https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on a report by his own government warning of devastating effects from climate change.
Asked outside the White House about the findings that unchecked global warming would wreak havoc on the US economy, he said: "I don't believe it."
The report found that climate change will cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars annually and damage health.
The Trump administration has pursued a pro-fossil fuels agenda.
The world's leading scientists agree that climate change is human-induced and warn that natural fluctuations in temperature are being exacerbated by human activity.
Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940
Oh boy, here we go again lol. Is President Trump trolling or is he actually serious? Why do facts all of a sudden not matter?
Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940
Oh boy, here we go again lol. Is President Trump trolling or is he actually serious? Why do facts all of a sudden not matter? Why do popular conservatives like to say "Facts don't care about your feelings", but forget this thinking when it comes to a lot of scientific consensus?
Projections like this are nearly useless in this society now because of both dishonesty and incompetence on the part of the so-called experts.
They tend to be imaginations more than anything else.
At their worst they are pure propaganda.
Then surely can you tell me what data points are incorrect in the report.
Facts > Feelings right?
Fact: By 1985 there was near certainty from the so-called experts that we would be out of gas by now.
We are nowhere near.
Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940
Oh boy, here we go again lol. Is President Trump trolling or is he actually serious? Why do facts all of a sudden not matter? Why do popular conservatives like to say "Facts don't care about your feelings", but forget this thinking when it comes to a lot of scientific consensus?
What does this have to do with the specific Report Trump was discussing? That's deflection I believe.
I would like to know what in particular was incorrect about the Federal Report that made Trump think it is wrong.
I am not interested in closed minds.
I am not interested in closed minds.
You must've read the report to have disagreed with it, hey?
No of course not
Oh, okay, well you must not have any opinion on the validity of the report then, and your posts in this thread must be off topic I guess.
That is some very small thinking right there.
The Better People think big.
We also listen.
No of course not, this idea that only properly shingled experts can have an understanding of the quality of the work of the experts is wrong and it is an attempt at tyranny.
A little note for "stable geniuses" or "simple-minded morons" to allay the ambiguity. From another post of mine.
"The USA follows the Know Nothing policies of old to protect Corporate polluters and the USA Energy Industries. Veritable mountains of coal BURNING, lakes of petroleum products BURNING, Mountains of biomass BURNING, trillions of cubic feet of natural gas BURNING, nearly invisible nukes BURNING, etc., all BURNING. Releasing the HEAT into the atmosphere and raising the temperature of that atmosphere slightly, possibly one tenth of a degree per decade in human terms. Add some CO2 to trap slightly excess heat preventing its' radiation into space. Melt lots of ice to induce absorption of heat into Oceans instead of reflecting the heat back into space and causing a slight increase in Ocean tremps. Find a World Energy link. Total the BTU outputs into the atmosphere of the heat produced by burning of the aforementioned fuels. All the BTUs make their way into the atmosphere. Find the weight of the atmosphere and calculate how much the thousands of quadrillions of BTUs will raise the temp of that weight of atmosphere. Voila! Since it is a simple math problem, there is no question that the temp will increase. In the past, any Party opposing this simple math would be referred to as the Know Nothing Party and their agenda ridiculed. In today's World of IMAGERY, the MSM presents the agenda, by din of huge amounts of dollars purchasing MSM space, and propagates the Know Nothing AGENDA to protect the wealth of the Big Energy POLLUTERS. In the meantime, they must move and protect their assets before legal liability stakes a claim. Like it or lump it, those are the facts."
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No of course not, this idea that only properly shingled experts can have an understanding of the quality of the work of the experts is wrong and it is an attempt at tyranny.
No, the idea that the opinion of someone with no training or experience in a technical field has as much weight as someoneone who has training and experience is ridiculous.
“Expert” has meaning. An expert in a field, by definition is more knowledgeable about that field than a non expert. The expert’s opinion is based on study and knowledge. A non expert’s opinion can be informed if there has been some study, but without actual study of a field your opinion is pretty much random.
That is how it was supposed to work but America is a very corrupt place now, and the Universities have failed.
And I know how often so-called experts have either lied to me, or else been completely wrong....usually after they had claimed to be sure.
That is how it was supposed to work but America is a very corrupt place now, and the Universities have failed.
And I know how often so-called experts have either lied to me, or else been completely wrong....usually after they had claimed to be sure.
If only that happened on a more regular basis.An expert is someone who doesn’t make simple errors but goes on to make huge mistakes. Expertise doesn’t guarantee perfection, nor honesty.
But the fact that there are dishonest people in every field does not mean that expertise has no meaning nor does it mean a non expert in a field has the ability or knowledge to judge the quality of an expert’s work.
Trump doesn’t believe his own agencies. Based on what? He has shown he doen’t even understand the difference between weather and climate.
I am not an expert in climate science. I do have some expertise in statistics, however. Is it possible that estimates of climate change and the effect of human actions are off? Of course. If the estimates are wrong, will some experts refuse to concede? Sure. But as of now, the available evidence certainly seems to point to global warming beyond what would be expected by purely natural occurrences. Now, any scientist who can prove this wrong (not just disagree, but convincingly demonstrate) will have it made.
Science is self-correcting in the long run. Hell, it took a very long time for germ theory to prevail over miasma theory.
And it is other experts who call out the fraudulent ones.
Is there a compelling reason to pretend that he understands the issue well enough to believe or disbelieve it?
Trump on climate change report: 'I don't believe it'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46351940
Oh boy, here we go again lol. Is President Trump trolling or is he actually serious? Why do facts all of a sudden not matter? Why do popular conservatives like to say "Facts don't care about your feelings", but forget this thinking when it comes to a lot of scientific consensus?
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