US to pull out of Paris Accords

[Spirit]

3 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Yea, too bad we couldn't negotiate that now that we're out eh.

 

 

Why can't we?

 

 

 

[tdawg87]

7 hours ago, gotbeer said:

From 1990 to 2014.  Trends in CO2 emmissions.

The good.

• US down 3.1 tonnes down.  16 percent down.
• EU28 2.5/27
• Russia 3.7/23

Then you have the bad. 

• China 5.5 tonnes up.  262 percent up.
• South Korea 6.1/98
• Mexico 0.3/10
• Japan 0.5/5

http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/news_docs/jrc-2015-trends-in-global-co2-emissions-2015-report-98184.pdf

 

Conclusion.  Paris Accord is all about white guilt. 

 

Asians have ruined more Accords than anyone else on the planet.

[Jason]

3 hours ago, Lawrence said:

Well then wtf is the point?

To use our money 

[Jason]

2 hours ago, Geoff said:

 

Why can't we?

 

 

 

Especially since we set our own standards and conditions

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Geoff said:

Why can't we?

Because the French guy says so.

 

[UndertheHalo]

On 6/2/2017 at 5:56 PM, Geoff said:

 

Why can't we?

 

 

 

the loss of the platform is unfortunate. 

[gotbeer]

LA Times opinion piece.  And you know how LIb they are.

The Paris agreement got the logic of climate action all wrong. Good riddance

[red321]

Yeah, that's not how opinion pages work, the op/ed pages usually present pieces from multiple sides of the political spectrum.

Posting the article...fine...attributing it to the official position of the "LIb" LA Times...not quite accurate

 

If you'd like to know the actual position of the LA Times Editorial Board

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-paris-climate-change-20170531-story.html

If Trump withdraws from the Paris agreement, let's hope the world survives

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-paris-climate-change-china-european-union-20170601-story.html

The clearest evidence yet that Trump is turning the U.S. into a force for bad in the world

[Thomas]

11 minutes ago, red321 said:

The clearest evidence yet that Trump is turning the U.S. into a force for bad in the world

We were already bad. We're going for the title now.

/Insert Trump wrestling promo

[mtangelsfan]

2 hours ago, red321 said:

Yeah, that's not how opinion pages work, the op/ed pages usually present pieces from multiple sides of the political spectrum.

Posting the article...fine...attributing it to the official position of the "LIb" LA Times...not quite accurate

 

If you'd like to know the actual position of the LA Times Editorial Board

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-paris-climate-change-20170531-story.html

If Trump withdraws from the Paris agreement, let's hope the world survives

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-trump-paris-climate-change-china-european-union-20170601-story.html

The clearest evidence yet that Trump is turning the U.S. into a force for bad in the world

"Turning into"?  You are kidding, right?  We haven't been good for the world in over 50 years.

[Spirit]

On 6/3/2017 at 7:06 PM, UndertheHalo said:

the loss of the platform is unfortunate. 

 

The United States of America lost a platform to be able to negotiate with other counties?  Wow!  That is bad!  I had no idea.

 

 

 

[Rico]

On 6/2/2017 at 5:56 PM, Geoff said:

 

Why can't we?

 

I just don't see Trump suddenly caring about the environment.  Sure we can negotiate for a better deal, but what if leadership thinks the whole thing is a hoax?  

[Rico]

Anyway...

https://www.zillow.com/research/climate-change-underwater-homes-12890/

"Nationwide, almost 1.9 million homes (or roughly 2 percent of all U.S. homes) – worth a combined $882 billion – are at risk of being underwater by 2100. And in some states, the fraction of properties at risk of being underwater is alarmingly high. More than 1 in 8 properties in Florida are in an area expected to be underwater if sea levels rise by six feet, representing more than $400 billion dollars in current housing value. In Hawaii, almost 1 in 10 homes are at risk."

[Amazing Larry]

2 hours ago, Rico said:

Anyway...

https://www.zillow.com/research/climate-change-underwater-homes-12890/

Shouldn't that be in the bullshit headline thread?

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Rico said:

Anyway...

https://www.zillow.com/research/climate-change-underwater-homes-12890/

"Nationwide, almost 1.9 million homes (or roughly 2 percent of all U.S. homes) – worth a combined $882 billion – are at risk of being underwater by 2100. And in some states, the fraction of properties at risk of being underwater is alarmingly high. More than 1 in 8 properties in Florida are in an area expected to be underwater if sea levels rise by six feet, representing more than $400 billion dollars in current housing value. In Hawaii, almost 1 in 10 homes are at risk."

you know what we need? a giant (sea) wall.

 

and we'll make the atlantic ocean pay for it.

[Thomas]

/Checks elevation at house
/6800 feet above level

I'm good

[Adam]

Fuck! If the sea levels rise 400 feet I'm screwed. 

[Blarg]

No way, you live on a hill or what you will be calling a scenic overview of the ocean when you sell that place for $25 million to some toolsy middle infielder with the Angels.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Thomas said:

/Checks elevation at house
/6800 feet above level

I'm good

no INO. might as well throw yourself into the abyss.

[Jay]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

No way, you live on a hill or what you will be calling a scenic overview of the ocean when you sell that place for $25 million to some toolsy middle infielder with the Angels.

Think of it as "redistribution of wealth"

[mtangelsfan]

If Angels stadium is flooded Arte will finally be able to move the team.

[ABC]

8 hours ago, Rico said:

Anyway...

https://www.zillow.com/research/climate-change-underwater-homes-12890/

"Nationwide, almost 1.9 million homes (or roughly 2 percent of all U.S. homes) – worth a combined $882 billion – are at risk of being underwater by 2100. And in some states, the fraction of properties at risk of being underwater is alarmingly high. More than 1 in 8 properties in Florida are in an area expected to be underwater if sea levels rise by six feet, representing more than $400 billion dollars in current housing value. In Hawaii, almost 1 in 10 homes are at risk."

This will infuse the economy with jobs to build homes, sell homes, furnish homes, etc. 

[Tank]

1 hour ago, mtangelsfan said:

If Angels stadium is flooded Arte will finally be able to move the team.

he can use his yacht instead of a moving van.

[Adam]

32 minutes ago, #CF8 said:

This will infuse the economy with jobs to build homes, sell homes, furnish homes, etc. 

Climate Change fits in well with Keynesian Economics

[Amazing Larry]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

Climate Change fits in well with Keynesian Economics

Krugman gets a boner just thinking about it.