Powder Mag: Industry Fat Cats Shots in Feet

[coolflippers]

Saddened but hardly surprised
http://www.powder.com/stories/news/...s-climate-change-deniers/#1dpQqGtQA11ec7OE.97

 

[Krikaya]

Everbody knows global warmin' is just a lib'rul conspiracee to destroy murica. Now that our orangutan is in power we'll send them lib'ruls runnin for the hills. Time to settle a few scores.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lin-a2lTelg

 

[dlague]

Funny that you bring this up. I think there are several ways of looking at this and regulation is one of those. Businesses are becoming so regulated that the cost of doing business is ever increasing. Ski areas use lots of energy both electric and fossil fuel based and are concerned about their bottom line?

On another note, I was a subscriber to POW (Protect Our Winters) mostly to see how they addressed this topic. I unsubscibed right after the election because they made their stance very political. Acting like all the work the did with Obama was all for nothing with Trump coming in. My thoughts were that if it is so important to them then make your case with the new administration don't just give up. Disclaimer, I am not a big climate change fan. But this thread may get very volatile.

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[BenedictGomez]

It's sad that a ski magazine is writing about political contributions, and then loosely attempting to tie them back to global warming, but sadly it seems politics is everywhere these days.

 

[Puck it]

Oh boy! Here we go!!!!!

 

[Jully]

It's sad that a ski magazine is writing about political contributions, and then loosely attempting to tie them back to global warming, but sadly it seems politics is everywhere these days.

Agreed. That's the entire issue with talking about anything climate or environment related. Awhile ago now politics got involved and now any conversation becomes politics focused, especially the people trying to communicate anything about it.

 

[SIKSKIER]

OK, I'll start.We've had GW for eons.There used to be a mile of ice on top of us at least a few times.

 

[benski]

The problem with debating climate change is one side looks to science for answers and the other refuses to listen to climate scientists and says look how cold its been lately.

 

[fbrissette]

OK, I'll start.We've had GW for eons.There used to be a mile of ice on top of us at least a few times.

You should not start a debate about climate change if you can't tell Milankovitch cycles from anthropogenic forcing.

 

[benski]

You should not start a debate about climate change if you can't tell Milankovitch cycles from anthropogenic forcing.

I have seen congressmen debate climate change who can't tell the difrence between weather or climate. :flag: uke:

 

[BenedictGomez]

The problem with debating climate change is one side looks to science for answers and the other refuses to listen to climate scientists and says look how cold its been lately.

The problem with debating climate science is one side looks to science but applies it much like a religion for answers.

 

[Abubob]

Oh boy. A political climate change thread. Win Win :roll:

 

[Edd]

The problem with debating climate science is one side looks to science but applies it much like a religion for answers.

How do you characterize the other side?

 

[JimG.]

uh-oh.

 

[dlague]

Posters never learn climate threads are bad!

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[Los]

Both the left and the right share equal blame for politicizing global warming.

But regardless, it amazes me that there are so many people on this forum who think they know better than the overwhelming majority of climate scientists.


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[Dickc]

Take this over to K-Zone. They have a whopper of a climate change thread!!!! Its called - Science Rant, Not politics: Can CO2 cause "Climate Change?" It went political real fast and is now 135 pages long!

 

[MEtoVTSkier]

You should not start a debate about climate change if you can't tell Milankovitch cycles from anthropogenic forcing.

I'm gonna have to Google both of those, so I'll stay out of it! :lol:

 

[deadheadskier]

For me the topic of global warming is so boring and unproductive from both sides. Sides meaning there's politics involved.

To me it boils down that regardless of climate, pollution is bad. We should probably find ways to stop doing it. It often hurts economically in the short term to adapt, but technology is advancing so fast that pain becomes short lived with the birth of new clean energy industries.

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[Jully]

For me the topic of global warming is so boring and unproductive from both sides. Sides meaning there's politics involved.

To me it boils down that regardless of climate, pollution is bad. We should probably find ways to stop doing it. It often hurts economically in the short term to adapt, but technology is advancing so fast that pain becomes short lived with the birth of new clean energy industries.

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Ding ding ding! We have winner (at least in my opinion).

Pittsburgh high noon on sunny day in 1947:

Cuyahoga River catching on fire, 1969.



Environmental cleansing technology, coal scrubbers, catalytic converters, etc while supported by regulations are still a uniquely American creation that we have since exported and are now a bigger industry and US export our plastics industry.