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"Also I need to add in here that most well-informed environmentalists are..."
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"Also I need to add in here that most well-informed environmentalists are entirely cognizant of the incidence of solar radiative forcing as a possible causal factor to global warming.
For the most part, this explanation has been dismissed by scientists as casually unrelated. For a review of the literature on this, you can look up Crowley, TJ. 2000. Science 289:270-277."
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"Um, who says that we'd bankrupt the country pursuing alternatives? All t..."
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"Um, who says that we'd bankrupt the country pursuing alternatives? All the current economic indicators seem to suggest that they'd be more profitable than coal, anyway. That's right: solar and wind can be produced and operated more cheaply than coal. Look into it.
Finally, global warming is not the only objection. Even if we were to grant you your absurd pseudo-science, you'd still have the problem that coal is not renewable, and therefore not sustainable in any case."
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"They don't really have a suggestion.
But those of us who are "part ..."
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"They don't really have a suggestion.
But those of us who are "part of the cause" have a number of ideas. For one, both solar and wind energy have now reached a technological point where, in many cases, they can be operated more cheaply than "dirty" coal. And unlike "clean coal," they're available now.
Further, there's a number of other technologies that, while not currently cheaper than "dirty coal," could be likely developed to viability for a lower research investment than "clean coal.""
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"Nuclear power will likely be a part of the solution... temporarily.
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"Nuclear power will likely be a part of the solution... temporarily.
Even those who are educated "fear it" (a better wording would be "oppose it as a long-term approach to meeting our energy needs") out of concerns about renewability, waste storage issues, resilience of the energy supply, and the centralization of energy production. I'd go into detail on this but don't have time.
Suffice to say most who are "against" nuclear power mostly just see it as a temporary solution, and for good reason."
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"Ugh. You don't understand the implications of the Earth's atmospheric ca..."
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"Ugh. You don't understand the implications of the Earth's atmospheric carbon content at all, nor the nature of where it came from. Environmentalists do realize that plants need CO2 to live, as well as they realize that oxygen does not occur in earth's atmosphere in absence of biological life.
I don't have time to explain. Just go do some reading. If you don't want to believe the science, fine, but at least know what it is. That's all we ask."
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