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Greening the planet

(26 Posts)
Bags Fri 15-Mar-13 08:24:47

A talk by Matt Ridley about how the use of fossil fuels is actually helping wildlife as well as human beings

Bags Fri 15-Mar-13 12:40:32

Bump

Orca Fri 15-Mar-13 13:34:58

Matt Ridley! Know him well, too well. Total nutter.

Orca Fri 15-Mar-13 13:37:58

The Irrational Optimist!

carboncareful Fri 09-Aug-13 15:54:29

Pleased to meet you Orca. Glad someone is still around tackling the hard working professional climate change denier(s).

deserving Fri 09-Aug-13 16:33:50

What has the weight of nylon got to do with this?

Ana Fri 09-Aug-13 16:34:37

Oh dear...

Galen Fri 09-Aug-13 16:42:01

Quite!

Nonu Fri 09-Aug-13 16:51:28

Deserving , what are you like !!

laugh !!

JessM Fri 09-Aug-13 17:15:54

Orca seems to have swum off these days. Don't think he liked us disagreeing with him very much.

Nonu Fri 09-Aug-13 17:40:25

Not necessarily , he may have other fish to fry or maybe just got BORED . how do we know ??

Ana Fri 09-Aug-13 17:42:52

We don't know Orca was a 'he'...

Butty Fri 09-Aug-13 17:55:22

I remember Orca saying s/he'd had it with GN, or words to that effect, quite a few months ago.

j08 Fri 09-Aug-13 18:05:55

Shame Orca's gone.

Nonu Fri 09-Aug-13 18:08:56

A damn shame a lot have gone , wonder why ?? scratches head !

Greatnan Fri 09-Aug-13 18:09:48

Is it?

Ana Fri 09-Aug-13 18:10:49

I think so, too.

Nonu Fri 09-Aug-13 18:22:38

Is what ????

Ariadne Fri 09-Aug-13 20:44:05

Didn't the whole "denier" bit get done to death some time ago? I seem to remember one of those threads that went on, and on, and on....(so what's new?)

petallus Fri 09-Aug-13 21:03:52

Made me think of stockings.

Ariadne Fri 09-Aug-13 21:05:36

Yes, **petallus" that was the gist of it. A lot of old threads are being brought back to life today, for some reason..

j08 Fri 09-Aug-13 21:15:20

I think they should spell it denyers. Or deny-ers. Deniers is about stockings.

Galen Fri 09-Aug-13 21:48:09

Just checked deniers is correct (don't like it though)

Nonu Fri 09-Aug-13 22:17:31

2nd meaning for deniers is people who deny !!!

j08 Fri 09-Aug-13 22:19:08

Oh yes, it is correct. Just seems wrong though. hmm