You sum up hundreds of millions of years worth of climate and geological change that happened so gradually, it was recorded in the geology of our planet, to explain the last couple hundred years’ worth of notably rising temperatures, receding ice fields, and other phenomena correlating exactly with the increasing…

The difference is the Cruze uses urea injection, which would have made the TDI pass real world emissions as well, had VW used it

This. After existing for tens of thousands of years, the human race invented all the technologies to makes powered flight possible only a few decades prior to the Wright Bros.’ plane; then less than 70 years after, our grasp on aeronautics had advanced so quickly we were sending people to the Moon and back. And that…

After the BP disaster in the Gulf, can we finally all agree that deep sea drilling is not worth it? Especially when any sort of “incident” will cost more to properly clean up than the oil is worth/it won’t be properly cleaned up/it will cost the fishing and tourism industries billions, too...

This. I wonder if this individual is placing similar notes on the droves of old diesel Benzes and Volvo 240s in Portland as well?

Well, that’s not obnoxious and uncalled for at all.

As someone who had to grow up in the environment you described, I mostly agree that this is a thing, but I would replace “deliberately denied” with “willfully ignorant about.”

How on earth is “flyover country” a racist comment? I’m really looking forward to hearing the explanation on this.

I agree with this. Probably the worst offenders are the large transoceanic container ships, only a few dozen of which can create more pollution (both carbon as well as the stuff that’s directly bad for our health like NOx) than all the cars in the world.

Economy of scale man, economy of scale. Solar panels are getting more efficient and cheaper to produce all the time, like pretty much any other electronic device. They will at some time in the future reach a point when having them makes as much sense as having a computer, smartphone, microwave, etc.

It is, but they use that dirty fuel vastly more efficiently (most EVs are around 100mpg equivalent with the energy they use), and using electricity opens up the possibility of a more decentralized infrastructure with private solar panels and battery storage. Pollution is also just easier to manage coming out of a few…

The weight and complexity of modern cars is a symptom of crash/safety standards, luxury/tech/convenience features, and ever-increasing vehicle dimensions infinitely more-so than it is a symptom of emissions equipment. All things that the vast majority of people paying money for said cars continue demanding more and…

Demoting climate change/environmental destruction from a “human issue” to a “political issue” is evidently what a lot of that lobbying money from Koch Bros. & Co. has been going towards.

Dividing up movies that should have been solid, concise stories into excessive, multi-sequel behemoths that lose any sense of continuity and decent plot development-all in the name of ticket sales. Looking right at you, The Hobbit and Prometheus. The sacrifice in individual movie quality in order to serve a…

For how much these things cost, is there any reason for it not to look great? Functionality/looks don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

Then explain the myriad of racing sanctions where V8s have been used? I think you’re mistaking your logic for extreme bias, which is totally fine, but at least don’t pass it off as the former.

Yup, the highly educated guy who has to be an expert on the Arctic ecosystem to do his job, which happens to be in the Arctic, has explained to me in detail how his research coincides with other environmental research he has had first-hand exposure to in the area, including and up to why polar bears are starving en…

Again, they’re only not a match because ICEs have had an entire century’s worth of R&D, economies of scale, and infrastructure development behind them that EVs received almost no effort on during the same time. Electric cars were actually more successful and regarded as superior to gas cars in the very early days of…

Okay troll, I happen to have personally had discussions with a geologist working on temperature data in the Arctic who could tell me the exact same thing I just told you because, uh, he saw the evidence plus gathered the data to make that call, but you do you. Nevermind that every major organization that employs…

If electric powertrains would have received half the R&D effort and the heavily subsidized fuel infrastructure that internal combustion engines were given over the past 120 years, we would have largely stopped using gas and diesel engines decades ago.