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http://kdvr.com/2014/08/12/president-carter-calls-for-carbon-tax-at-aspen-renewable-energy-conference/
President Carter calls for carbon tax at Aspen renewable energy conference
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"The biggest problem we have right now..." (Original Post)
babylonsister
Aug 2014
OP
that's the problem, it isn't because they're stupid, or improperly informed
phantom power
Aug 2014
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phantom power
(25,966 posts)1. I predict he's wrong, most of them will not change their position.
It will never be that hard to believe we weren't to blame, particularly if you're already the kind of person who's willing to believe in a conspiracy of climate scientists.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)2. it will become blatantly obvious
But then they all blame God's punishing us for all the gays!!
Idiots!!
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)4. They will go straight from denial to "It's already too late so why bother!"
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)7. That's exactly what will happen.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,833 posts)9. And then 'time to look forward, not backward'
BumRushDaShow
(128,860 posts)5. They will "change" their position in order to make money off of it. nt
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)8. I think they're not that dumb;
why they can't admit to what's happening around us is beyond me, politically or otherwise.
Take Inhofe, please! Can he possibly be that dumb?
phantom power
(25,966 posts)10. that's the problem, it isn't because they're stupid, or improperly informed
it is for psychological and tribal reasons, which are much more intractable.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)3. Maybe they'll figure it out when
Surfers hit the waves just south of Waco, Louisiana and Florida disappear into the Atlantic Ocean.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)6. The nut cases are enabled by propagandists who knowingly craft arguments they know to be false
because their corporate masters want to avoid accountability for just a little longer.