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72. Questions?

Reply to Poptech (Reply #70)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:59 PM

Jul 2012

You haven't asked any.

I hope all that Koch-water isn't too heavy to carry.

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Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’ (...and the cause is human.) [View all] kpete Jul 2012 OP

David and Charles must be pissed. Muller better watch his six. Scuba Jul 2012 #1

Yeah, no shit. He better not go on any long walks, or he might suicide himself. No small planes Nay Jul 2012 #55

I would wager they already knew human magnified global warming was for real but up until Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #58

A very reasonable scenario. Thanks. Scuba Jul 2012 #62

I think they want to dodge liability for as long as possible. tclambert Jul 2012 #71

They didn't expect this result when they commissioned the study some years ago. n/t cheapdate Jul 2012 #92

People like the Kochs usually get what they want. If they paid A Simple Game Jul 2012 #73

I hate to think about Control-Z Jul 2012 #2

Reality is starting to sink in for many. randome Jul 2012 #4

If there's anything we CAN do at this point. Control-Z Jul 2012 #10

I'm pissed too. randome Jul 2012 #12

Now... AynRandCollectedSS Jul 2012 #3

Yep. Scare em then sell them the cure. geckosfeet Jul 2012 #13

#RomneyShambles.... Kalidurga Jul 2012 #5

the cause of Global Warming is Republican greed Berlum Jul 2012 #6

the cause of Global Warming is Republican greed AlbertCat Jul 2012 #53

I remember going to the very first "Earth Day" celebration in 1970 -when we still believed change cyberpj Jul 2012 #82

Yeah, it's like the Titanic. chervilant Jul 2012 #87

the rich will save themselves while we drown or burn up rurallib Jul 2012 #7

The only way to save themselves is to save the planet. randome Jul 2012 #8

The focus of much scientific activity today cheapdate Jul 2012 #9

The only thing shocking about this... Brooklyn Dame Jul 2012 #11

Call me a extreme pessimist OverBurn Jul 2012 #14

They won't be able to be greedy like us. sofa king Jul 2012 #16

Lacking hydrocarbons, Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #34

They won't be out of options, that's for sure. sofa king Jul 2012 #49

I'm not as pessimistic as you SteveG Jul 2012 #26

It's not just the sea rise, it's the destruction of farmland and water supplies NickB79 Jul 2012 #38

Call me naive, but I think the temp will not get that high. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #88

Do you really think the damage at +8C would be confined to India and South China? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #89

Yeah, progressoid Jul 2012 #27

The climate change deniers agent46 Jul 2012 #15

The choice to live in denial is no longer an option. randome Jul 2012 #17

That's why "adaptation" agent46 Jul 2012 #19

"we'll invent something... our science is strong" Raster Jul 2012 #66

We do have to adapt. freedom fighter jh Jul 2012 #20

I need to be clear about adaptation agent46 Jul 2012 #32

"We have to do everything possible to slow climate change down. It is accelerating." CrispyQ Jul 2012 #52

Nope NewJeffCT Jul 2012 #29

There is that distinct possibility too. n/t agent46 Jul 2012 #33

If the Kochs have half the business acumen attributed to them they will be moving into xtraxritical Jul 2012 #18

It's probably simpler than that: they know they will die soon, and they don't care hatrack Jul 2012 #37

Funny thing is, they may NOT die for quite a while. randome Jul 2012 #44

Study "about to be released" matt819 Jul 2012 #21

W00t! abelenkpe Jul 2012 #22

Wrong answer. They will bury it. AlinPA Jul 2012 #23

Science never lies. orangegrove Jul 2012 #24

Welcome to DU! progressoid Jul 2012 #30

does this mean we can have our planet back? nashville_brook Jul 2012 #25

UPDATE: 9 PM BrendaBrick Jul 2012 #28

Freepers: Kochs are now Communists Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #31

The Kochs will get folks to discredit or mock him ala Gore but I lunasun Jul 2012 #35

Thanks, Charles & David, for revealing to us the whereabouts of the sky . . . hatrack Jul 2012 #36

Muller is absolutely dishonest - he was never a skeptic Poptech Jul 2012 #39

So AGW isn't real? William Seger Jul 2012 #48

Strawman Poptech Jul 2012 #59

Interesting manifesto caraher Jul 2012 #61

Denier? Poptech Jul 2012 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #75

He's been spamming climate sites all over the net w/ this nonsense Viking12 Jul 2012 #63

I'd never run into populartechnology.net before, but GliderGuider Jul 2012 #64

Ick! I just dropped over to the poptech site. Denialists of the first order. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #80

The truth is nonsense? Poptech Jul 2012 #68

First rule of holes, my son GliderGuider Jul 2012 #69

Projection Poptech Jul 2012 #70

Questions? GliderGuider Jul 2012 #72

Too often people try to pass off ideologically driven bullshit as "science". It isn't. Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #77

The nonsense is... William Seger Jul 2012 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #78

Either Kochs figured out a way of making a shitpot of money, or we're completely fucked. Kennah Jul 2012 #40

Clarification on Koch Funding, Poptech Jul 2012 #41

I'm not sure what points you're trying to make. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #42

Muller's break with orthodox climate science is mainly that he was disturbed by "climategate" caraher Jul 2012 #56

Thanks. nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #85

Too late for Amonester Jul 2012 #43

"CALL me a converted skeptic. Three years ago ..." panzerfaust Jul 2012 #45

The RW GW denier argument will now evolve to its final stage.. DCBob Jul 2012 #46

It will only seem better, and maybe....... Gabby Hayes Jul 2012 #47

This is actually OLD NEWS... SkyDaddy7 Jul 2012 #50

Well, he can be a useful idiot for us, then. randome Jul 2012 #51

Right. drm604 Jul 2012 #54

The new piece is the NYT op-ed, not the study itself. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #76

They've known this for years, but played their Randian gambit. The 1% producers are determined to freshwest Jul 2012 #57

Good post, as usual. chervilant Jul 2012 #90

Good topic, but old news. And this is an opinion piece itsrobert Jul 2012 #60

and ThinkProgress posted the same graph at that time Enrique Jul 2012 #74

I bet the Cock brothers want their money back. sarcasmo Jul 2012 #65

I'm surprised they didn't send the results directly into the sun lilithsrevenge12 Jul 2012 #79

Better too late than never GliderGuider Jul 2012 #81

My certainity borders on religion. joshcryer Jul 2012 #84

facts rks306 Jul 2012 #86

*Just* from greenhouse gases? Not the urban concrete islands, too? Roland99 Jul 2012 #91

"Three years ago I identified scientific issues that...threw doubt on the very existence of global wordpix Jul 2012 #93