Comments on: Fox News: Global Warming’s ‘Indisputable’ Effects Mean Oil Is ‘More Accessible’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4113952 Gregor Samsa Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:27:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4113952 Short FauxNews: Global Climate Change doesn't exist unless we find a way to benefit from it. Short FauxNews: Global Climate Change doesn’t exist unless we find a way to benefit from it.

]]> By: copperhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4112406 copperhead Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:41:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4112406 Polar oil. Now just think for a moment. The earth turns on its axis. What would happen if we pump all that oil out and the bearings run dry? Polar oil. Now just think for a moment. The earth turns on its axis. What would happen if we pump all that oil out and the bearings run dry?

]]> By: JustJohn http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4112357 JustJohn Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:05:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4112357 Would somene please give us some kind of news to watch in the morning, Morning joe makes me want to puke, and I think I have , Faux news is out (don't even ask) and I just just don't like CNN. Please someone put on a news channel that can be tolerated!!! Would somene please give us some kind of news to watch in the morning, Morning joe makes me want to puke, and I think I have , Faux news is out (don’t even ask) and I just just don’t like CNN.

Please someone put on a news channel that can be tolerated!!!

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4112342 Chocolate Jesus Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:24:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4112342 wow.. compare this to the CNN story which mentioned the money damages ONLY… and..oh look the story has dissapeared from thier frontpage after only a few early morning hours online.. liberal media my @ss! wow.. compare this to the CNN story which mentioned the money damages ONLY… and..oh look the story has dissapeared from thier frontpage after only a few early morning hours online.. liberal media my @ss!

]]> By: willyloman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4112094 willyloman Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:47:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4112094 Iraq report to the White House "Get Blackwater out in 6 months, and Hand Over the Blackwater Employees who Killed 17 Civilians" just came out hour ago http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/iraq-to-blackwater-get-out-pay-up-and-hand-them-over/ Iraq report to the White House “Get Blackwater out in 6 months, and Hand Over the Blackwater Employees who Killed 17 Civilians”

just came out hour ago

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/iraq-to-blackwater-get-out-pay-up-and-hand-them-over/

]]> By: MiMiCcs http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111942 MiMiCcs Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:35:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111942 # 61 nails it. Global warming is good for Big Oil. Burn more oil, warm the globe up some more, more oil becomes accessible, more oil to burn. Oh, and yes, the world population gets reduced (floods, storms, disease, food shortages) so that the oil thats left lasts longer, and is burned at a lower rate, leading to global cooling. # 61 nails it.

Global warming is good for Big Oil. Burn more oil, warm the globe up some more, more oil becomes accessible, more oil to burn. Oh, and yes, the world population gets reduced (floods, storms, disease, food shortages) so that the oil thats left lasts longer, and is burned at a lower rate, leading to global cooling.

]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111242 Luis M Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:20:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111242 <em>It’s possible, it’s very scary as hell, and only an idiot would ignore this risk. It’s also possible that we are going to be hit by an asteroid. What are you doing to address that risk? Comment by CaptainMantastic — October 8, 2007 @ 5:13 pm </em> Why, I would leave the stopping of the Asteroid to you and your super Mantastic powers, CaptainMantastic! More realistically, I would recommend increasing the funding for worldwide sky-watching programs designed to detect, years in advance, the orbits of asteroids which could present a danger to the Earth. Humanity can do both things at the same time, you know. Reduce global warming _and_ keep an eye on the skies. You don't buy fire insurance _instead_ of getting medical or car insurance; you try to cover all possible risks. It’s possible, it’s very scary as hell, and only an idiot would ignore this risk.
It’s also possible that we are going to be hit by an asteroid. What are you doing to address that risk?
Comment by CaptainMantastic — October 8, 2007 @ 5:13 pm

Why, I would leave the stopping of the Asteroid to you and your super Mantastic powers, CaptainMantastic!

More realistically, I would recommend increasing the funding for worldwide sky-watching programs designed to detect, years in advance, the orbits of asteroids which could present a danger to the Earth.

Humanity can do both things at the same time, you know. Reduce global warming _and_ keep an eye on the skies. You don’t buy fire insurance _instead_ of getting medical or car insurance; you try to cover all possible risks.

]]> By: hterrya http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111241 hterrya Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:20:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111241 To prevent this thread from from being hijacked by CaptainManeater, I am going to repeat an on-topic theory from my post at 5:o2 pm (# 89): <strong>"What Fox News reporter Jonathan Hunt laid out for us in “Race for the Artic” is the battle plan for the Republican agenda if the electorate votes in another Republican president and Republican Congressional majority."</strong> To prevent this thread from from being hijacked by CaptainManeater, I am going to repeat an on-topic theory from my post at 5:o2 pm (# 89):

“What Fox News reporter Jonathan Hunt laid out for us in “Race for the Artic” is the battle plan for the Republican agenda if the electorate votes in another Republican president and Republican Congressional majority.”

]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111212 Luis M Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:08:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111212 <em>This is whats wrong with enviromentalist. Brainwashed to believe this. The destruction of humans makes the world a better place? The enviroment is your God, and humans are your Satan. Sad. Comment by Johnny Swank — October 8, 2007 @ 4:57 pm </em> <em> The world is not doomed. Only humankind, which is good, <strong>in the global POV for the Planet</strong>. Comment by Juan C. — October 8, 2007 @ 3:07 pm </em> If there were no humans left in the would, the destruction of plant and animals species would slow down considerably, which would be a good thing FOR THE PLANETARY ECOSYSTEM AS A WHOLE. Do you agree or disagree? This is whats wrong with enviromentalist. Brainwashed to believe this. The destruction of humans makes the world a better place? The enviroment is your God, and humans are your Satan. Sad.
Comment by Johnny Swank — October 8, 2007 @ 4:57 pm


The world is not doomed. Only humankind, which is good, in the global POV for the Planet.
Comment by Juan C. — October 8, 2007 @ 3:07 pm

If there were no humans left in the would, the destruction of plant and animals species would slow down considerably, which would be a good thing FOR THE PLANETARY ECOSYSTEM AS A WHOLE.

Do you agree or disagree?

]]> By: Clumberfeet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111208 Clumberfeet Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:07:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111208 The oil fields are more accessible now that the tundra on the northern slope of Alaska will be mud year round? The oil fields are more accessible now that the tundra on the northern slope of Alaska will be mud year round?

]]> By: hterrya http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111200 hterrya Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:02:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111200 What Fox News reporter Jonathan Hunt laid out for us in "Race for the Artic" is the battle plan for the Republican agenda if the electorate votes in another Republican president and Republican Congressional majority. If you are a progressive and you live in a district with a Republican or a Blue Dog (the Blue Dogs ALWAYS grumble about the Republicans and then vote with them) representative or senator, and if you don't spend 2008 doing everything you can to elect a progressive to replace him/her, then <strong>you should just go out and hang yourself and get it over with!</strong> What Fox News reporter Jonathan Hunt laid out for us in “Race for the Artic” is the battle plan for the Republican agenda if the electorate votes in another Republican president and Republican Congressional majority.

If you are a progressive and you live in a district with a Republican or a Blue Dog (the Blue Dogs ALWAYS grumble about the Republicans and then vote with them) representative or senator, and if you don’t spend 2008 doing everything you can to elect a progressive to replace him/her, then you should just go out and hang yourself and get it over with!

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111190 Zimzone Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:58:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111190 <strong>G</strong>et <strong>O</strong>il <strong>P</strong>arty Get
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]]> By: Luis M http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111163 Luis M Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:47:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111163 If the icecap in Greenland melts enough that it slides into the ocean, the ocean level will suddenly rise 20 feet all over the world. It's possible, it's very scary as hell, and only an idiot would ignore this risk. But hey, free oil in the Arctic for the survivors! If the icecap in Greenland melts enough that it slides into the ocean, the ocean level will suddenly rise 20 feet all over the world. It’s possible, it’s very scary as hell, and only an idiot would ignore this risk.

But hey, free oil in the Arctic for the survivors!

]]> By: neodymium http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111159 neodymium Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:43:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111159 not that fox cares about being factually correct, but that would be sea ice, not the ice cap. the ice caps are in greenland and antarctica, under which there is not oil. the oil would be under the sea ice. not that fox cares about being factually correct, but that would be sea ice, not the ice cap. the ice caps are in greenland and antarctica, under which there is not oil. the oil would be under the sea ice.

]]> By: curmudgeon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111147 curmudgeon Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:36:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111147 Tragically, far too many people seem convinced that once matters deteriorate sufficiently, a "magic bullet" will suddenly be rolled out, and all will be well. For those who believe this, there is little, if any perceived need to consider any inconvenient solutions. The 'mercun way of life, as Chimpy so ineloquently stated, is not subject to negotiation. Even the most horrific potential scenario must seem of little consequence to the ruling "elite", since wherever chaos and confusion might surface, new economic opportunities emerge for those who are prepared to take advantage of such a situation, in addition to newly opened avenues for seizing additional political power. Participation in bringing about such an event can greatly increase the odds of successfuly exploiting such an event for the maximum benefit of the perpetrator. Tragically, far too many people seem convinced that once matters deteriorate sufficiently, a “magic bullet” will suddenly be rolled out, and all will be well. For those who believe this, there is little, if any perceived need to consider any inconvenient solutions. The ‘mercun way of life, as Chimpy so ineloquently stated, is not subject to negotiation.

Even the most horrific potential scenario must seem of little consequence to the ruling “elite”, since wherever chaos and confusion might surface, new economic opportunities emerge for those who are prepared to take advantage of such a situation, in addition to newly opened avenues for seizing additional political power. Participation in bringing about such an event can greatly increase the odds of successfuly exploiting such an event for the maximum benefit of the perpetrator.

]]> By: Jason M. Hendler http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111136 Jason M. Hendler Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:23:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111136 Excellent, we can get our oil and the caribou won't be involved. Excellent, we can get our oil and the caribou won’t be involved.

]]> By: Frosty Cupcake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111127 Frosty Cupcake Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:17:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111127 //laughs at 82 True, that. //laughs at 82

True, that.

]]> By: dim wit http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111115 dim wit Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:11:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111115 Despite progressive efforts to shut down debate, the evidence for our need to implement policy to begin tinkering with the environment, is far from conclusive. Comment by CaptainMantastic — October 8, 2007 @ 3:51 pm Conserving energy isn't "tinkering" with the environment. I don't think Al Gore is looking to build a weather machine. I should also point out that the evidence for the existance of a god or gods is also far from conclusive, yet conservatives have no issue beleiving in their evidence-less religions. Despite progressive efforts to shut down debate, the evidence for our need to implement policy to begin tinkering with the environment, is far from conclusive.

Comment by CaptainMantastic — October 8, 2007 @ 3:51 pm

Conserving energy isn’t “tinkering” with the environment. I don’t think Al Gore is looking to build a weather machine.

I should also point out that the evidence for the existance of a god or gods is also far from conclusive, yet conservatives have no issue beleiving in their evidence-less religions.

]]> By: Uosdwis http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111111 Uosdwis Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:09:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111111 And one of the "benefits" of cancer is you lose weight.. And one of the “benefits” of cancer is you lose weight..

]]> By: Xisithrus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/comment-page-2/#comment-4111087 Xisithrus Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:59:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/fox-warming-oil/#comment-4111087 The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. ^_^ Comment by TripMaster Monkey LOL. They started the lottery here in Texas with promises of using that money to build schools and do all these good things, yet I dont see them. The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. ^_^

Comment by TripMaster Monkey

LOL.

They started the lottery here in Texas with promises of using that money to build schools and do all these good things, yet I dont see them.

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