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It is rather: How long might it take to read and understand (or get explained) what the Paris Accord means?

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And even their "97% scientist" figures, how they derive to that number is kinda questionable and have been questioned.

It means that 3% scientist of the world, who are just as qualified as the 97% are not convinced about that conclusion. And I don't believe that scientific conclusions are based on majority win type of scenarios. But I'd want to listen to the 3% on why they think it's inconclusive? They probably have a pretty good counter argument too.

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After years of railing against Muslims, there's Trump, in Saudi Arabia, curtseying to S.A.'s king and giving his anus a splendidly warm and vigorous rimming ... and all this despite Saudi Arabia being the provenance of most of those Muslims who were responsible for 9/11. No, Trump will change his mind in an instant on human induced global warming. And his supporters will go right along with him, because both Trump and his supporters are so brainless that it won't matter to any of them - and anyone, anybody at all, just must be fine so long he's immensely rich.

Kakistocracy in action, WD. You just need to stick out your jaw and keep saying you're 'anti-establishment', and have a wife with magnificent knockers standing next to you who can arrange to look fondly at you as you fart through your mouth at the microphone. Bob's your uncle.

We probably made the arrangements with SA to bomb those towers.

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There is a big reason why "global warming" is now changed to "climate change".
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btw how far above sea level is Singapore?

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btw how far above sea level is Singapore?

Oh Singaporeans all know that, the only natural disaster that will happen to us as a matter of time is sea level rising and drowning the whole island under water.

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btw how far above sea level is Singapore?

Oh Singaporeans all know that, the only natural disaster that will happen to us as a matter of time is sea level rising and drowning the whole island under water.

Yeah, the 'below sea level' argument is kinda bunk too.

What, humans have such a profound effect on the planet that we are effectively changing an event which normally takes hundreds or even thousands of years to naturally occur to happen in a fraction of that time... yet we can't take simple steps to keep rising sea water out? It's not like we major cities or even entire nations which predominantly exist below sea level as it is already... right?

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Over to trumps twitter account now
I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!

Here's everything President Trump has said publicly about climate change (you really want to read some of that mental shit)

1. 2/6/09 Trump signs a letter calling for urgent climate action. As Grist reported earlier this year, Trump and three of his children signed a 2009 letter to President Barack Obama calling for a global climate deal. "We support your effort to ensure meaningful and effective measures to control climate change, an immediate challenge facing the United States and the world today," declared the letter, which was signed by dozens of business leaders and published as an ad in the New York Times. "If we fail to act now, it is scientifically irrefutable that there will be catastrophic and irreversible consequences for humanity and our planet."

2. 12/6/13 Trump declares global warming a "hoax." As an unusually powerful ice storm ripped through the southern part of the United States, Trump announced that climate change is a "hoax."

3. He's claimed it's a scam invented by the Chinese, and he's denied that he ever said that. He's promised to "cancel" the historic Paris climate agreement, and he's said he still has an "open mind" on the matter.

4. etc etc

lets look at one of his team
This already appears to be the case with Michael Catanzaro, who until early this year worked as a lobbyist for a coal-burning electric utility and an oil and gas company, among other clients. He is now the top White House policy official overseeing the rollback of the same environmental protection rules he had lobbied against. So far this year, the Trump administration has not said if Mr. Catanzaro was given a waiver, as it was keeping them confidential.

Lets look at Trex Tillerson
In 2012, Tillerson's compensation package was $40.5 million.[37] It was $28.1 million in 2013, $33.1 million in 2014, and $27.2 million in 2015.[38] In late 2016, Tillerson held $54 million of Exxon stock, and had a right to deferred stock worth approximately $180 million over the next 10 years.[39]

On January 3, 2017, ExxonMobil announced they had reached an agreement with Tillerson "to sever all ties with the company to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements associated with his nomination as secretary of state.