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- JCSaint, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19FTA: "Google doesn't typically make a stand on political issues."
That's the problem with the political discourse right now. Why should climate change be a "political issue?" It's either happening or it isn't and if it is, it's either man's fault, natural or both. It shouldn't be political to go with the scientific consensus and follow their recommendations. - Blabster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16A completely pointless article no offense.
Moving on... - dboy3587, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13global warming is gay
- Trention, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Since when is "Earth Day" a political issue?
- eangel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3And in the top 10 right now we also see that "Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds". The lack of decent science education in this country is appalling. People no longer even make an attempt at understanding anything.. that's why this is "political" in the first place. Until Americans can learn to think critically, gravity, evolution, and global climate change will stay "political", and we will be woefully lost.
- louismg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Earth Day itself isn't so much a political issue as the topic of Global Warming is. The politicians themselves have made that a political issue. You can still find a tremendous amount of folks who think we are in the normal range of things.
- quickgold192, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3since environmentalists made it one. 20 years ago we were bringing on the next ice age, now its global warming. (referring to global warming - not earth day)
- diggtomanjeri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Jacob, global warming has been a scientific study for over 30 years that I'm aware of and the issue was not started politically. It was brought to the forefront during the First World Climate Conference which was a scientific conference, not a political one.
There is scientific consensus on the issue and the causes though any scientist will admit more study is certainly worthy. - goodoldharris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The richest and the most powerful always have a vested interest in the status quo. That's why global warming is a political issue. There are powerful interests who couldn't care less about scientific evidence. They just want to keep things the way they are. If turning the Earth into a steaming garbage heap is what it takes to keep money and power flowing into their hands, then they'll turn the Earth into a steaming garbage heap. And if history is a guide, we idiot masses will let them. Half of us will even cheer them on.
- SteelChicken, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5"I have to assume this is Google's quiet, subtle reminder and buy-in on the theory of global warming,"
then youre a ***** idiot.
Google uses more juice than most small countries.
This is what is called MARKETING, and PUBLIC RELATIONS, not a subtle buyin to manbearpigs *****. - joedawson, on 04/22/2009, -0/+1I'm sure Google have a solution for global warming under Google Labs
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@quickgold - Yes, several decades ago people were quite worried that we'd bomb ourselves into oblivion and suffer another ice age. The more compelling concern now is that we'll overheat our planet with disastrous effect.
They're two totally different things, with two totally different causes, and both are legitimate. - mikeneilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's true, I saw it on TMZ earlier today. Perez Hilton is also reporting that global warming has been spotted at clubs with recently-outed Doogie Howser.
- evaldass, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1From Creativebits: "Today's Earth Day Google doodle is a great concept poorly executed. The feathering is sloppy. You can even see the bottom right corner slightly."
http://creativebits.org/google_doodle_poorly_executed - spadgos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Global warming itself is not political, it's what we're going to _do_ about it which is politicised. If we force industries to cut their emissions, that will probably mean either a) reducing production, or b) forced expenditure on R&D for cleaner technologies, both of which will probably result in job loss (although, it will be offset by new jobs created in the industries which grow from this (such as those working on renewable energy, etc). That's why it's political.
- humpingmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It's definitely political for several reasons. First, those spearheading the movement are typically extreme partisans who not only try to inform and persuade, but also use GovCo. as a tool to implement their agenda through laws and funding. Anytime you start dipping into the treasury it's political because that money is taken from every citizen - probably half of which don't subscribe to the agenda. Second, it's anti-capitalist. It implies that companies should exist not to be innovative and profitable, but only as innovative and profitable as they can be without taking actions that some would see as damaging to the environment. Any trend that attempts to wrangle the US away from Capitalism (what's left of it anyway) is definitely political.
Additionally, it's so hard to wade through all the evidence on either side because it does tend to lie amongst partisan lines. If all (most of) the Socialists say "Blue" and all (most of) the Capitalists say "Red", then individuals are naturally going to lean to one side or the other.
Saying "You should care about the earth" is not political... Saying "You should sacrifice comfort, prosperity, security and freedom for the sake of the earth" is. - Jacob, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4unfortunately for your argument it isn't the scientific concensus. The whole global warming thing started as political.
- kingofthegreens, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1So your saying either something is happening or it isn't, and either it is someones fault or it isn't...how insightful...
- DamageInc, on 10/12/2007, -15/+4Whatever the reason, they probably used Adobe © Photoshop © software to create it.
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