cannot find work in his field.
Do you deny the NOW well established theory that acidity in lakes is determined by soil and NOT by rain?
I'm sorry, and I went through this with WMD, but you are going to have to accept that those who hyped it were simply wrong.
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The Almighty
Funny, I recall Global Cooling was the "consensus" bullshit of the day back in the 70's... but I was a kid, so I will chalk that up to a "maybe you are correct on that".... however, I will look back at it when I have some time.
Like I said, acid rain is indeed a problem, but it was overblown.
Sure, a global pandemic will likely occur sometime. But overhyping things like SARS and the Avian flu are like crying wolf. If we continue to panic the public when there is no need to do so, they are not going to believe us when a real threat emerges.
Global warming... I will have to double check, but if I recall correctly 1998 was still the warmest year on average for the globe. Again, I agree completely that pollution is a problem and we would be best served to do everything we can to eliminate it. But I am sick of the fear mongers like Gore who want to try to scare the public with false statistics. I am also sick of the "whose to blame game". How much money have we wasted trying to determine how much of the warming is caused by man vs. nature? Every penny of that amount would have been better served going into R&D on alt energy or other ways to reduce pollution.
There was never any scientific consensus about global cooling. There were a couple of hyped articles in magazines in the popular press in the 1970s, but the global scientific community at large, never made any consensus dire predictions about it.
Avian Flu and SARS: the media hyped it, as they are prone to do. However, if you turn off Fox News, and put down the Washington Post, you would see that the actual scientific community never identified it as a sure fire, impending crises. They were much more judicious than the alarmist media is: they identified it as a problem that needed to be monitiored, and that the potential for the virus to mutate was something to keep an eye on.
In contrast to these media hypes, global warming is one of the most heavily studied scientific phenonmena of the last 30 years, and the global scientific consensus has been rendered. Global warming is one of the most certain scientific "facts" (in the scientific sense) of the last 20 years. Its on a par with the level of certainty we have regarding the harmful effects of second hand smoke and CFSs degrading the ozone hole
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Better than You
Why does it have to be the Christian right? Why can't it just be Prohibitionists? There are plenty of Christians that love alcohol. Stop being such a weasel.
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Better than You
Predicting this^ in 20 years.
That's not even worthy of response.
Read the report on at the start of this thread, or just open a newspaper. We are ALREADY seeing many of the predictions that were made just a decade ago come true. Droughts, melting ice, habitat loss, disruption of oceanic food chain, et al.
It's not a question of "if" anymore. It's more like "how fast"...
no suprise there, the christian rights stock full of liars.
TheDanold
Unimatrix
In 20 years I'll be curious to know if Slu McFadden finally gets his entry in the Guiness Book for "Longest Time Spent as Intern".
becasue I saw a History channel special on it, which went through the progression of how it happened....
And it was not all the Christian right, they were "used" by other groups that benefitted from alcohol being banned.....
Same with Cocaine, which was legal everywhere in the usa, in drinks, in couph syrup, in every medicine man's bottle being sold off the wagon...the benefiter at that time was the Liquor industry.....they really pushed the Christians to make noise about banning it.
I am a devout Christian...from head to toe, but I am not going to deny that we can not be used for a "secular" cause....
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