h/t Schrodinger’s Cat How much of a climate deplorable are you? NYT has published an offensive climate quiz, apparently aimed at helping readers discover whether they should ever buy another copy of the New York Times.
Trump Has Choices to Make on Climate Policy. What Would You Do?
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG FEB. 2, 2017
Donald Trump and his cabinet have sent mixed signals on some big environmental decisions they face. Take this interactive quiz and see where the different possible choices lead.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/science/donald-trump-global-warming-quiz.html
Apparently I’m a climate deplorable – after completing the quiz, NYT provided the following in my opinion deeply offensive comment about my choices.
You did a very bad job protecting the environment and may have made many of the worst effects of climate change more likely. It could hardly have been worse.
On the upside for President Trump, Republicans in Congress and many of the people who voted for him will support most of your decisions. We guess it’s true what they say about dark clouds (something about silver linings?).
Well done New York Times – in the unlikely event that you still have any climate skeptic readers, this quiz should help ensure they dump your publication.
Wow!!! Talk about Fake News!! This is part of the description in the quiz about the Paris Accords.
“The United States have ratified the agreement and the legally binding requirements that come with it.”
Now, it is true that our prior Irish American president personally agreed to this, then backed it up by the Clean Power Plan push and other unilateral EPA measures, but this is hardly ‘ratified’. This was shoved down everyone’s throats bypassing representative government or the Treaty process of the constitution.
It also talks about the clean power plan as being a law, when it isn’t. It is just a set of regulations that Obama thought would destroy all the coal fired power plants.
I just took the quiz, OMG, how embarrassing for the NY Times…. it was like I was back in kindergarten….except there were less fairies and elves… surely they are not serious?
I object to what that paper is saying. The climate change we are experiencing is caused by the sun and the oceans over which Mankind has no control. Despite the hype, there is no real evidence that CO2 has any effect on climate and plenty of scientific reasoning to support the idea that the climate sensivity of CO2 is really zero.
The county is in big financial trouble. The federal government is carrying a 20 trillion dollar debt with huge annual deficits. Obamas economic “plan” promised to start paying off the debt starting in FY 2015 but the “plan” failed. We are also posting huge annual trade defiicits. We have to do what ever it takes to turn things around and start getting out of debt. Waisting money on the climate change boondogle must stop. There are many good reasons to be conserving on the use of fossil fuels but climate change is not one of them. One reason would be to help our balance of payments by reducing the need to import foriegn fuel but there is an efficiency problem that has to be considered. We do not want to be importing alternative energy equipment that in terms of cutting down on the need for imported fuel, is not worth the cost of the equipment.
I myself would like to be able to get off the power grid to save money and fuel and to be able to power my home whenever the grid is down but for me the cost to do so is prohibitive to do things that way I would want it done. Maybe some day when the efficiency has improved and the cost is less I will consider it. According to the Paris Climate Agreement it is the rich countries that are suppose to pay for the effort and we, the USA are a poor debetor nation.
I want China to supply me with a free off grid solar energy system to include two all eletric cars and a rain water watering system for my garden so I can also cut down on the use of city water since we are having a drought here in California. I want them to install such a system in my home now but after the insallation I will own it all free and clear. I want repair and upgrade of the system to be free for life.
“Trump Has Choices to Make on Climate Policy. What Would You Do?”
Tell you clowns to FOAD.
I had trouble filling the survey out. Every question started with a falsehood, then wanted you to make a decision based on that falsehood.
I got the same grade.
(sigh)…. The quiz said I’m deplorable.
I did a very bad job protecting the environment and may have made many of the worst effects of climate change more likely. It could hardly have been worse.
Donald Trump and his cabinet have sent mixed signals on some big environmental decisions they face.
Didn’t seem exactly to be what I’d call mixed.
Indeed, the only “mixed signals” come from the media’s spin on what Trump and his cabinet have said, if you actually go to the source and listen to what Trump has said, he’s pretty consistent on his environmental position whether one agrees with that position or not.
Come on, everyone, lighten up. This is a JOKE. Get it?
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, was hired as an intern at the NY Times a couple of years ago.
A Yalie who apparently can’t spell S-C-I-E-N-C-E, and most likely has not bumped into any in many years, also demonstrates grammar deficiencies.
This is JUST THE PERSON to test the NY Times esteemed readership on their excellent “climate change” bona fides. Political imbecility at its best, not to mention illiteracy, scientific and otherwise.
I’m telling you, its a JOKE!
BobM…. She is the middle child and younger daughter of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and a member of the large Kennedy family… Tatiana graduated from Yale University in 2012 where she had written pieces for The Yale Herald. Soon after graduation Schlossberg has worked at both the Yale Herald and the Bergen Record.
Her work at the Yale Herald mainly focused on first-person arts and entertainment stories…
Probably not the most qualified to report on a matter of Science but that would also describe the NYT Science writers who are ‘qualified’. Advocacy being the main requirement and Tatiana seems to have her share.
Something tells me she may lean a tad toward the Rodham direction but I could be way off line on that one.
But probably not.
Bob. I think we are aware that it be a joke but, as in most NYT articles, the joke is not their intention.
Bob,
The NYT is a joke. The entire thing. The Onion is more believable.
agreed. NYT is a big joke, just not a funny one.
That was hilarious. Was it written by actual adults? It read like a cheesy choose your own adventure book.
I notice there was no comment box on that article, no option to point out their many errors. Gutless w*nkers.
“You did a very bad job protecting the environment and may have made many of the worst effects of climate change more likely. It could hardly have been worse.
On the upside for President Trump, Republicans in Congress and many of the people who voted for him will support most of your decisions. We guess it’s true what they say about dark clouds (something about silver linings?).”
Funny, I got that too:)
Interesting how the quiz never mentions people who are affected by all this!
Cheers
Roger
http://www.thedemiseofchristchurch.com
I ended up as a bad egg.
I’m sorry I clicked on the NYSlime link.
I feel very dirty and I think I lost 20 IQ points.
Did not score very well n the quiz either.
Don’t worry about the loss of IQ points Matt, you will get it back by reading this blog.
What a truly appalling quiz!
SOMEBODY slept through freshman psychology class!
In the Print Edition of the Times, where the quiz appears, the back page of that section is a full page ad for a private jet around the world tour , the most climate busting thing you can think of, sponsored by…the New York Times !!!
Guess the ad dept didn’t get the message
As a pro climate change liberal I thought you all would be amused by this
PS: you all buy coastal property, don’t come whining to me for tax dollars to keep the sea at bay
I emailed the public editor:
“The interactive global warming quiz by Ms Schlossberg is scientifically illiterate and ideologically extremely biased. It should be withdrawn immediately and an open apology published to all those it insults who disagree with her misguided stance.”
Eric, that’s left from copper / Greenspan:
https://www.google.at/search?client=ms-android-samsung&ei=DZGUWLn5FIXbUfDNqZAG&q=bedingt+wehrhaft+Europe+&oq=bedingt+wehrhaft+Europe+&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3
Very slanted. Naturally, I did poorly based on the criteria of your average Green. The quiz could have been put together by a high school student.
One of it’s worst flaws is that it doesn’t distinguish between abiding by duly passed laws, even when they contradict one’s philosophy regarding renewables and regulations, and whether the laws should have ever been passed to begin with.
It’s not a quiz. It’s an opinion poll with snarky comments if it doesn’t like your opinion.
I’m proud of my perfect score! I got a black cloud result on every question!
It is interesting how after answering each question, the “poll” tried to shame me into answering the PC way. Only one I answered Yes to, was if Donald Trump should enforce a law if it is ruled constitutional by the supreme court. I would say yes for any law though.
The same people who declare that Trump should enforce a law if it is ruled constitutional cheered when Obama decided to ignore any law he didn’t like.
Anybody notice that, in addition to not being about climate at all, the quiz was seemingly written at about a fifth grade reading level?
I think they’re probably hitting their normal reader base just about right.
Thinking human beings? Not so much.