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2015-10-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Global bishops call for 'complete decarbonisation' by 2050

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Posted by Steve White 2015-10-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Are these the same Bishops who declared the earth was flat, and threatened ex-communication to any who dis-agreed with them?

Following a pattern are they.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-10-27 00:34|| 2015-10-27 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Religious leaders shouldn't opine on science; that isn't their strong suit.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-27 01:10|| 2015-10-27 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Seriously, dudes, the only way mankind will be safe is if we completely rid our atmosphere of the deadly poison, CO2. Sure, the plants will hate us but what have those chlorophyll-laden sumbitches ever done for us?

Posted by SteveS 2015-10-27 01:19|| 2015-10-27 01:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Obviously undergraduate studies in science are NOT a prerequisite for admission to schools of divinity.

Posted by Mystic 2015-10-27 01:30|| 2015-10-27 01:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Can't I buy an indulgence instead?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-27 06:26|| 2015-10-27 06:26|| Front Page Top

It's that damn priest again, talking to the bloody stones.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-27 07:38|| 2015-10-27 07:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Get rid of carbon-based foods too.
In fact, get rid of carbon-based life forms.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-10-27 08:22|| 2015-10-27 08:22|| Front Page Top

#8 I call for the 'complete debishopitation' of the planet by tomorrow.

Can't make an omelet without breaking a few ~~heads~~ eggs.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-27 08:40|| 2015-10-27 08:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Intelligence is finite, there are just more people around now.

An observation validated daily.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-27 09:13|| 2015-10-27 09:13|| Front Page Top

#10 If only they stuck to jesus instead of worshipping marx.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-10-27 10:02|| 2015-10-27 10:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Since militant Islam and gay marriage and abortion don't seem to bother the church much these days...

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-27 10:32|| 2015-10-27 10:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Now, nobody knows atmospherics
Like incense-combusting old clerics.
"Anathema! Bargain
Not, brothers, with carbon,
For derricks will give us hysterics!"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-10-27 12:21|| 2015-10-27 12:21|| Front Page Top

#13 "The science is settled, Galileo."

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2015-10-27 12:40|| 2015-10-27 12:40|| Front Page Top

#14 How many divisions does the Pope have?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2015-10-27 14:25|| 2015-10-27 14:25|| Front Page Top

#15 Just become an anaerobic life form like gallionella bacteria. They oxidize iron for energy. Or just STFU if you can't stop being stupid

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-10-27 20:06|| 2015-10-27 20:06|| Front Page Top

#16 At first glance, this appears to be the usual enviro-weenie green nonsense. A more sinister reading of 'decarbonization' is that Red Francis has sent forth his minions to prepare for the coming RoboApocalypse and the Word Made Silicon.

But if you read between the lines, the Popester is actually calling for a massive buildout of nuclear power plants. Consider:

Poor countries need cheap energy to stop being poor. Right now, cheap energy means burning coal which means lots and lots of pollution. See China, for example.

Solar and wind power rely on rare earths which are dirty to mine and refine, and huge amounts of electricity for manufacture. You can't run an aluminum smelter or Bessemer converter on solar cells which means you can't bootstrap your way to Holy Greenness.

The US uses on the order of 4,686,400,000 Megawatt hours annually. (thanks, Wikipedia!) Ignoring the intermittency (which you really can't!), I'd guestimate you'd need to cover most of the Southwest with solar arrays to come anywhere near this figure.

Bottom line: nuclear is the only way to go. Three cheers for the Pope and His vision of the future!

Posted by SteveS 2015-10-27 21:12|| 2015-10-27 21:12|| Front Page Top

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