The Skeptics Guide #905 - Nov 12 2022 (Ad Free)
Added 2022-11-12 13:39:27 +0000 UTCDumbest Thing of the Week: Alternative Medicine; News Items: Climate Change in the Classroom, Effects of Climate in US, Closest Black Hole, AWARE II Study of NDEs; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Astrology; Science or Fiction
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We talk about it on the show again - next week's episode. Just looking at the numbers - most of the carbon footprint can be dealt with by changes in industry - energy sector, transportation secor, and then as the technologies develops other industries. Most of the gain by changing personal carbon footprint can be accomplished through win-wins - things that save us money or are better choices anyway. Win-wins are not wishful thinkings.
The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
2022-11-18 12:03:02 +0000 UTCSo is your plan to kill 6 billion people? If not, what is your plan, and how does this affect global warming by 2050?
The Skeptics' Guide To The Universe
2022-11-18 12:00:46 +0000 UTCI have studied alternative energy and climate change since Jimmy Carter was President, and my unescapable conclusion is that the first thing we should do is have a carbon tax that raises the price of gas at least a dollar per gallon - and all the money collected is evenly distributed among all adult residents with monthly checks - citizen or not. (Everyone who lives here would pay the tax.) The tax would be collected at the point of origin (out of the ground or from a foreign tanker), and would result in higher prices, which is why it is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, not just a good idea, to return the collected money as I described. This would be a good thing for poor people, who almost always use less carbon than average, and therefore would usually get more money back than they are paying out.
Ted Apelt
2022-11-14 14:50:46 +0000 UTCWe also need to lower our population to below 2 billion. Any more than that is way too much. 7 billion is utterly, totally INSANE!
Ted Apelt
2022-11-14 14:41:17 +0000 UTCThe book "The God Impulse" covers a lot about NDEs and the natural processes that create every aspect of the "I went to heaven" NDE experience. It's as non-critical an examination as I have ever read about anything, but his agenda is much different than setting out to prove the afterlife. The "heaven" experience is culturally-based.
Asymetra
2022-11-14 12:08:26 +0000 UTCDo Alaskan wood frogs have NDEs?
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2022-11-13 22:28:21 +0000 UTCCara‘s right, people have to reduce consumtion, that‘s for most a sacrifice. Focusing only on winwins is rife with wishful thinking. It‘s going to take both strategies.
Marc Young
2022-11-13 19:03:04 +0000 UTC
