# I'm sick of this Global Warming! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440 "2013-08-16T18:57:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1081 "2013-12-11T14:15:57Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > I know, I know, the true believer will not be swayed by logic, reason, evidence, facts or science. But remember, I don’t give a fuck about them. Really FX? So you wouldn’t stoop to something as low as altering their words in your quotes in an attempt to make you seem like less of an idiot since you don’t “Give a fuck”? > [@Miller](#): > > [Moderating] > **FXMastermind** , do not alter other people’s words inside the quote box. Doing so is a violation of the board rules. > > No warning issued this time. > [/Moderating] In addendum to my early critique of your posting style, let me add, this particular fillip does not make you seem like less of an idiot, but more so. Oh! And gibbering. I should’ve stuck gibbering between “pompous” and “disingenuous buffoon” in my earlier summation of your attributes. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1082 "2013-12-11T22:57:23Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Jeezus, you’d have to be. Don’t fucking call me Jeezuz ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1083 "2013-12-12T16:08:33Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > The DATA SHOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE THEORY Nothing that can’t be fixed by adding some epicycles. It also helps to keep the theory vague and ill-defined. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1084 "2013-12-12T17:36:33Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > It also helps to keep the theory vague and ill-defined. It’s so vague and ill-defined that the very people promoting it, insisting it is happening, don’t seem to know what it is. Which is really fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1085 "2013-12-12T17:39:22Z")
To be clear, I’m not of the mind that greenhouse gases do not act in the way that physics and experiments show. I am saying that the atmospheric buildup doesn’t seem to be having the expected effect, the effect that the climate models predict, or forecast. The explanation of increased pollution from Indochina/China acting as a cooling effect also doesn’t seem to fit. If that were the case the measurements at the top of the atmosphere don’t make any sense. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1086 "2013-12-12T18:11:29Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > To be clear, I’m not of the mind that greenhouse gases do not act in the way that physics and experiments show. I am saying that the atmospheric buildup doesn’t seem to be having the expected effect, the effect that the climate models predict, or forecast. > > The explanation of increased pollution from Indochina/China acting as a cooling effect also doesn’t seem to fit. If that were the case the measurements at the top of the atmosphere don’t make any sense. Denier ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1087 "2013-12-12T19:26:57Z")
Paid shill! ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1088 "2013-12-12T20:01:38Z")
OK, so its becoming obvious that decreased solar output is to blame. Can we cancel carbon credits, carbon taxes for now? ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1089 "2013-12-12T20:02:54Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > OK, so its becoming obvious that decreased solar output is to blame. Blamed for what? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1090 "2013-12-12T20:26:14Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Blamed for what? You know, the stuff…the stuff that’s happening ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1091 "2013-12-12T20:47:24Z")
Oh no no no no no. You have to describe EXACTLY what you are saying. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1092 "2013-12-12T20:48:26Z")
😃 😛 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1093 "2013-12-12T20:49:30Z")
I should be shot for that sickening display of smiley humor Internet. SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1094 "2013-12-13T15:32:39Z")
OK I would bitch about the cold and snow, but let’s face it, we could all use a break. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1095 "2013-12-14T09:24:01Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > It’s so vague and ill-defined that the very people promoting it, insisting it is happening, don’t seem to know what it is. They don’t know what it is; they don’t know that they don’t know; they don’t process it when it’s gently pointed out to them; and they don’t perceive any of this as a problem. > [@](#): > > Which is really fucked up. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1096 "2013-12-14T15:12:03Z")
Snow in Cairo, snow in Jerusalem, record cold…my my…AGW is starting to sound so quaint. Is any research money being handed out? I guess big bad coal ain’t so bad!:smack: ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1097 "2013-12-14T15:22:42Z")
Oh jeez, I was hoping nobody noticed the snow in Egypt. I guess with twitter and social media, it’s a lot harder to ignore such extreme and rare events. They got pictures and everything. Usually these things are never mentioned, or buried deep. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1098 "2013-12-14T15:43:00Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Snow in Cairo, snow in Jerusalem, record cold…my my…AGW is starting to sound so quaint. Is any research money being handed out? I guess big bad coal ain’t so bad!:smack: You think things are simple, because you’re stupid. That happens a lot. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1099 "2013-12-14T15:50:30Z")
Or it’s satire and humor. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440/1100 "2013-12-14T15:56:24Z")
One reason I don’t spam my research all over the interwebs, I just know stupid people will think it means we can keep polluting and deforesting and pretty much fucking up the planet with no consequences. Just the mercury, uranium, thorium and sulfur from burning coal is enough reason to STOP USING IT to burn for power. And even if CO2 doesn’t fuck up the long term climate, the increasing amounts should pose a SERIOUS FUCKING DANGER to the oceans. Of course I feel the same way about the radioactive shit flowing into the ocean from Fukushima for the last two and three quarter years. The funny thing? The same people that are freaking the fuck out over CO2 and global warming don’t seem to think Fukushima is any problem at all. Which is seriously fucked up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-of-this-global-warming/666440.md?page=56)