tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post2426858635001342426..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: "How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical arguments on global warming"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-32282846314573626262018-03-16T08:18:10.180+00:002018-03-16T08:18:10.180+00:00B, if you ask a nice simple question they come bac...B, if you ask a nice simple question they come back with an even more complicated answer. <br /><br />I'm happy with the scientific explanations for all of this stuff - evolution, dinosaur extinction, Big Bang, how nuclear fission or fusion works - it all seems perfectly plausible and coherent (whether these things are 'true' or not and whether I actually 'understand' them on any deeper level or not) but the MMGW explanation simply does not stack up, even if you read the IPCC puff piece.<br /><br />Also, there's plenty of Big Business rooting for MMGW because there's money in windmills, lithium batteries, loft insulation etc etc, so that argument is for crap.<br /><br />BJ, tax on petrol, coal etc = good tax, whatever we do with the proceeds. These carbon permits and cap and trade is, as you say, a load of horseshit. Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-4639536965517411322018-03-15T23:03:13.036+00:002018-03-15T23:03:13.036+00:00I'm a bit sceptical myself, but I agree that t...I'm a bit sceptical myself, but I agree that the use of fossil fuels creates costs that need internalising. Not least to stop transferring our incomes to the Russians and Saudis. <br /><br />Why can't we just all agree on a Carbon Fee and Dividend and get on with it? (cap and trade is, as predicted a failure, except for rent seekers). As it is, we are getting the worst of all worlds. As per usual.<br /><br />Useless politicians. benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-27130931780083324792018-03-15T18:28:55.975+00:002018-03-15T18:28:55.975+00:00Homeys have nothing on Warmenists or Remoaners whe...Homeys have nothing on Warmenists or Remoaners when it comes to not listening/reading and spouting the party line instead. The basic thought process seems to be: "I know you are wrong, therefore everything you say/write must be wrong, therefore there is no point listening to/reading it".Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.com