Haha, by their own lights all cranks think they have the truth. Afterall, you probably think you know better than all those scientists, probably because of some lame conspiracy theory. The simple truth is that cranks of all kinds hold the opinions they do because they pay no immediate price for their false beliefs -- and if they /changed/ their beliefs, they could pay an immediate price in terms of status, friendships, or even their job. But scientists are in it just for the money, right?

Yeah, the world will be a better place if large parts become uninhabitable, and sea rise destroys most of our property, and we have to move agriculture. Heaven forbid we pursue any of the near-zero cost solutions that take money away from major GOP donors. I mean, think of the crime of asking Koch and Exxon to come up with new business models!

Climate was a lot different in the past as well, e.g., sea level was 70 feet higher. The sun was a lot dimer in the past as well. Change isn't the problem, but the rate of change can be. I wish you could see how facile your argument is... but you're probably just dreaming up other ways why you are right and I am wrong.

Exponential growth has no limits! Seriously, the world is more complicated than your simple rule of thumb implies. When was the last time a problem was solved when people didn't first raise a warning.

Humans are no more evolved than any other living creature on the planet.

You may be right. I'm curious: what would you say to those people who were denied marriage licenses because one partner was white and the other black?

The notion of "what is okay" and "what is not okay" is far more powerful than laws. So the world is getting smaller, and activists are telling people that gay is okay. That's just the world live in. Objectively speaking, teh gay is mostly biologically based. I'd be surprised with disgust and prudishness are not mostly biologically based as well. If it is a question of weighing one person's disgust against another person's life and happiness, I'll choose the later any day.

There is some truth to what you say, but you are neglecting the bigger picture. German (and Danish) engineers are being pressed into solving a difficult but not insurmountable problem: how do you build a robust grid from renewable energy sources. The critics said they wouldn't get past 3%. There will always be nay-sayers. Still your point stands: for the time-being Germany is depending, in part, on the French nuclear industry, and the Russian gas industry too.

The "most informed" are usually the most misled. Bertrand Russell's famous quote about ignorance and bluster is about you. It doesn't always have to be that way.

You wouldn't care less about the science if it had nothing to do with economic change. But because it does, the science must be wrong. And you know this because you read blogs!!! You are so SMART!!!

The German mixed-market economy is underwritten by sound economic analysis. They 3% during the great recession. When was the last time the USA had 3% growth? If you grow the pie, then the "forced charity" is free.

Most people in the USA want to run the economy according to the moral code: "what is mine is mine". That is great and all, but it just isn't serious economics.

Technology.

I can almost hear them thinking "LOL who cares we won't be in charge by then, we can as well make this empty promise to get some more votes".

Yeah, sue him. He'll have a hard time finding an attorney, given that all lawyers go to hell.

You can't "withdraw" free software. Duh. It's free, people can use and distribute it as it pleases them (according to the limitations of the free license you released it under).

Read Trust me, I'm Lying -- it is a book by a self-confessed media manipulator who got depressed and left the industry. He worked for an apparel company. One example tactic was to take sexually explicit photos of porn stars, and then complain about said photos to feminist groups. And then: OUTRAGE!!!

The story of ACORN is a perfect example of how media manipulators manufactured a scandal -- literally creating reality for movement conservatives -- in order to shut the group down. To this day, some GOP congress critters are unaware that ACORN is defunct. The interesting thing is, the more outraged a person is (politically), the easier they are to manipulate. It is all rather ironic.