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Bill Gates Leads New Fund as Fears of U.S. Retreat on Climate Grow | New York Times

Fears that government funding of critical research may dry up under a new administration has spurred Bill Gates, along with the U of California and 19 others, to create a fund supporting research in electricity generation and storage, transportation, agriculture and energy-system efficiency.


This strikes me as an appropriate hymn for the occasion.
Minor key, with profound and weighty thoughts.
Please ignore the religious inferences.

Hoyt, you get to choose the next song. Maybe this one?

 

... and it goes against Christ's commandment to love your neighbor and your enemy. I love you all but I hate tyranny.

 

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Well if so, then I'll hope He doesn't agree to Psalm 137 line 8 and 9 . . - KJV - NIV - MEV - NABRE - etc.. etc...

 

I posted a reply a few days ago, but Jeff removed it... I'm guessing someone whined to him about it.

I believe it started off saying yes there is anger but not depression, just disappointment in Americans for making such an ignorant choice. But it's not just Americans, here's you saying 3 million more votes than the other candidate means we lost. It might be too subtle for you, but the fact is pretty near everybody, everywhere, lost. Those who won are the ones who enjoy trickling down upon those who think it's a great thing, like you.

I think I asked if you could give us Americans pointers on dealing with the slide from being a first world country to a second rate one, since you've had such an experience and we're about to, I reckon.

Jeff probably censored me for using words you guys use all day, every day. You know, you see a friend and say something like "**** yeah Perry, you old ****, how you been? C'mon over here and I'll buy you a pint, ya ****!"

Go figure, huh?

And I also wished a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

As for your thoughts about AGW and climate change, you should probably find someone with actual credentials to keep the faith with instead of your WUWT blog owner, Anthony Watt, a tv meteorologist with a degree from P̶e̶r̶d̶u̶e̶ high school. And that hack above, Willis Eisenbach? Well, that's plain pathetic. Can't you do any better than those two?

Here's what you need to know....

"Diagnosing a victim of "Anti-Science Syndrome (***)"
Well, maybe you can figure out the acronym.
The symtoms makes me think of you, "Big Al" Barnacle and "Yip-Yap" Hoyte .

https://thinkprogress.org/the-video...nial-crock-of-the-week-fcff7ad8a12#.evizvzc7k

Here's 92 videos, all using people who know what they're talking about. Can you come even close to refuting any of these people?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90nab5i-TQ&index=37&list=PL029130BFDC78FA33

# 1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

 

As Groundwater Dwindles, a Global Food Shock Looms | National Geographic

A new study (Abstract, Poster, Full Paper) shows that large areas of India, Pakistan, southern Europe, and the western United States could face depleted aquifers by mid-century, leaving as many as 1.8 billion people without access to this crucial source of fresh water.

Groundwater depletion affects more than food: It also damages wetlands, makes land sink, and contributes to sea-level rise.

 

That is the Old Testament. The New Testament charts a higher path.

 

Cherry picking at it's finest.

 

Religion Plays A Bigger Role In Evolution Skepticism Than Climate Change Denial, Study Finds (unless you’re talking about evangelicals) | Huffington Post

A recent study shows that while religious views drive Americans’ skepticism of evolution, climate change denial is more dependent on conservative political views and a lack of confidence in the scientific community.

 

The Sea Nomad Children Who See Like Dolphins | BBC

Children of certain Andaman Island tribes spend much of their time diving for food. Their eyes have adapted to seeing underwater, such that they can see twice as good underwater as 'normal' humans -- as do dolphins and porpoises. Experiments with young European children demonstrated that they, too, could get their eyes to make the adaption needed for better underwater vision, but that adults' eyes can no longer make the necessary accommodations.

 

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Interesting story

Maybe only children are able to this adaptation because they've been in amniotic fluid for so long, and/or children's lenses are more flexible to enable growth of the eyes, just guessing here, a pity they lose this special ability when they grow up.

Also a big pity . . .

It happened to Schokland too . . . :idea:

¹ Correction there; it was due to severe storms that the island was shrinking by land eroding, and also the island was sinking² into peat underground layers, see the Dutch version for some info about it at ---> Geology

² For the Islanders this was equal to sea level rise . . :idea:

 

Oh, the irony.
That religion and global warming are intertwined here.

 

And that my friend is the process of evolution at work.

 

Wisconsin caves...
[Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources] DNR purges climate change from web page | Journal Sentinel

while Nebraska holds firm...
[Nebraska state] Senators join hands on climate change study | Journal Star

 

Reading all ihat would ruin my day so I pass.

 

Massive Hole in Siberia Worsening Due to Climate Change, Scientists Say | Weather.com

The Batagaika crater megaslump, caused by rapidly thawing permafrost, has been growing at a rate of more than 60 feet per year and is now 400 feet deep.







PS: there is more than one crater forming in Siberia, and these three images don't seem to be from the same place.