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— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 18, 2019
Even those who care deeply about the planet’s future can slip up now and then. Tell us: Where do you fall short in preventing climate change? Do you blast the A/C? Throw out half your lunch? Grill a steak every week? Share your anonymous confession with NBC News.
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@steven mosher September 19, 2019 at 4:34 am:
Therefore we should go down this co2 mitigation road until we have absolute proof that the economy will be wrecked.
No Steven, you got the precautionary principle wrong. I got it right here:
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/01/22/on-the-precautionary-principle/
Oh, and you commented on that thread. Not very constructively.
steven mosher no longer does “constructive comments”, just “fly by” whining ! IMHO : )
I confess I work for an oil company and am proud to help provide the energy that makes modern life, with growing life expectancies, reduced infant mortality, improved health, and greater prosperity possible, and hope those same benefits can be realized by the billions of people in the world who still do not have access to reliable affordable energy.
Sorry I guess that’s not the kind of confession they have in mind.
I confessed:
“Knowing that CO2-alarmism is an evil fraud I despise every phony eco-sacrament, want to sue over state estab. of eco-religion.”
And Tweeted:
Only actual climate danger always has been GLOBAL COOLING, and with the sun now flipped from 80 yr grand-max to likely grand-min …
How soon will it be before selected individuals (as representatives of different groups of people) will be called in before Clima-Pope AlGore to account for their climate sins? Can you say “Clima-quisition”?
Algor: the chill (of death).
Okay, they can start the enviro sainthood process for Greta now. She is said to have walked across the ocean. and fed the masses from a single loaf of tofu.
My confession: I don’t think this September weather is that unusual for the Southeast US and I think they are fudging the temperatures they are posting – they have been saying 98 for my area when it feels like 91, and so on. It doesn’t feel any different to me at all from any other September. We don’t usually get a strong cold front until October. Hot in September isn’t news.
I confess: This is the most ridiculous guilt trip I have ever seen.
I confess, therefore, that I have nothing to feel guilty about, climate wise. My other sins are not up for discussion here.
I confess:
I don’t add enough soot to the atmosphere. Since soot cools the planet, I’m guilty. As penance, I’ll start “rolling coal” on all economy cars from now on, in lieu of only doing so on smug hybrids.
I have a problem. My priest is a sceptic. (sarc. ( I am actually a protestant)
‘Even those who care deeply about the planet’s future’
It’s a big dirt ball flying around the sun. ‘Care deeply?’ Clearly a psychosis.
‘Tell us: Where do you fall short in preventing climate change?
You can’t prevent climate change. So it is really a question of failure to meet orthodoxy. That is NBC’s demand: you must do things the way we say.
‘Do you blast the A/C? Throw out half your lunch? Grill a steak every week?’
The unstated implication is that these are BAD. Living my life is NOT bad, NBC. Sod off.
My climate confession is captured in a documentary I put on YouTube:
It’s titled “One with the Wind: a Pepperoni Addict’s Search for Social Redemption”.
I confess to using a chain saw to cut up park benches made of recycled plastics, and then burning them in my outdoor firepit.
Even better than Dura-Flame!
My confession as a man-made climate change believer: I don’t make any attempt to curb my CO2 emissions even though I believe they are contributing to climate change. I work in aviation and I take as many foreign flight-based vacations as I can afford or have time for. I also drive, usually, instead of taking public transport, which I could use.
I am interested to see the extent of the impacts of man-made climate change, which I think is real. Does this make me an immoral person? Possibly; but as you may have gathered, that’s not something that keeps me awake at night.
I do not moralize with those who reject the scientific consensus on climate change, even if I believe they are mistaken. I would be a hypocrite otherwise.
Pls realize that “scientific consensus” is a plastic banana.
If I had a button to push that would launch all the nuclear missiles in the world, I might be able to “Change the Climate” for up to a hundred years or so.
But I don’t have such a button so I can’t unleash the worst that Man can do.
I have nothing to confess since I do nothing worse than live my life and care for my family.
I confess to being a bleating coal-black sheep,
to being a “sin-strument” of evil climate-crushing capital,
and to loving it!
What happened to the other post about confessing to potted plants?
Did it get pulled?
I no longer heat ants to the boiling point with my magnifying glass.
In fact, most critters I can corral in the house, are released back into their natural surroundings to die a proper death.
I confess that whenever I get an email with the helpful “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” reminder at the bottom, I print out and landfill 5 copies to safely sequester the carbon molecules tied up in the paper. I should be printing 10. I’m sorry.
I can’t turn on ,any cable news channels,or websites,anymore. The lies,are sickening. ..
Amen. Today, the Weather Channel was giving air time to Democrats and their climate catastrophe schtick.
I’m doing my part to lessen my carbon footprint- specifically I won’t be purchasing any outrageously priced carbon fiber bicycles! Other than that; off to my SUV.
I couldn’t resist adding my own confession:
“Being a well educated critical thinker, I know that the overall trend has been cooling for 8000 years and share the good news.”
The ratio on Twitter has been encouraging.
I tried holding in my farts, but alas, it didn’t work (for long)
Our local energy company has spent this year trying to energy shame us all. First they sent out news about a “service” that would let them control our thermostat remotely, turning it off half an hour out of every 2 hours during the hottest part of the day. They billed this as a service but I fail to see any benefit to myself (I am at home all day and set the thermostat where I like it). Next they told us to set it at 78 degrees. It used to be 72, then 74, now it’s 78. I’m not setting it to 78, that means parts of my house will be above 80!
now they are sending out emails telling me how my energy use compares to that of my neighbors. Apparently I use more than most of them. I did have a problem with the HVAC system we just fixed today, but we probably make more money than most of our neighbors and can afford to keep the house cooler, so we do. So I don’t care. What’s next, rationed electricity? I wouldn’t be surprised.
I pay my electric bill on time every month, I should not be getting these nanny messages.
I confess I have a pantry full of pork and beans . A methane induced juggernaut .
Just trying to keep up with those Hollywood hypocrites in my own humble way .
I confess I didn’t vote for Canada’s black face Mr . Dress Up .