Ocasio-Cortez: the sky is falling, climate change is war, and we're all going to die in 12 years

[Gingersnap]

January 22, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez: the sky is falling, climate change is war, and we're all going to die in 12 years
By Rick Moran
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at an event commemorating Martin Luther King's birthday and immediately went after the stupid teenager vote.

Fox News:

Speaking at an event commemorating Martin Luther King Day, Ocasio-Cortez expressed how the issue of climate change is a “generational” issue that younger people are more focused on.

“Millennials and people, you know, Gen Z and all these folks that will come after us are looking up and we’re like: ‘The world is gonna end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?'" Ocasio-Cortez said.

The Democratic Socialist said the fight against climate change is war and that it’s “our World War II.”

In November, the White House released a federal report that found that the impacts of climate change are being felt across the country, and “extreme weather and climate-related events” are going to worsen in the years to come -- with a significant impact on the economy.

The National Climate Assessment finds that extreme weather disasters “ have already become more frequent, intense, widespread or of long duration and have cost the the U.S. nearly $400 billion since 2015.”

We've only got 12 years until the world ends? Wait...I'm not ready. My bucket list is far too long - looks like I'll have to cut it down some. Should I forgo that trip to Mecca or give up the idea of going to all 30 Major League Baseball parks?

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is what we used to call "tetched." Her critical thinking skills are sorely lacking. Think about it; if the world is going to end in 12 years, what's the point of doing anything about climate change? Even if we stopped all carbon emitting tomorrow, it would be decades before it had any effect on the climate (Theoretically - more likely it will take centuries to lower the temperature.).

So instead of declaring war on the climate, why not just set yourself down in a comfortable chair and watch the world end? Pop some popcorn if you want and enjoy the show.

Or, "embrace the suck" as the kids say.

I am so happy she's in Congress and will be making these idiotic statements for at least two years. She may become so toxic that the Dems will be desperate to get rid of her, but that's not likely. She will be the gift that keeps on giving for a long time.

To take the long view, we'd better generate as much global warming as possible since this inter-glacial period ain't gonna last forever.

American Thinker

[80zephyr]

If the elite really thought the world was gonna end, they could build nuclear plants. They won't. They want everyone else to give up the good life so they can live like they are used to.

Mark

[Gingersnap]

If the elite really thought the world was gonna end, they could build nuclear plants. They won't. They want everyone else to give up the good life so they can live like they are used to.

Mark

I am completely baffled by the resistance to nuke power. It's clean and efficient. What's not to like?

[Billy Jingo]

Know Nukes!

[80zephyr]

I am completely baffled by the resistance to nuke power. It's clean and efficient. What's not to like?

The greenies don't like it. They don't like anything that actually provides the power that a modern society needs. It never ceases to amaze me to understand how these people think. If we could save the planet by going nuclear, they reject it. Yet another sign the global warming scam is bullshit.

Mark

[Norm dePlume]

I am completely baffled by the resistance to nuke power. It's clean and efficient. What's not to like?

What do you do with the waste? Yeah, you can recycle spent fuel rods, but that process creates a lot of waste, too. What do you do with it?

[Billy Jingo]

What do you do with the waste? Yeah, you can recycle spent fuel rods, but that process creates a lot of waste, too. What do you do with it?

[Billy Jingo]

[Gingersnap]

What do you do with the waste? Yeah, you can recycle spent fuel rods, but that process creates a lot of waste, too. What do you do with it?

Are you kidding?

Let's talk about the waste generated by the production of electric cars and solar panels. At least little kids aren't working in uranium production and operating nuclear power plants.

[Norm dePlume]

Are you kidding?

Let's talk about the waste generated by the production of electric cars and solar panels. At least little kids aren't working in uranium production and operating nuclear power plants.

No, I'm serious. You asked what's not to like, and I answered your question. And you didn't answer my question, only changed the focus. So, what is the answer to my question? What do you do with the nuclear waste?

The waste from electric cars (which are not power plants and not even relevant here) is partly recycled (the steel and glass and copper) but largely ends up in landfills (the plastic and vinyl and tires, same as any other car). Solar panel production produces toxic waste, just like the computers and smart phones that we're typing on. It's a much higher volume of waste, but it isn't radioactive for millennia, so it's a different order of problem.

[80zephyr]

Are you kidding?

Let's talk about the waste generated by the production of electric cars and solar panels. At least little kids aren't working in uranium production and operating nuclear power plants.

There are other material, like thorium, that might work. Why is there no rush and funds spent to test other materials and billions spent to develop wind and solar power?

Mark

[80zephyr]

No, I'm serious. You asked what's not to like, and I answered your question. And you didn't answer my question, only changed the focus. So, what is the answer to my question? What do you do with the nuclear waste?

The waste from electric cars (which are not power plants and not even relevant here) is partly recycled (the steel and glass and copper) but largely ends up in landfills (the plastic and vinyl and tires, same as any other car). Solar panel production produces toxic waste, just like the computers and smart phones that we're typing on. It's a much higher volume of waste, but it isn't radioactive for millennia, so it's a different order of problem.

If the political will was there, it can be stored safely. So tell me, if the earth is doomed because of global warming, why aren't those solutions being talked about?

Let me guess...

Mark

[Norm dePlume]

If the political will was there, it can be stored safely. So tell me, if the earth is doomed because of global warming, why aren't those solutions being talked about?

Let me guess...

Mark

"What do you do with it?"

"It can be stored safely."

That's pretty nonspecific.

[Billy Jingo]

On a serious note, this is obviously a generational issue. Oldsters, especially comfortable ones, don't care about climate change. They'll be dead, anyway.

[80zephyr]

"What do you do with it?"

"It can be stored safely."

That's pretty nonspecific.

They already have a site in Nevada. The political will to use it isn't there, which is typical of today's Milquetoast politicians.


Mark