Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely

Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Enti... by whatshisface on Friday May 11, 2018 @12:39PM (#17048759)

As reasonable as that seems, the reality is stark: keeping the debate officially open is a bet that you'll be able to win arguments, and telling your opponents it's over is a bet that they won't be able to scrape together any political power. Don't slam on the brakes until you've crossed that finish line, wherever that is.

The failure of climate-control laws to get passed should send a clear signal that debate is actually the only place where "climate change is happening" can win.

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Re:Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Enti... by cfadvan on Saturday May 12, 2018 @10:41AM (#17054248)

Only if a debate is had in good faith, does it have any hope of being something other than a waste of time. There’s a reason that scientists don’t debate flat earthers and young esrthers. Sometimes the debate acts only to legitimize a viewpoint which is beyond fringe, or provide cherry picking fodder for morons.

The sad truth of climate change is that debate is beside the point, it’s pure power dynamics. Massively rich and powerful entrenched interests simply don’t care about debate or consensus, they just want to keep profiting until the bitter end. They’re not really related to the keyboard warriors online who for ideological or psychological reasons want to endlesssly “debate” the issue.

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