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longhorn320 · « **Reply #7224 on:** April 02, 2023, 05:37:53 PM »

84 in Houston

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7225 on:** April 03, 2023, 10:27:03 AM »

"Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. Einstein’s view as to the magnitude of the deflection of light by gravitation would have been rejected by all experts not many years ago, yet it proved to be right. Nevertheless the opinion of experts, when it is unanimous, must be accepted by non-experts as more likely to be right than the opposite opinion.

The scepticism that I advocate amounts only to this: (1) that when the experts are agreed, the opposite opinion cannot be held to be certain; (2) that when they are agreed, no opinion can be regarded as certain by a non-expert; and (3) that when they all hold that no sufficient grounds for a positive opinion exist, the ordinary man would do well to suspend his judgment.

These propositions may seem mild, yet, if accepted, they would absolutely revolutionize human life.

The opinions for which people are willing to fight and persecute all belong to one of the three classes which this scepticism condemns. When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold their opinions with passion; they hold them calmly, and set forth their reasons quietly. The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder’s lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.”

[color=var(--accent)]Bertrand Russell[/iurl], Sceptical Essays (1928), Introduction: On the Value of Scepticism, p. 12[/font][/font][/size][/color]

847badgerfan · « **Reply #7226 on:** April 03, 2023, 01:24:58 PM »

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7227 on:** April 04, 2023, 06:38:38 AM »

The Earth’s Green Future is Forked | Climate Etc. (judithcurry.com)

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7228 on:** April 04, 2023, 07:10:17 AM »

Road to net zero will cost trillions a year, report says - BBC News

This obviously will never happen, time to be realistic.

847badgerfan · « **Reply #7229 on:** April 05, 2023, 09:32:41 AM »

The NHC put out it's final report on Hurricane Ian. It was a Cat 5 after all. Below are images from Fort Myers Beach, all from the same camera angle. Amazing what these storms can do in such a short amount of time.

FearlessF · « **Reply #7230 on:** April 05, 2023, 10:10:05 AM »

Decreasing cloudiness and windy.
High 39F.
Winds WNW at 25 to 35 mph.
Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
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too windy for golf

Sending this to Nubbz

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7231 on:** April 08, 2023, 06:34:07 AM »

GOP urged to denounce ‘alarmist’ UN climate change report | Fox News

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called on wealthy nations to move up its net-zero emissions goal from 2050 to 2040. But a memo sent by the Competitive Enterprise Institute offered Republicans talking points for refuting both the UN’s findings and the Biden administration’s push to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.

Gee, why not set the goal to 2030, or 2024, or 2020? The years are all about equally plausible. (I'm not endorsing the "talking points" in the article, just noting we're not going to "net zero" by 2050 anyway, so what's the point of the goal?)

FearlessF · « **Reply #7232 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:01:37 AM »

Vandy should set a goal to have an undefeated national championship season by 2030

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7233 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:03:58 AM »

Yeah, we're slated to hear more and more stories about how "we" aren't doing enough and our goals won't be achieved, as if setting a goal in the first place meant anything with no enablement, no plan, no strategy beyond throwing money at it. The public wants "something" to be done, as they do with most problems, with no solutions available that are practicable.

FearlessF · « **Reply #7234 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:05:53 AM »

yes, but curiously, most individuals aren't doing much in their daily lives to help meet any goal

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7235 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:10:23 AM »

Humans tend to laziness unless motivated by something real. I think it's a survival tactic outmoded today.

FearlessF · « **Reply #7236 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:22:40 AM »

people certainly aren't protesting in the streets

Cincydawg · « **Reply #7237 on:** April 08, 2023, 07:48:33 AM »

There is the occasional march about climate, usually young folks holding signs and chanting. Some Swedish gal rants at the UN about something. I know a couple folks who do what they can personally, even I try and manage a few things. The recent legislation allocated $37 billion a year in the US to "do something", and obviously that's a drop in the bucket. Mostly they set "goals" and issue new rules and targets and speechify.

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