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[Strokerswild]

I am announcing my fervent belief that fossil fuels are responsible for devastating climate change. The fact that such a belief could substantially reduce my insurance premiums is purely coincidental.

https://reason.com/2025/01/30/calif...to-subsidize-people-living-in-wildfire-zones/

Aliens, come get me now. I want off this rock.

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[HoosierDaddy]

Aliens, come get me now. I want off this rock.

Congratulations! You are finally using over 5% of your brain.

 

[sk47]

Hello; The idea of suing big oil so as to pay for wild fires requires some interesting and very convoluted thought paths. Of course, oil companies do not have any direct cause with regard to the recent wildfires. So, the convoluted path is to blame climate change for the fires and then blame big oil for climate change.

I am announcing my fervent belief that fossil fuels are responsible for devastating climate change. The fact that such a belief could substantially reduce my insurance premiums is purely coincidental.

Hello; Had to think about this for half a minute, then it cleared up, maybe. (I assume you are being sarcastic) Might make short term sense and for sure would strike a blow against big oil. Long term, years later, when in a naturally arid climate zone they have another series of wildfires that particular golden goose (big oil) will have been killed. I wonder what industry will become the target?

 

[sk47]

Hello; Been having too much idle time this winter. Have what may amount to a worthless conspiracy theory. By that I mean I mean it may have too many holes in it.
It is possible that the national borders are to be closed off from unauthorized folks getting in. The last few years the border patrol has been so busy with one sort of border crosser that they leave big gaps where unscrupulous agents have been sneaking in. Not folks trying to get in for all the handouts but those who likely are here to do us harm. Perhaps for now call them enemy agents.

The idea being when the border is closed, few if any more, can sneak in. So, the number of agents is pretty much set. Would seem a large number of such enemy agents could be in place by now. More of the idea being since they cannot easily sneak in more they may as well start disrupting things. Guess we will get to witness such if it happens.

 

[sk47]

NASA finds California town slipping 4 inches weekly toward the ocean
Hello; Found this of interest. No idea how big the peninsula is or how many people are affected.

 

[CrazyHippie]

Hello; Been having too much idle time this winter. Have what may amount to a worthless conspiracy theory. By that I mean I mean it may have too many holes in it.
It is possible that the national borders are to be closed off from unauthorized folks getting in. The last few years the border patrol has been so busy with one sort of border crosser that they leave big gaps where unscrupulous agents have been sneaking in. Not folks trying to get in for all the handouts but those who likely are here to do us harm. Perhaps for now call them enemy agents.

The idea being when the border is closed, few if any more, can sneak in. So, the number of agents is pretty much set. Would seem a large number of such enemy agents could be in place by now. More of the idea being since they cannot easily sneak in more they may as well start disrupting things. Guess we will get to witness such if it happens.

Interesting. I think that what many people fail to realize is that for the last 4 years, the border was actively managed exactly as intended, there was no crisis and everything was completely under control. Border agents and others were doing exactly what they were directed to do. Most of us resist accepting this, thinking that there was a crisis, things were out of control and folks weren't doing their jobs. That was leveraged when bills were proposed to 'fix the problem' as long as the agencies involved got more money. It was correct to reject that legislation, because the additional funds would have been used to accelerate the status quo, not change it. We are now seeing what was always possible; using resources to manage our borders with a completely different mindset. The problem was at the top, and accountability for the purposeful violation of federal laws is needed. Things are certainly changing quickly to align with the will of the vast majority of the American people, as it should.

 

[CrazyHippie]

Hello; The idea of suing big oil so as to pay for wild fires requires some interesting and very convoluted thought paths. Of course, oil companies do not have any direct cause with regard to the recent wildfires. So, the convoluted path is to blame climate change for the fires and then blame big oil for climate change.

Hello; Had to think about this for half a minute, then it cleared up, maybe. (I assume you are being sarcastic) Might make short term sense and for sure would strike a blow against big oil. Long term, years later, when in a naturally arid climate zone they have another series of wildfires that particular golden goose (big oil) will have been killed. I wonder what industry will become the target?

Well, I agree that blaming Big Oil for wildfires is lunacy. The environmental regulations are the true cause. Forest fires and landslides are common natural events in many areas of Cali. In order to protect the Human Species, water management and forest management practices used to be employed, with great success, to reduce the damage from Mother Nature. Again, from the top, decisions were made to stop managing water and forests to protect the Human Species, in order to protect non-humans. Accountability is needed, along with changes to return to protecting humans as the priority. Blaming Big Oil accomplishes nothing except transferring money into the hands of those who have caused the problem in the first place.

 

[sk47]

Blaming Big Oil accomplishes nothing except transferring money into the hands of those who have caused the problem in the first place.

Hello; This!

 

[HoosierDaddy]

NASA finds California town slipping 4 inches weekly toward the ocean
Hello; Found this of interest. No idea how big the peninsula is or how many people are affected.

Thanks for the heads up. When shopping for beach front property always ask which side of the beach it's on.

 

[sk47]

Interesting. I think that what many people fail to realize is that for the last 4 years, the border was actively managed exactly as intended, there was no crisis and everything was completely under control. Border agents and others were doing exactly what they were directed to do.

Hello; I have to agree with the assessment that prior to Jan 20, 2025, the border was being run as those in power intended. My point being many illegal border crossers did not try to hide their presence. Those huge numbers tied up border agents' attention so that others were sneaking across while deliberately trying to not be caught. On rare occasions pictures showed armed men avoiding border patrols while sneaking across the border.
I must assume no one has a good count of how many such potential enemies may already be inside our borders. Sneaking in undetected was the point. I do not find fault with the border agents. They were presented with a no-win situation by their superiors.

One of my points is we need to be aware that some number of people who wish us ill must be among us. My thinking, which may well be faulty, is that the relatively easy entrance is being stopped. So, assuming organized enemies cannot add to their numbers, they may start doing what they came here to do.

 

[sk47]

What If Earth’s Ice Completely Melted? | Watch
Hello; After looking at the future map it may be i will have beachfront property. I live close to where TN, VA & KY touch. Not far from the Cumberland Gap National Park. Of course, those map lines are not very precise so my house might be underwater 20 miles off shore.
Looking at the forecast for my area in rain turning to snow by Thursday.

 

[K4fxd]

Yea, I'm not buying that map. Several times in earths history there were no ice caps. Is there evidence of water being where that map shows?

 

[sk47]

Yea, I'm not buying that map. Several times in earths history there were no ice caps. Is there evidence of water being where that map shows?

Hello; Good question. I do not know if any geologically recent maps show such. I suppose if we look back a few hundred million years (forget how many just now) there was a time my area was covered by a shallow sea. I have seen imagined images of such in discussions of continental drift & Plate Techtonics. I can believe some of that as when I dig on my property i run into limestone. Limestone forms at the bottom of seas from the sedimentation of shells of marine animals.
My area is also known of as being a karst formation area. I explored several caves in the limestone during my youth. But to be sure these times go back to when continents were being reshaped as well as being subducted and lifted up.

A more recent history would be a better example. There are supposed to have been at least five major ice sheet advances and retreats. The ice sheet retreats are call an interglacial warming period. I was taught we are currently living in such an interglacial warming time.
A story goes about the Smokey Mountains, about a two-hour drive south of me, explaining why so many species of plants are found there which are not common elsewhere. That the ice sheets made it to the foothills only. That the mountains height became a place of survival during the various ice ages.

But I am not buying that map either.

 

[CrazyHippie]

What If Earth’s Ice Completely Melted? | Watch
Hello; After looking at the future map it may be i will have beachfront property. I live close to where TN, VA & KY touch. Not far from the Cumberland Gap National Park. Of course, those map lines are not very precise so my house might be underwater 20 miles off shore.
Looking at the forecast for my area in rain turning to snow by Thursday.

My kin on my mother's side is from Rose Hill. I seem to remember sharing that with you before. (Lol) it's a very cool and very historic area. Daniel Boone country!

 

[sk47]

My kin on my mother's side is from Rose Hill. I seem to remember sharing that with you before. (Lol) it's a very cool and very historic area. Daniel Boone country!

Hello; I drove thru Rose Hill a few weeks ago on the way back home from Kingsport TN. I have been to Boonsboro KY as well. Yes we exchanged post a while back. I was born in Middlesboro KY which is now said to be an old meteor crater.

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