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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:08 AM Original message |
James Lovelock: "Enjoy life while you can, because 80% of people will be wiped out by 2100" |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. And hope for the future was sounding so good! My bubble has been popped! n.t |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm going to go enjoy a beer! |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is his "reasonable track record of prediction" fm sourcewatch |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. the ass actually said Hiroshima survivors had lower cancer rates? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And the cancer rates associated with the fires in Kuwait, the fire bombing of Tokyo and Dresden are |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hiroshima radiation victims apologists |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You crack me up |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've sensed there will be a mass exodus from Planet Earth |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. . |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. He's a wonderful spokesperson (raving nutcase) for the nuclear industry - lol |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I'm afraid you misunderstand the Gaia hypothesis |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No I have not |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Um... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I have read his non-peer reviewed book and a homeostatic Earth system requires negative feedbacks |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Of course, *real* scientists do come to new understandings occasionally |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. There is not one peer-reviewed scientific reference in that statement that supports Gaia |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Once again, I maintain, you misunderstand the Gaia hypothesis |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That is Lovelock's non-peer reviewed opinion. It is not science |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. "true believers" — sounds like an ad hominem |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's what I keep telling you all. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. I think it's safe to say |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's just a wee bit facile, no? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I didn't review your African analysis because it looks like flawed research |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. My position is that the data on renewables are still too slim to make accurate projections possible |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, I can see where you are coming from. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It is what it is. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Unfortunately it takes much more than reputable sources |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thanks for your comments. Let's take a look at some of them. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Your stated goals are clear |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Let me add something |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I wan't going to reply because we're not getting anywhere. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That is obvious crap |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Right. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Then let's discuss the basis of your claims regarding what can't be substituted |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. OK, lets talk about that. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, that's a plan. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I kind of figured that. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. What are your stock picks for the apocalypse today Paul? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 06:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. My tip of the day is, "Buy gold" |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. Apparently, Paul knows more about FrontPage than economics |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. An economist might make these observations: |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
11. The end is near!!! Repent! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yeah! Nothing like that could ever happen to us. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Oh, yeah...sing it, man. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
39. I'll sing it, Sage. |
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jeanruss (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. www.twilightclub.org |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. To say we're all doomed, and we need to plot our individual survival against |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
41. Having been born in 1958, I don't expect to be alive in 2100 |
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conning (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
45. gobal climate change |
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