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Tobin S.

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1. I've heard the latest thing with those on the wrong side of this issue is...
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 07:36 PM
Mar 2016

that they no longer deny global warming and climate change. The evidence is becoming too overwhelming to deny. What they now argue is that humans are not the driving force behind global warming. It's a natural fluctuation that we can't do anything about.

Here's the root of the problem. To successfully combat global warming we will have to totally change the world economy and the way we live. It pretty much means the end of capitalism. Unfortunately, we have to pit the fate of the planet against the pocket books of the global elite. Currently, money is winning.

I think the people like you describe in your post actually have Stockholm syndrome. That is, unless he's some billionaire or world leader.

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