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Greta is cringe, but this is still important. | AS A DEMOCRAT, I HATE THAT GRETA HAS BECOME A SYMBOL FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM, BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH CRINGE. YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. REGARDLESS, IMMA STILL TALK ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING... BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, AND NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT. | image tagged in greta thunberg how dare you,greta,global warming,climate change,politics,cringe | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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Global warming --> Climate Change --> Climate Collapse --> Fake Narrative Collapse
Enough of the climate alarmism already. Just stick to environmental protection.
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Sure, we can "just protect the environment," but... if you don't understand the carbon cycle and how greenhouse gases affect the ecosystem... you probably won't do a very good job at it.
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Pure drivel.
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"Just protect the environment! No talk of global warming!" | "JUST PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT," CONSERVATIVES SAY. "LEAVE GLOBAL WARMING OUT OF IT." ^^OKAY GENIUSES, HOW EXACTLY DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO  | image tagged in what can i say except x,greenhouse gas cycle,environment,environmental,science,global warming | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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We already know basic science. Get over it. Get back to traditional environmental protection and dump the climate alarmism BS.
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You obviously don’t if you deny that global warming is taking place.
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I would love some global warming if there was some. Temps have been dropping for some time now. Why do you think they changed the name?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_temperature_record
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This chart for starters in case you don’t follow the link.
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As Steven Goddard summarized some results in an August 10, article he posted on Real Science, we are currently witnessing:

* Coldest summer on record at the North Pole

* Highest August Arctic ice extent since 2006

* Record high August Antarctic ice extent

* No major hurricane strikes for eight years

* Slowest tornado season on record

* No global warming for 17 years

* Second slowest fire season on record

* Four of the five snowiest northern hemisphere winters have occurred since 2000

https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2013/08/21/the-new-york-times-global-warming-hysteria-ignores-17-years-of-flat-global-temperatures/#60e5671d2a4c
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This post has at least the outward appearance of being based in science, which is far better than most "debate participants" on this website manage. (quotes used because there is no true debate, the science is clear)

The Forbes link you provided is broken. This "Stephen Goddard" fellow is a nobody. And the bullet points you provided are curiously unspecific by date range or geographic location and for that reason therefore difficult to contradict.

Here is some real science which directly contradicts the bullet points:
1. Not sure what you mean by a "major hurricane strike." Sounds like a weasely phrase that can mean what you want it to mean. The destructive impact of a "strike" obviously depends on whether there happen to be human settlements where it lands, which tells you nothing about the intensity of the storm. But there have certainly been those in the Caribbean within the past few years, and hurricanes overall are getting worse in intensity. https://www.theguardian.com/weather/ng-interactive/2018/sep/11/atlantic-hurricanes-are-storms-getting-worse
2. "No global warming for 17 years." Nope, it hasn't taken a break. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/why-did-earth%E2%80%99s-surface-temperature-stop-rising-past-decade
--This article makes the point that you can't detect long-term trends on a year to year or even decade to decade basis. I'd add that the first graph I posted looks at the entire century of rising temperatures, which is the proper way to do this.
3. "Record high Antarctic ice extent." Nope. Antarctica is losing ice too, albeit less quickly than the Arctic (whose rate of ice loss is truly alarming). https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/antarctica-colder-arctic-it%E2%80%99s-still-losing-ice
4. "Second slowest fire season on record." Huh? Just ask the Californians about recent fire seasons, esp. 2018 and 2019. It's been awful. As anyone with a friend out there or who has taken a look at the news headlines could tell you. https://abc7news.com/most-destructive-wildfires-in-california-history/2516857/

I've been specific enough in my rebuttals so far that I'm not going to waste more time thoroughly addressing your other non-specific bullet points.

I hope you're getting paid by some fossil fuel company or polluting industry to do this because if you're trolling like this for free in your basement that would be truly sad.
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Outward appearance bla bla bla. You don't give 2 shits about the environment. Go plant a tree.
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The link is not broken you liar.
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I got the link to work this time. Doesn’t really change my response. The Forbes article is better written, but the bullet points based on “work” by Steven Goddard are still trash.

“Go plant a tree.” Nah. Not going to save the world that way. Voting, raising consciousness, and making smarter eco-friendly consumer decisions are the best I can do as a layperson.
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AS A DEMOCRAT, I HATE THAT GRETA HAS BECOME A SYMBOL FOR CLIMATE ACTIVISM, BECAUSE SHE IS SUCH CRINGE. YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT. REGARDLESS, IMMA STILL TALK ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING... BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, AND NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT.