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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by asjoseph, Oct 26, 2024.

  1. asjoseph

    asjoseph Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile

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    I see so many Ford products every day. Transit buses, Amazon delivery vans, police cars, contractors, they are all over the place, s.
    You are for China employment practices? There is nothing wrong with AOC, but it has been hammered in by people seeking total power that there is. Some see through the hammering, some breathe it all in.
     
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    what, car sales never declined before bevs came into being? or before climate change was understood to any degree?
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Oh CRAP!
    I missed that story!
    HOW did I miss that story??!!

    SO....
    We UNDERSTAND CLIMATE CHANGE???
    Curse you!!! - US Presidential elections stories for occulting that monumental story!!!

    SO.....
    What's the anthropogenic component?
    Solar output modeling? Has it been successfully back-modeled through...say, the middle ages?
    Volcanic activity? (We ARE both externally and INTERNALLY heated!)

    So much $cinecing that I missed out on...... ;)
     
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    bisco cookie crumbler

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    that's why i said 'to any extent'. we do know quite a bit, but we don't know what we don't know.
    i think we know enough to not be in complete denial.
     
  6. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Fair enough.

    Some people have a different understanding of understanding......not to mention the role of CURIOSITY in sciencing.
     
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    Agreed, it’s a problem both ways
    Personally, I tend to err on the side of caution, but know others who throw caution to the wind.
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    'Tis an ill wind....