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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by briandear on Thursday September 21, 2017 @01:55PM (#15305891)
Farting cows ruin the air. A baby exhaling ruins the air. Volcanos ruin the air. What percentage of temperature is directly and certainly caused by oil? Not “50 years from now” but right now. You can’t sue for something that hasn’t happened yet. There’s a thing called standing. Also, you can’t prove a harm happened until it actually happened. This isn’t pre-crime.
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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by great_idea on Thursday September 21, 2017 @01:57PM (#15305908)
Well, you can't sue a volcano, and a baby exhaling does definitely not ruin the air in any significant sense. Cows do, though—we should definitely sue people raising cows for ruining it for everyone.
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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by BFatts on Thursday September 21, 2017 @04:25PM (#15307013)
Yeah, babies exhaling (and all people too) are producing CO2 which is a greenhouse gas. So, yeah, it is significant enough to pay attention to. However, without killing off a bunch of people we can't eliminate this problem. So, I suppose it's easier to sue farmers and oil companies than individuals - let's all get on board! yay!
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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by damnstraight on Thursday September 21, 2017 @05:05PM (#15307343)
> Yeah, babies exhaling (and all people too) are producing CO2 which is a greenhouse gas.

Compare this to the methane emissions of a single cow. You're being reductive to the point of being offensive.

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