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GliderGuider

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17. You're an odd duck, kris.
Sat Jul 25, 2015, 02:28 PM
Jul 2015

I get the impression that you think everyone lies to you. We don't, you know.

bookmarked daleanime Jul 2015 #1
Lol... he "changed his mind"? FBaggins Jul 2015 #2
Around the World, Nuclear Can't Compete With Growing Renewables kristopher Jul 2015 #3
Really? FBaggins Jul 2015 #7
Yeah, well... kristopher Jul 2015 #9
Snyder work is some of the most highly regarded in the world on this topic kristopher Jul 2015 #10
Cool! When is it going to "kill" fossil fuels? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #4
When are you going to help instead of obstruct? kristopher Jul 2015 #5
What, exactly, is "the problem" from where you sit? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #6
You know very well what it is. kristopher Jul 2015 #11
Actually, I'm particularly motivated to piss on growth GliderGuider Jul 2015 #13
Bullshit. kristopher Jul 2015 #14
Now I'm all hurt. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #15
Why should you be? kristopher Jul 2015 #16
You're an odd duck, kris. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #17
Of course you don't. kristopher Jul 2015 #21
Such a strange usage of "killing" FBaggins Jul 2015 #8
Not even a bit strange - kristopher Jul 2015 #12
Here's an interesting aggregated view of 50 years of energy use GliderGuider Jul 2015 #18
Which translates into no hope for the planet. NNadir Jul 2015 #19
Nope. kristopher Jul 2015 #20
There's actually a word for spending 2 trillion dollars for no result... NNadir Jul 2015 #38
The problem is not energy, the problem is too many humans. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #28
We'll pass the point of no return before renewables do anything. joshcryer Jul 2015 #22
That's what it comes down to. Fossil fuels have the world in their grip GliderGuider Jul 2015 #23
"Fossil fuels have the world in their grip" Really? jonno99 Jul 2015 #29
So we can stop any time we like right? Like a heroin junkie? GliderGuider Jul 2015 #30
So things like refrigeration, and reducing the back-breaking toil of human labor - jonno99 Jul 2015 #31
Pretty well everyone in the world thinks like you. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #32
"thinking that's the way it should be." No - that's simply the way it IS. jonno99 Jul 2015 #33
I'm just as guilty as everyone else. The difference is GliderGuider Jul 2015 #35
Guilty? No. Unless you consider that it is your fault that you were born into the place jonno99 Jul 2015 #36
I'm going to keep plugging away for sure. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #37
I agree with your thinking kristopher Jul 2015 #34
You could be correct but if that happens it will be a matter of public will, not technology. kristopher Jul 2015 #24
It's also a question of the speed of climate change. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #25
Are you defending buggy whip makers again? kristopher Jul 2015 #26
No, I'm asking you how you see the politics in relation to the time scale. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #27
Idiotic. joshcryer Aug 2015 #39
Nuclear is rightly irrelevant. joshcryer Aug 2015 #40
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