Why we won't solve global warming.

OldWiseGuy said:

For the same reason we don't pick up litter left by someone else.

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I do.

OldWiseGuy said:

The left believes that the right is responsible for global warming.

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Nonsense. We are all responsible for it.

OldWiseGuy said:

So they insist that the right solve the problem, while they supervise.

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No, we insist those on the right (left, or middle) who deny it is a problem stop denying it and stop standing in the way of a solution.

OldWiseGuy said:

When is the last time you saw the one who makes a mess clean it up (if no one saw them make it)?

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You need to get some new friends.

What did Christ say about the END TIMES and what would be happening? The world calls this global warming.

And this is not about what OTHERS do but what are we doing? See someone make a mess and leave it.. clean it ..and if they do it again.. clean it also..

Now that we have been having record cool temps, they conveniently changed the name to Climate Change. So how will we solve a problem that keeps morphing into another problem?

We won't solve global warming because the left is obnoxious about it. Bill Nye's attitude (for example) just causes people to dig in their heels and respond the same way they were spoken to- disrespectfully and obnoxiously. Which leads me to believe that congressional democrats (and those who idolize them) aren't interested in actually getting the problem solved.

OldWiseGuy said:

For the same reason we don't pick up litter left by someone else.

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Maybe YOU don't, but millions of others do.

You're not aware of things like the #trashtag challenge, are you?

The left believes that the right is responsible for global warming. So they insist that the right solve the problem, while they supervise.

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Such a strange set of notions.

Concerns about climate change is not an exclusive stance of "the left". The polling data shows that concern about climate change is a strong but minority view on "the right" as well.

The left doesn't blame the right for AGW. Scientists attribute the large majority of recent warming to HUMAN activity. Where the disagreement lies is the right's attempt to maintain the status quo, versus the left's actions to reduce emissions.

When is the last time you saw the one who makes a mess clean it up (if no one saw them make it)?

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OldWiseGuy said:

However, there is an eccentric lady that has picked up litter for years all over my neighborhood.

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We have one of those too. She was awarded citizen of the year a few years back. I live adjacent to a park. I regularly police it up. A few years back while walking my dog in the early morning I discovered the remains of a beer bash with broken bottles littering the children's play area. I took the dog home and spent the next 3 hours picking up shards of glass. I am my brothers keeper.

OldWiseGuy said:

The left believes that the right is responsible for global warming.

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No, elevated levels of carbon dioxide and methane are responsible for global warming.

So they insist that the right solve the problem, while they supervise.

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No, they insist that it will take a lot of concerted action to reduce the rate at which carbon dioxide and methane are produced. Because it is very easy for everyone to just keep doing what we all have been doing.

OldWiseGuy said:

For the same reason we don't pick up litter left by someone else.

The left believes that the right is responsible for global warming. So they insist that the right solve the problem, while they supervise.

When is the last time you saw the one who makes a mess clean it up (if no one saw them make it)?

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--which is why punishing ourselves wont do much to change Global Warming.

China, India, and some other nations account for most of the problem and they have no intention of spending billions on clean-ups rather than on other things.

crossnote said:

Now that we have been having record cool temps, they conveniently changed the name to Climate Change. So how will we solve a problem that keeps morphing into another problem?

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That isn't true.

On a global scale we have consistently very high temperatures, and some record breaking ones:
Global Climate in 2018

Shemjaza said:

That isn't true.

On a global scale we have consistently very high temperatures, and some record breaking ones:
Global Climate in 2018

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Pleeze...
Based on records from the State Climate Extremes Committee, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the coldest temperature on record in every state.
Talk about the polar vortex! A list of the coldest weather ever recorded in each state

Stop politicizing science and other serious issues.

This reminds me of a cartoon I saw of two dinosaurs arguing over whose fault it was that the meteor was about to hit them.

crossnote said:

Pleeze...
Based on records from the State Climate Extremes Committee, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the coldest temperature on record in every state.
Talk about the polar vortex! A list of the coldest weather ever recorded in each state

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Oh! You are talking about peak temperatures, that seems like a silly measure instead of measuring the average temperature over the course of the year.

crossnote said:

Pleeze...
Based on records from the State Climate Extremes Committee, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the coldest temperature on record in every state.
Talk about the polar vortex! A list of the coldest weather ever recorded in each state

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And what do you suppose causes the instabilities in the polar vortex responsible for those low temperatures?

OldWiseGuy said:

For the same reason we don't pick up litter left by someone else.

The left believes that the right is responsible for global warming. So they insist that the right solve the problem, while they supervise.

When is the last time you saw the one who makes a mess clean it up (if no one saw them make it)?

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Well, I am not sure where you were going with the OP. But in regards to the question made in the title, the answer is quite simple. It is because global warming is a global issue that requires a global effort. An effort that is not shared globally. Basically, until China and India gets their act together, it doesn't matter what we do.
Note: Look at the EU. Weren't they the ones lecturing the U.S. and leading the way on the war on carbon emission with the Paris Accord?

OldWiseGuy said:

Conservatives will be forced to clean things up while Al Gore flies around in his jet with AOC supervising the efforts.

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It's delightful that you can present your arguments so cogently.

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Well, I am not sure where you were going with the OP. But in regards to the question made in the title, the answer is quite simple. It is because global warming is a global issue that requires a global effort. An effort that is not shared globally. Basically, until China and India gets their act together, it doesn't matter what we do.
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Good on the USA for reducing... but there is a deceptive method used by western countries to reduce their apparent carbon footprint, that is to keep using products that result in CO2, but getting them from other countries with less restrictive rules.