The issue is that the manufacturing cities in China produce pollution at the levels the US did several decades ago. The closest polluting city is LA, but it's still only a fraction of China's 20th most polluting city.
The US has done a lot more to curb emissions than has China.
I think he has it pretty straight forward with national security and healthcare (which was just recently released)
deleteddeletedover 10 years ago
He never really had a chance, by design, but it's fun to dream.
deleteddeletedover 10 years ago
If Bernie loses Michigan tonight (doesn't seem like he will) he will have no more chance at being POTUS
deleteddeletedover 10 years ago
I was going to make a post about how I believed in American voters this time and maybe Bernie could win, but then you made this post and proved Peta right.
im not going to take a stance on this other than to say that Earth isnt what's at risk here. the only potential thing at risk is our comfort and continued existence here. the earth has been here for billions of years. it's not going anywhere. it's gone through much bigger temperature fluctuations, it'll still be here once we're gone. new species will takeover our ecological niche when we're gone because that is how the earth always has and always will be.
and yes some other animal species will probably go extinct if they cant adapt but new ones will take their place. change is fun.
let me explain to you the immediate effects of climate change i have seen first hand.
so i work with sea lions and during the winter, we increase their kcals so they gain fat to stay warm in the winter (its their natural inclination to do this anyway). well since there was no indication for them that winter was coming this year, they didnt want to eat more food which led to them being skinnier than normal during the winter months. which is not good.
another example, this past week, i have seen increased aggression in one of the sea lions due, in part, to him thinking it was breeding season (due to the warm weather), this has had a negative effect on the females in the enclosure with him.
so imagine this issue, but multiplied by however many animals that rely on the climate for cues such as mating or putting on fat.
it's a real issue and humans aren't the center of the goddamn universe
If Bernie gets nominated then we're in trouble. Put aside the question of whether his platform is better than Hillary's. The GOP propaganda machine will eat him alive. All it will need to do is convince some small percentage of stupefied virtually illiterate citizens that he's a communist and he'll be toast.
deleteddeletedover 10 years ago
Well with that logic, you're gonna die some day anyways, whether it be sooner or later.
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