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Are the global climate changes cause for alarm?

I have been reading Climate Courage by Andreas Karelas upon finding it at a bargain store. This matter of global warming I had come to believe was something which has been blown out of proportion by the media. Could it be a collective hallucination that human industry is causing all these environmental changes? I have a feeling many want to deny the harmful effect humans have on the environment as it's too much of an inconvenience for them to think otherwise. On the other hand, I have been persuaded that some environmentalists are fabricating information to create a sense of alarm. Carbon dioxide has been this great obsession when it's not truly a toxin and I have yet to see any clear evidence that it's worthy of all the media attention and alarmist propaganda about how it's harming the global environment.

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CestManan · 46-50, F

oh gyod people worry about it but of course no one wants to give up their own comfort, they want the other guy to do it.

The media is very good at creating all these scares. The world is going to end, the environment will be ruined, some horrible dictator will come, the antichrist will send us to hell, whatever.

Fairydust · F

@CestManan

The media are part of the problem!

sunriselover · M

@Fairydust So are the conspiracy theorists, and the people who believe the Earth is flat.

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

Where’s the proof your right and flat earthers are wrong?

You’ve been brainwashed by the media and tv to believe conspiracy theorists are the crazy ones. 😑

sunriselover · M

@Fairydust just because you think the Moon is made of cheese!

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

I don’t actually lol 😂 come on show me proof.

sunriselover · M

@Fairydust Ignore the INTERNET and any popular periodicals found in Newsagents. Find yourself a good quality University library. Go in and look up various journals issues concerning global warming and conduct your own literature review.

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

They fund and control the universities 🤦🏼‍♀️

Trust the science lol 😜

sunriselover · M

@Fairydust I understand you now.

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

No you don’t, you believe what the tv says, the same people that control the tv 📺 control your education.

It’s called programming for a reason.
Tel-[b]lie[/b]-vision.

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sunriselover · M

@Fairydust Actually I don’t take any notice of the trite journalism in the TV.

Nor am I Orwellian, paranoid, or schizophrenic.

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

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sunriselover · M

@Fairydust To which I assume your reply means Orwellian scepticism aptly portrayed by Mrs Noye and her gossips in Britten’s Noye’s Fludde.

Fairydust · F

@sunriselover

George Orwell was warning us of the future, we are living it now.

😉

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sunriselover · M

@Fairydust Well, we got there in the end. And I shall think of you the next time I hear the Britten Chester mystery play. 🫣

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ElwoodBlues · M

@CestManan [quote]of course no one wants to give up their own comfort,[/quote] On the contrary, I know a number of people who have put solar cells on their roofs and have bought electric or plug-in hybrid cars. We (wife & I) have solar cells and a plug-in hybrid.

CestManan · 46-50, F

@ElwoodBlues I wonder why solar cells haven't become more popular than what they are. Even if one had to use delivered electricity at times, surely solar panels would cut down on the need.

ElwoodBlues · M

@CestManan I think it has to do with costs. Prices of solar cells are coming down; cost of electricity is rising; people don't know how long the cells will last. Maybe at first solar cells were only economical in the sun belt, but they are saving money in more and more parts of the country.

CestManan · 46-50, F

@ElwoodBlues They come up with these ideas but then it takes decades before they become standard.

I still think solar cells should have been the norm since a while ago. I remember hearing about them back in like 1981 when I was first starting school.

But yeah I can imagine "how long they will last" being a point of concern.

Wow, I was just skimming prices of those things, yeah it would take a lot of years before it would even pay for itself in electric bill savings.

[quote]On average, solar panels cost roughly $2.95 per watt. Solar panel costs range from $17,430–$23,870, with average costs around $20,650. According to Zillow, solar panels boost home sale prices by 4.1%.[/quote]

ElwoodBlues · M

@CestManan The average payback period for home solar panels in the U.S is about 8 years, according to energybot.com.

[quote]Payback periods for solar panels vary greatly depending on several factors. The biggest factors that will dictate your payback period are:

* Amount of electricity you use
* Cost of your system
* Solar incentives, rebates, and tax credit in your area
* The amount of energy your system generates
* The cost of electricity in your area[/quote]

It goes on to list payback times state by state.
[b]https://www.energybot.com/blog/payback-period-for-solar-panels.html[/b]