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In reply to the discussion: De Blasio: Bernie’s Attacks on Hillary’s Climate Change Record Are ‘Flat-Out False’ [View all]NNadir
(33,475 posts)...they are not very good scientists.
The data for 2015 is in, this just trillions of dollars was spent in just the last ten years on so called "renewable energy."
2015 was, the worst year ever recorded for increases in dangerous fossil fuel waste accumulation in the atmosphere; the first year for said increases to increase by more than 3.00 ppm, 3.05 ppm to be exact.
2016, based on the preliminary data, is shaping up to be even worse.
I fully concede that Sanders pop proposals to address climate change are popular. What they are not is effective.
Sanders wishes to malign and belittle the world's largest, by far, source of climate change gas free primary energy, nuclear energy.
This rote garbage approach to climate change is not merely ignorant; it is dangerous. Seven million people per year die from air pollution. The prominent climate scientist James Hansen was co-author of a widely read and discussed paper showing that historical nuclear power saved 1.8 million lives that otherwise would have been added to the total of 50 million lives every 7 years.
Sanders doesn't get it. Not at all. He's clueless.
I understand that there are plenty of sheep ready and enthusiastic to follow their shepard off a cliff, but count me out. I spend most of my free time reading the primary scientific literature connected with energy technology and climate change. That's the prime reason that I strongly oppose a Sanders Presidency. I will vote for him, if the Democratic Party chooses, stupidly, to endorse him, but not because he's good for the environment - he'll be bad for it - but only because his opponents will be even worse. It will be a "lesser than two evils" moment during which I will despair for the future of my country and even more important, humanity.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.