Actually, and just for clarification, in British English, when used in a sentence, the word government is often used as a plural: "The government are taking this very seriously."

As if the English were ever experts of the Queen's English.

Just ask the Americans....like how do you spell 'aluminium'?

Ah, I could go on and on.....

...a bit like a thread on Global Warming, really....

https://www.wmo.int/media/content/wmo-2015-likely-be-warmest-record-2011-2015-warmest-five-year-period

just sayin'

Yeah, all the falsified temps and 'weather patterns' from the past are a joke.... well they would be if not for the fact there are those seeking to profit from the 'data'.

Yeah, so-called global warming has created a whole new industry and a whole new raft of 'experts.... experts in falsifying data and fudging results, that is.  If these bastards were to repeat their assertions under oath in a court of law they'd be done for perjury... and rightly so.

Frankly, I'd like to see all the 'global warming' experts sent well North of the Arctic Circle to argue out who's right or wrong... and being the ice up there is 'melting at an alarming rate', they wouldn't be allowed to pack thermal undies or warm clothing.  I mean, we don't want them [their warmth] contributing to the 'great thaw', do we!

And with a bit of luck, maybe the AP will choke on it.

SSSHHHHH!!!!  Don't speak too loud or there'll be a new 'catastrophe'...  along with associated taxes, levies and higher prices.

The planet is confronted with many ills and potential catastrophies, some man made, some not, but one thing is for sure, not a lot will change where money is concerned.  Or should I say, the 'greed factor' is concerned?  Whether it be foregoing profit not to rape the planet, or to spend big to clean up their acts, the main/worst offenders aren't going to do either.... hence they try to convince every man, woman and child that 'global warming' is their fault and hit their lowly pockets instead. 

Thing is, carbon credits, taxes and levies, higher prices are not going to solve the problem, just make the rich richer, thus increasing poverty and the gap between the haves and the have nots.  Sadly, however, too many have swallowed the fallacy and have become 'infected' with the lie.... thus creating a society of "if a scientist said it it must be true" and nobody questioning anything.

Yeah, I prattle on because I'm an old and cranky bastard who hates to see injustice.... a world going to hell in a somewhat fragile handbasket.  Fortunately, my tenure on the planet is more spent than yet-to-happen, so I'll likely not be around to see the worst of it.

Clearly temperatures, "catastrophic" weather, oceanic PH levels, et. al. have varied widely for millenia prior to the appearance of humans, let alone the recent industrial revolution. To believe our activity is having more than a token impact is arrogant ignorance, IMHO. It only serves those who seek to control others.

Oh yeah, so those who don't blindly swallow this man made global warming claptrap are arrogant and ignorant?  Don't worry, you're not the first blindly oblivious believer to play that card..... and/or call names.  Yes, mankind needs to clean up its act,but let's be honest about it and do it for the right reasons.....for the health of our planet, not to line filthy rich pockets with even more of our cash.

If 'global warming' data were actually truthful and not based on falsified, fudged figures, I'd be more than interested, but given these 'catastrophic' events have occurred throughout history, and are likely cyclic, I have to believe they are more natural in nature and have other explanations..... increased volcanic activity, for instance, earhquakes/seismic events and/or solar flares/sunspots, etc.  These things can be seen and felt.  They are known to be real, whereas the 'global warming' data has been adjusted and contradicted by its own 'science' way too many times to be even remotely credible.

Okay, so pray tell, how on Earth does that work?  The only 'control' of other I see is global warming proponents ostracising those who don't swallow the fallacy... or should I say, the blatant lies.  It's happeningi n schools , the workplace and in government... right across the media, where the 'global warming' fallacy is given credibility and all the attention, while the opposite view is ignored and shutdown.  The truth here is, the only people seeking to control others is government and the big corporates... the more of your/our mony they take (through increased taxes and levies, higher prices on goods and services) the smaller your/our disposable funds become, thus limiting our choices, options, etc.  So yeah, who's controlling who?

As it is, electricity prices have soared worldwide, as have gas and oil prices, thus increasing production and transport costs on all our day to day items, and if the powers that be get their way, both government and the corporations, the fallacy of man made global warming'  will become absolute fact, despite evidence to the contrary, and life will become largely unaffordable for most.  I already know of people living in the dark, without cooling or heating, because they can't afford to pay their electricity bills, and things are about to get worse under this 'gloabal warming regime'.

Exactly, except that he has the iron fist of control in the wrong hands.

EDIT:  Sorry, Kazzergian, I misread your post and went into rant mode instead of agreeing with you.  In my defence, I am medicated and not altogether with it.

Quoting Jafo,

reply 2744

starkers...you DO realize Kazzerigian is actually on your side of the 'fence'?

 

When people lose the plot...they REALLY lose the plot....

Oooooopppps!!!!!!

My excuse..... I'm not having a good day.  What with a not-so-nice dose of vertigo and struggling with discomforting arthritic pain, for which I'm somewhat medicated, things sometimes don't seem as they are. 

I totally misread/misunderstood the bit about "our activity having more than a token impact", didn't I !  Having re-read it I now see the cock-up and apologise to Kazzergian for the rant.  Still, I made some more than valid points regarding the wool being pulled over 'believers' eyes

BTW, did I mention that I'm somewhat mediated?

Apart from some heavy duty pain meds, I've taken something to help with the vertigo, which can 'cloud' things a bit.  Not only that, somebody keeps filling my glass with that bloody 'awful' Tooheys Darling Pale Ale.... and because these meds make me somewhat thirsty, I keep drinking it.

As for losing the plot, you do realise that I never held a firm grip on ot to begin with?  Just ask anyone else at the asylum.  No, it was something I always had a fragile relationship with, given that there were times when it was a complete stranger to me.

And another thing!  What's a decent, Aus-educated and self-respecting Aussie doing spelling realise with a feching Z?  You ought to be ashamed!

I have to say I'm disappointed that a good ol' fashioned Aussie boy, wot got got brung up proper an' knowing the Queen's English, got 'is arse malted and swapped 'is Oxford fer a Websters dickshunary. 

Your English teachers 'd be turning in their graves'

Well, I am starkers of Borg.... and I'd go stark bollock naked in public before I spell 'realise' with a fechen Z.

And that's a Zed, not a Zee, BTW.

What?  No ALOOMINUM?

I dunno, If yer going to spell 'realise' with a fechen Z and drop the damned U from endeavour and honour, yer might just as well go full Yank and say/spell fechen ALOOMINUM.

Quoting Kazzerigian,

reply 2748

np starkers 

That's good.... though I'm still feeling somewhat hazy because of vertigo.  the meds I took for it an hour or so ago don't seem to be working, so I might have to get a few beers into me.  Surprisingly, an ale or three does help with the symptoms and allow me some relief from the head spins and nausea.

Hehe, perhaps I should start my days with a 6-pack for breakfast.