Yes, Gary, CO2 levels like today's (>400ppm) have not existed on the planet for at least 10,000,000 years. There were no humans around to "cope" with it. The range during the entire human era has been about 175ppm - 275ppm, crossing the 300ppm threshold only around 1900, and the 400ppm…
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Bailey Jones commented on GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial
As regards the Senate trial of someone who is no longer in office - your private citizen - I would refer you to the case with precedence:
"At issue was the behavior of William Belknap, war secretary in the administration of President Ulysses Grant. A former Iowa state legislator and…
Bailey Jones commented on The time is now to act on climate change
Technology, like politics, is the art of the possible. It's all too easy to look at the daunting goal of "zero-carbon" and dismiss the whole concept as too hard to do. But a lot of it isn't. We don't have the electrical infrastructure to immediately switch every car from gas to electric, …
Bailey Jones commented on GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial
Yes, Ted. In fact the Article of Impeachment refers to him as "President" because he was the president at the time he was impeached.
Bailey Jones commented on GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial
William Belknap was impeached after resigning from office, thus establishing the precedent of impeaching a private citizen.
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/War_Secretarys_Impeachment_Trial.htm
Bailey Jones commented on The time is now to act on climate change
The reason we aren't doing more to save the planet is that the issue has become a partisan one. In the 80s and 90s Big Oil spent big money to create a counter-narrative and elect politicians who would spin it. Ironically, many of those same corporations have now embraced the need for urge…
Bailey Jones commented on We can't forget why tech companies censored the right
The inevitable comments show just how insidious the cult of the ex-president and his lies have become. The ex-president's own DOJ was unable to find any evidence of widespread fraud - and the prospect of perpetuating the Great Lie was even too much for the ex-president's own hand-picked s…
Bailey Jones commented on China pushes conspiracy theories on COVID origin, vaccines
Is it any surprise that Chinese state media propaganda is already being parroted in the comments section of our local newspaper?
Bailey Jones commented on We can't forget why tech companies censored the right
Wayne, if you ever come up with any adjudicated evidence, be sure to come back and tell us. In the meantime I'll be looking through my stack of "several hundred affidavits sworn to under penalty of perjury" regarding alien abduction and Bigfoot sightings.
You know, what's so funny a…