Climate Change Reparations

Humans have been changing the climate ever since they started getting organized.

They've been burning wood and coal for millennia. For heat and for smelting iron, bronze, copper, gold, etc.

That climate wrecker, Englishman Thomas Newcomen invented the first fuel-burning steam engine 50 years before the US even existed.

How far do you want to go back to apportion blame? Just far enough to put the arm on a rich country, apparently.

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Humans have been changing the climate ever since they started getting organized.

They've been burning wood and coal for millennia. For heat and for smelting iron, bronze, copper, gold, etc.

That climate wrecker, Englishman Thomas Newcomen invented the first fuel-burning steam engine 50 years before the US even existed.

How far do you want to go back to apportion blame? Just far enough to put the arm on a rich country, apparently.

Humans have not been doing that for millennia on a scale that influences the climate. Also, we did not always know that what we're doing is influencing the climate. But at some point we did start influencing the climate and at some point we did find out that we were doing so. So that's how far back I'd say.

What a useless thread!

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Why do you think it is useless?

Ever since COP26, there have been official calls for Climate Reparations.

Climate reparations are a call for money to be paid by the Global North to the Global South to address the historical contributions that the Global North has made (and continues to make) toward climate change. Where is the United States located? In the Global North, is it not?

So, the question becomes, “How much of your money are you prepared to give to the Global South to secure climate justice?”

The call for climate reparations is one of the key elements within demands for climate justice!

Surely you desire to see this justice realized? When will the payments, if any, begin? If stated, when will they end? How much is enough? It seems to be a reasonable topic for discussion.

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So, what's your stance on this topic?

Send a climate reparations bill to major polluting nations like China, Russia, and India and see what their response is. Also, southeastern Asian nations which have become major polluters, and especially dumping plastic items into the ocean. Add Japan to that list, as Japan has only recently began to quit dumping plastics and liquid pollutants into the Pacific Ocean.

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I think it is worth discussing and judging from your criticism of what dicalguy had to say, I think you agree with me about that.

 

Your criticism was a bit vague on the point of reparations, though.

 

Do you think the Global South is entitled to climate reparations from the Global North? If so, why? What form should those reparations take? When should they begin? How long should they last? If not, why not? Etc.

Claiming something is worth discussing is not exactly taking a stance. What would be your position in such discussion?

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My post challenged Buz about his opinion of the thread. I believe his second post to this thread shows a change from his original "useless" position.

Judging from your criticism of what dicalguy had to say, I think you agree with me about the merits of discussing the issue.

Your criticism was a bit vague on the point of reparations, though.

Do you think the Global South is entitled to climate reparations from the Global North? If so, why? What form should those reparations take? When should they begin? How long should they last? If not, why not? etc.

So, again no position from you. As usual. But you expect me to answer your questions. Nah, not today..

No one is paying climate reparations. The idea is silly. Will "Global North" ask for reparations for "Global South's" mass deforestation, which has a huge impact on global warming? No!

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California, take note!

This ElCoco yearns sun kissed cock. Very focused, side eye to the west. Very happy*

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Back to your homophobic blather!

......................You don't like sun-kissed cock?

Now I know you're bullshittin'

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"Childish baiting"

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"Childish reaction to childish baiting"

Knock it off

Instead of US taxpayers giving Big Oil 20 billion dollars in subsidies every year, maybe we should divert that largesse to reforestation efforts south of the Equator!

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Instead of US taxpayers giving Big Oil 20 billion dollars in subsidies every year, maybe we should divert that largesse to reforestation efforts south of the Equator!

Subsidies for fossil fuels should stop immediately indeed. Not sure why reforestation should only be done south of the equator though. Cities should be made a lot greener everywhere, as it helps to hold water, which in turn helps to moderate local temperature.

Maybe Lushstories should do rolling black outs on multiple accounts.

You could only be one character per month, then use another account only the next month.

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The piece acknowledged that the biggest problem with this proposal, summed up by a former Los Angeles energy official: “Someone dies every time we have a power outage.”

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But the author, after much hemming and hawing, reached a conclusion that “maybe learning to live with more power outages shouldn’t be one of those sacrifices” that Californians may need to make. “But at the same time,” it says, “we might not have a choice.”

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Nuclear energy is too scary for California’s environmentalists.

California along with Hawaii has the lowest death rate in the entire country... Guess which states have the highest.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/death-rate-by-state

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You sure do get upset when people who don't agree with you show the facts. And it doesn't matter which of your accounts you use.

That response is like a toddler's 'na Nanna na na' .

And try actual facts, not Faux News propaganda.