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[nenjin]

Well, this thread has remained entertaining even if the elections have not. Personal attacks and all.

[Rose]

So, uh, yeah.

I'm honestly torn between republican and democrat, really. I like the democrat's views on equality and stuff, but the republican's views on things like global warming.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

....The Republican view that global warming isn't happening at all and we should just ignore climate change, drill baby drill?

[Nadaka]

So, uh, yeah.

I'm honestly torn between republican and democrat, really. I like the democrat's views on equality and stuff, but the republican's views on things like global warming.

yea, it would be a lot easier if we could just pass a law to make it illegal for the sea to rise.

[Rose]

... yes?

Sorta, anyway. My view is that global warming's gonna happen with or without our help, and the earth's been far warmer and far colder than it is right now, and we're just getting out of an ice age, relatively speaking.

[Darvi]

It's not a problem that cannot be solved with a non-infinite amount of buckets.

[GoombaGeek]

I'd argue except I usually get self-conscious that I'm totally wrong even if it's something absolutely retarded (e.g. "All non-furries will be put in concentration camps").

So what's wrong with using less gas and saving money anyway?

[Darvi]

Because that way we can eventually build up a market on farts?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

... yes?

Sorta, anyway. My view is that global warming's gonna happen with or without our help, and the earth's been far warmer and far colder than it is right now, and we're just getting out of an ice age, relatively speaking.

Getting out of an ice age is one thing, but the atmospheric concentration of C02 PPM right now is higher than at any point we have ever been able to analyze. C02 traps heat. We've had abnormal heat since the C02 PPM started rising. Coming out of an ice age doesn't do that.

Even if climate change is natural, we still have a problem that needs to be addressed, and that is the impending downfall of human civilization once said climate change renders us unable to grow the crops we have relied on for our species' entire history. It is paramount that we maintain Earth's current temperature even if we have to start blasting the atmosphere with sulfate to do it, otherwise most of humanity is going to starve to death. In your lifetime. Earth can and has been hotter and colder, but not with us around.

[Rose]

Eh.

Be that as it may, I'll vote for whoever supports the space program more.

[Owlbread]

Eh.

Be that as it may, I'll vote for whoever supports the space program more.

But surely once things are more stable in the USA, there will be plenty of time for space programs?

[Rose]

Not that I'm voting anyway. Too far away.

[mainiac]

When you don't vote you make the average concentration of jerks in the voting pool slightly larger.  Jerks vote, uniformly.

As for the global warming thing, there is pretty much unanimous agreement among the climate scientists that climate change is happening due to human activity.  The dissenters are pretty uniformly paid shills.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

But surely once things are more stable in the USA, there will be plenty of time for space programs?

The USA is stable, hence why it is important to both combat climate change and fund the space program right now. The sooner we get material returns from space exploration the better. Earth only has so much to offer us, no matter how well we conserve.

[Jervill]

So does that mean that the state's with the highest voting turnout are filled with jerks?