tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post8490475822044543187..comments2024-01-17T09:33:57.158-08:00Comments on Brain Rage: The American Right And The Denial Of ScienceJBWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-58538049971677786762010-02-13T02:31:20.286-08:002010-02-13T02:31:20.286-08:00Thanks for saying that JBW.
Make yourself welcome...Thanks for saying that JBW. <br />Make yourself welcome over at The Quiet Magpie, I've been endeavoring to devote more time to it.magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690258860393548951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-39344729088374855052010-02-12T00:05:57.992-08:002010-02-12T00:05:57.992-08:00I also doubt that the most dire global climate cha...I also doubt that the most dire global climate change predictions will come to pass magpie, but I also doubt that the right in this country will ever willingly acknowledge the science behind it unless that party undergoes a drastic turn around in its ideology.<br /><br />Thanks also for the comparisons to your homeland's own political climate. One of my favorite things about this blog is hearing your updates on Aussie politics and culture. I say it all the time but I truly do envy you living there sometimes. Gracias, mate.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-84232429308882679152010-02-11T01:32:30.750-08:002010-02-11T01:32:30.750-08:00People like Beck (but not Beck himself) could chan...People like Beck (but not Beck himself) could change their collective tune in time. A lot of the American Right tacitly accepts that there is something going on but insists it's not down to man-made factors. When the effects of climate change hit farmers in America I wonder which way things will go? There might be pressure for protectionism and tariffs which both sides will scramble to defuse or absorb. That will have far reaching impacts abroad.<br /><br />What will happen politically when coastlines are inundated?<br /><br />From our perspective, if the sea level rises 100 centimeters over the next 30-60 years, 700,000 properties in Australia will vanish. <br />At the same time the lack of fresh water could mean, in one scenario presented by a scientist called Tim Flannery, the abandonment of an entire city (Perth in Western Australia), because it will simply be uninhabitable. I personally doubt that though.<br /><br />Our ecology has hair-trigger sensitivities and we're still a highly agrarian and livestock based economy. Our equivalent of the Right-wing of the Republican party is a party of itself, and mostly represents farmers. They are feeling the effects of climate change already. So you have tension between that group and the center-right party they are in coalition with. It's still somewhat muted because the centrists are by far the more powerful politically because of where people live.<br /><br />Similarly when the constituents of the Right in America come under direct impact, things could change. Unfortunately they'll want to keep their other agenda so they will somehow find a way to make minorities and poor people the scapegoats.<br />"Mexicans pollute too much"<br />"Cut taxes for the rich so they can invest more in carbon-neutral enterprises"<br />etcmagpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690258860393548951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-14083739557386727292010-02-10T16:37:45.545-08:002010-02-10T16:37:45.545-08:00Actually Leslie, Beck followed the first anchor. ...Actually Leslie, Beck followed the first anchor. I can't recall his name, he was filling in for Cavuto. Regardless of who sings it though, the song remains the same.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-51373555236931446342010-02-10T16:27:02.302-08:002010-02-10T16:27:02.302-08:00Should have figured you were talking about Beck in...Should have figured you were talking about Beck in the first graph but then it could have been any one of those illiterates.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.com