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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)
  • The Climate is always changing
  • we will have more waterfront property
  • antartica is gaining ice
  • CO2 is good for plants
  • sea level rise is exaggerated
  • scientists are in it for the Gov money
  • We're coming out of a little ice age
  • they want to ban cows
  • There is no consensus
  • volcanos did it
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

That 'CO2 is plant food' argument always cracks me up. Like, water is good for people yes, but I'll still die if you shove a thousand gallons down my throat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They've stopped claiming it's the 11-year solar cycle. That was a good one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Antarctica is gaining ice…. Where

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I do believe I read this. Changing weather patterns, including warmer air, created more snowfall in some parts of Antarctica. Remember that the interior is all desert, too cold for snow…. Or was

Of course it’s also like saying Death Valley had a flood, so California’s water shortage is solved

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

McMurdo got a new slushie machine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I haven’t heard anything about “the war on lightbulbs” lately. Maybe we won one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is this all from the "interview" on X or several different moments in time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Volcano insurance is the next hottest must-have accessory