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Topic Title: Worst coral bleaching event in FL history this summer Topic Summary: Created On: 11/02/2023 05:49 AM |
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11/02/2023 05:49 AM
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Remember seeing those July water temperatures in the mid to upper 90's? Sombrero reef is completely dead and others too:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/e...horn-staghorn-extinct/ |
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11/02/2023 06:23 AM
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There is one reason nothing was done about this years ago. That reason is the Republican party.
------------------------- I was right. Edited: 11/02/2023 at 06:23 AM by Cole |
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11/02/2023 06:48 AM
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Greed, ignorance, complacency, shortsightedness, wealth and power consolidation, and misinformation
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11/02/2023 07:00 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 07:06 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 07:15 AM
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White band disease was a previous event that made a huge dent, likely caused by anthropogenic nutrient loading from agricultural and sewage runoff.
This year's massive and unprecedented bleaching event was caused by heat. |
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11/02/2023 07:23 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 07:28 AM
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The democrats were way too moderate in their policy proposals.
There really was no chance for the "radical" changes needed to become policy anyway. |
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11/02/2023 07:30 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 07:58 AM
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Addressing climate change required a global initiative, like we did for CFCs.
It could've been done. We had the facts and knew the solutions half a century ago. We also could've managed sewage and agricultural runoff much better. To this day, nearly all wastewater in the Keys is injected in shallow disposal wells and FL continues to allow harmful agricultural and urban landscape practices. |
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11/02/2023 08:20 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 08:55 AM
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The GOP cannot stand the US leading by example. So what if China and India dont bother with it. We cannot control them and we cannot let their indifference control us.
------------------------- "One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky. |
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11/02/2023 09:02 AM
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11/02/2023 09:17 AM
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People care about things like coral reefs and such right up until the prevention measures equal the slightest personal inconvenience.
------------------------- “It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti |
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11/02/2023 09:31 AM
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Yeah, let's move all our industry to China and India to take advantage of deregulation and slave labor then blame them for our pollution.
BTW: China generates almost twice as much wind power as the USA and provides about 1/3 of the world's solar power, outpacing us in converting to alternatives. India is ramping up renewables quickly too. |
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11/02/2023 10:10 AM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 11:14 AM
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11/02/2023 12:40 PM
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------------------------- I :heart; Q |
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11/02/2023 01:11 PM
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Nixon killed public confidence in the executive branch of the US Government. I wouldn't put it past him to kill some corals while he was it it.
------------------------- “It is the heart of US policy to use fascism to preserve capitalism while claiming to be saving democracy from communism “ - Michael Parenti |
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11/02/2023 02:08 PM
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Yeah, let's move all our industry to China and India to take advantage of deregulation and slave labor then blame them for our pollution. BTW: China generates almost twice as much wind power as the USA and provides about 1/3 of the world's solar power, outpacing us in converting to alternatives. India is ramping up renewables quickly too. They have about 6x more coal plants than we do. And, they are not very clean. Nothing any Republican could do. Keep manufacturing in the US. A GOP name has been at the head of every outsourcing law ever dreamed up. So yes, they could have done something. To solidify my point, you believe man has nothing to do with Global Warming, correct? ------------------------- I was right. |
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