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    Default THE POOR ARE CARRYING THE COST OF TODAY'S CLIMATE POLICIES

    Great article from Matt Ridley's blog. To my mind, nothing exemplifies the hypocrisy underpinning much of the debate than the sight of so many private jets arriving at Orly airport for COP21.

    I say to my greener friends:

    Where do you get your insouciance about the clear evidence that the poorest people in the world are the ones hardest hit by climate change policy today? 


    Where do you get your indomitable certainty that the end justifies these means?

    Where do you find the evidence that we must cause certain pain to today’s poor in order to forestall the small possibility of suffering among tomorrow’s rich? 


    And where do you find the hubris to occupy the moral high ground?
    http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog...nge-the-facts/
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    It seems to me that the selfishness of climate alarmists in totally ignoring the plight of the poor, in Africa and Asia, truly amounts to a form of racism.
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    Is it normal for one in ten children to be born with asthma Tom?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Is it normal for one in ten children to be born with asthma Tom?
    Irrelevant bullshit, what does CO2 have to do with asthma?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corazón View Post
    Irrelevant bullshit, what does CO2 have to do with asthma?
    Is CO2 the only pollutant released in the combustion of fossil fuels?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Is CO2 the only pollutant released in the combustion of fossil fuels?
    CO2 is not a pollutant, it is essential to all life. As many as the entire population of India, still live without access to electricity, while 2.8 billion people rely on wood, crop waste, dung, and other biomass to cook and heat their homes.*Any idea what effect that has on children's health?

    https://phys.org/news/2013-07-greening-co2.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    which class of people have the money to deal with the changes and effects of GW in their personal lives?
    All of them as there are no changes anyone can do anything about. It's a natural cycle.
    "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
    The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    rich people can move right?


    poor people not so much huh
    Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children, accounting for 9 per cent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2015. This translates to over 1,400 young children dying each day, or about 526,000 children a year, despite the availability of simple effective treatment. Over a billion people have no access to electricity and clean safe water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    which class of people have the money to deal with the changes and effects of GW in their personal lives?
    Slum lords like you. You could improve the efficiency of the heating/cooling systems, put in more efficient lighting, insulate your apartments better, put in more water efficient appliances, etc, etc, instead of screwing the poor renters and pocketing the profit.

    You know, practice what you preach hypocrite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    rich people can move right?


    poor people not so much huh
    Did you actually read the article?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
    Slum lords like you. You could improve the efficiency of the heating/cooling systems, put in more efficient lighting, insulate your apartments better, put in more water efficient appliances, etc, etc, instead of screwing the poor renters and pocketing the profit.

    You know, practice what you preach hypocrite.
    your proof any of that idiocy is true?

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    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    your proof any of that idiocy is true?
    Yes. Every time you post. By the way, what color are your tenants? Be truthful now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corazón View Post
    CO2 is not a pollutant, it is essential to all life. As many as the entire population of India, still live without access to electricity, while 2.8 billion people rely on wood, crop waste, dung, and other biomass to cook and heat their homes.*Any idea what effect that has on children's health?

    https://phys.org/news/2013-07-greening-co2.html
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