Monday, July 1, 2019

Public transit ridership in long-term decline; NCTD raising prices

Union-Trib:
Bus and commuter train riders have been on the decline for a decade in North County, and transit officials expect the numbers to drop even further when fares go up this fall.

North County Transit District had no commuter trains until it began operating the Coaster between Oceanside and San Diego in 1995. It finished construction of the Sprinter between Oceanside and Escondido in 2007 and began that service in 2008. Together, they now carry about 3.8 million passengers annually.

Yet the overall ridership trend is clearly downward. Breeze buses, which carry most of the district’s passengers, are expected to get 6.2 million riders in the new fiscal year, down from almost 9 million in fiscal 2008-09.
Of course, if there were more congestion or prohibitive travel taxes on the freeways, people could be forced to use buses and trains...

77 comments:

  1. New gas taxes were implemented today - that's add to the costs of commuting. Plus, San Diego will allow apartment complexes to be developed without providing parking spaces for the residents - that is supposed to force people to use mass transit. What it will do is create absolute and utter chaos in the neighborhoods where it is allowed.

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  2. New oil company profits were implemented yesterday. Gas tax went up 6 cents/gal., but retail prices near here were up over 10 cents/gal.

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  3. Last year I had a bad case of strep throat and then it turns out a staph infection. Who wants to sit next to me on the bus or train?

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  4. Who in their right mind wants to sit next to the hoards of the unwashed on a germ laden bus?
    I tried taking the train from Encinitas to Santa Barbara, what a friggin' nightmare. Four hours by car, six hours by train.
    Ya' I'm going to get right on that public transportation all right. What a bunch of fools

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    1. I'd rode the bus for awhile - you see everything in the process. And I don't mean that in a good sense. It is crazy town on wheels!

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    2. I see the war on poor people is in full swing here.Poor people are now called the "unwashed"? Most of you idiots are a month's pay away from joining them.

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  5. Good grief get a grip folks. Have you heard of hand wipes? I now understand why we don't have our housing quota in place. Too many people who think they are entitled to continue to pollute the air we all breathe, continue to say global warming is a hoax, and you must live and work pretty close, as traffic is horrible in So. Cal. I used to have SOME respect for this blog, but no more. Way too much nastiness and craziness for me.

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    1. Global Warming is a hoax. But wait ! Twenty five years ago it was "man made global warming", that didn't stick so it was changed to "global warming", that didn't stick so the frauds changed it yet again to "climate change".
      It's still a hoax no matter the title.
      Simply follow the grant money and you'll the lies.
      Or, "man made global warming, the man made lie"

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    2. 7:43 I'm sure you know better than 97 percent of the world's climate scientists, everybody else with even half a brain and the huge database of evidence. Manmade global warming is causing climate change. You are a blissful idiot.

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    3. New York City is supposed to be underwater by now. I know that's true because Al Gore said so, he wouldn't lie would he?? ( As he flies to his next speaking engagement in his private jet.)

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    4. Ha, the tin foil hat kooks never fail to be obsessed with Al Gore, as if he's somehow relevant.

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    5. I’m open to new places information.

      Please post a link to peer reviewed, published scientific research predicting that New York City would be under water by now.

      I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist, and that you are full of shit, but I could be wrong. Let’s see the links.

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  6. 8:37, both east and west coasts were supposed to be underwater by now, what happened??? What happened to:
    Polar Bears going extinct?
    Acid rain?
    Raising seas covering both coasts?
    Ozone becoming larger and larger?
    All glaciers melting creating massive high seas?
    California drought not stopping?
    All lies.

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    1. Seems like you have a lot of questions. Funny thing is the same scientist who warned about the ozone, and later found the solution. Are also the same ones documenting all,this things you have questions about. Yes, polars bears are losing habitats. We are in the fastest extinction event earth has ever known. Acid rain, just google it. Rising seas are real and doing it faster than ever before. Just like the glaciers are melting faster than ever before, California is suppose to become more tropical. Google fu the hydraulic cycle. All facts, with the evidence from multiple scientist around the world, working independently of each other, coming to the exact same conclusions. Your ignorance is willful or you are just an idiot, I could prove that scientifically as well.

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    2. Obama is the end of America.
      Obama will take your guns.
      Gay marriage will lead to man on dog.
      Obama care is the end of America.
      Obama wants to destroy America.
      All lies.

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    3. C'mon you guys, get with it! These are the lyrics to the new Encintas punk band POTUS SCROTUS. I hear they're up for a Coast News award!

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  7. People cling to their illusions, in spite of overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. Stupidity has its price and we are entering the era where that is becoming more evident.

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  8. Funny thing about science is that you don’t become famous for going along with consensus.

    Any noteworthy scientist you can name became a household name not by going along, but by providing evidence and data to overturn consensus. Einstein proved parts of Newton wrong. Copernicus and Galileo proved Ptolemy wrong.

    So there is a built in incentive for scientists to be contrarians if they want to become great. When consensus exists among scientists, it’s not some grand conspiracy; it’s because no credible alternative has yet been presented.

    And who pays for science doesn’t change the model. Copernicus was most likely an ordained priest and paid by the Catholic Church when he worked on De Revolutionibus, which undermined hundreds of years of church doctrine.

    It’s a fact that the current best scientific explanation for observed changes in Earth’s climate is a causal relationship between increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide and heating of the atmosphere and hydrosphere. And the cause of that increase in carbon dioxide is largely owing to human activity.

    Science can never foreclose the possibility that a credible alternative theory will emerge, but until one does, we should act on the best available information to decrease the potential for a calamity.

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    1. Woah, an intelligent, rational person on here? Weird.

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  9. 6:56 It's really stupid to be willfully ignorant like you.

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  10. Notice the respondents don't address one thing that 5:56 calls out as lies. Instead? They write how stupid that person is, or they fall back on the word "scientists". As though that makes everything true. The religion of gullible warming and it's followers is never boring. I guess it must be a lie that the ice is getting thicker in Greenland. No, wait, that must be true because "scientists write that the ice is getting thicker in Greenland". Oh' you people never cease to amaze.

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    1. Well, why is that? It's because they're incredibly ignorant and stupid.

      The ice in Greenland is melting so fast that it's clogged the exits with sand. And since there's a worldwide sand shortage, it will be mined in Greenland.

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    2. "Fall back on the word 'scientists?'" HAHAHAHA. Don't get too close to the horizon, you'll fall off the edge.

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    3. As someone who relies on science, I must be open to new information. Show me your peer reviewed, published data suggesting a long term trend of increasing total ice mass on Greenland.

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    4. Lol, slowly back away from the computer. You're not qualified.

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    5. Nearly every single denier is paid for by the oil and gas industries.

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    6. 2:02, National Geographic to start with and do not try the long term gimmick, that proves little. Then head off into the never never world of the internet, type in Greenland and ice or something close.
      For the rest of you "believers". Scientists also stated Agent Orange was safe.
      What about the dying Polar Bears soon to be extinct???hmmm?
      There are more Polar Bears today than in the last 60 years. LOOK IT UP. But I'm not qualified to think

      2:52, I was not aware we deniers were owed money by oil and gas. Dang, I've been ripped off. And I'm sure you don't own a car that sets on tires made from oil and it doesn't require any oil in the car itself.
      And I'm sure the rest of you don't own anything made in China. The worst polluting country on the planet. That makes you part of your so-called reason for the religion of believing in climate change. You are making it happen, it's you causing your own beliefs.

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    7. 3:16 Ignorance doesn't pay. Get some real knowledge. Stop going to Fox and wacko websites for your information. You are grossly wrong.

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    8. Lots of words, but no links to peer reviewed, published scientific research showing a long term decline in total ice mass on Greenland.

      I’m absolutely serious about being open to new information. But until you post links to the research, you are not to be taken seriously. You are a joke.

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    9. Edit: not decline, increase.

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  11. As to your comment about Agent Orange, your inference is that since science was wrong about something in the past, that it must always be wrong. If you really believe that, and apply it consistently, then you can never visit a doctor or the emergency room, because thalidomide, right?

    Wouldn’t that be a silly and stupid thing to do.

    Science is not made weaker because it can be disproved and updated; it is made infinitely stronger. There is nothing weaker than the illusion of permanence of any knowledge.

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  12. "Greenland's ice sheet is losing between 250 to 300 billion tons of ice per year."

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  13. No doubt local boy Phony T is enjoying this departure from a topic that he should be answering to! with his dalablabbing about increased transit paving the way for stack-n-pack, how does he explain how the facts from this article fit into his plan$?

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  14. blakespear is leading this charge with her buddy Newsom to density our state.

    I think we are over full in SD county and I will vote accordingly.

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  15. Our city completely buying into the Vision Zero program proves they have zero vision.

    Once again we are screwed over by someone successfully selling a bs idea and our council buying into it.

    As for the climate change deniers, there is no reasoning with them. Any attempt will only be like trying to teach a pig to sing. The old ad hominem is so true.

    Watch the new documentary Ice on Fire and then continue to deny the truth.

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  16. Still no research links.

    I’m shocked.

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    1. Make a claim, then support your claim with evidence. That’s how the Scientific Method works. Most of us learned that in fifth grade. You want to criticize science—understand how it works first.

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  17. If anyone is still wondering if 3:16 is a dumbass or not, a few minutes of investigation found the latest published research in a peer reviewed scientific journal called Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS). The research studied fluctuations in the total ice mass of Greenland over the most recent 46 year period. It was published just a few weeks ago after nearly a year of peer review.

    Spoiler alert: he’s a total dumbass.

    “The decadal mass balance switched from a mass gain of +47 ± 21 Gt/y in 1972–1980 to a loss of 51 ± 17 Gt/y in 1980–1990. The mass loss increased from 41 ± 17 Gt/y in 1990–2000, to 187 ± 17 Gt/y in 2000–2010, to 286 ± 20 Gt/y in 2010–2018, or sixfold since the 1980s, or 80 ± 6 Gt/y per decade, on average.”

    https://www.pnas.org/content/116/19/9239

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  18. Who needs facts or science when you have a President who says this: “The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown,” Trump said. “Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do.” Donald Trump.

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  19. Never forget. Agent Orange supporters are far more dangerous than he is. They are traitors to our country and civilization. Hate and fear are their currencies.

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  20. Buncha liberal police state loons around here. A 60% correction in asset markets including real estate would be fabulous. You and your debt ridden tesla driving Foie gras eating shitcoiners will not know what hit them. Bring it fukfazez and we'll celebrate the debauchery

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    1. someone's mightily confused. liberals don't eat foie gras.

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    2. 5:30

      That’s not what Fox News said, it’s true, the television told him. Also, AOC makes $1 off every foie gras fart.

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  21. If it hadn't been for Hillary and that damn "Ben Fukfazez", we'd be GREAT AGAIN!!!

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  22. Limousine Liberals do in fact eat foie gras, want to prosecute people that disagree with them and are historically wrong on every single issue.

    They are lying sacks of foie gras and will run like the wind when the rubber meets the road.

    Thanks for playing

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    1. What does that even mean? Does this grass you speak of make one rally fast? Are you dropping condoms on the street? That’s gross man, hope they aren’t used, get help.

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  23. Hold on, what happened to algores prediction of the west and east coasts being underwater? hmmm? What happened to the ozone getting bigger? acid rain?, permanent drought in California? raising seas? and the list of lies goes on.
    Well? what happened? Oh wait, a study that lives on tax payer grant money didn't tell you what to think so you don't have an opinion. As I walked on the beach yesterday and I was surprised, I wasn't underwater, why it's a Festivus miracle.

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    1. Public policy should be based on science. Gore isn’t a scientist. Show me the peer-reviewed published research predicting the coasts underwater in 2019.

      Also, the ozone hole was caused by CFC pollution from aerosol cans and refrigerants. Based on that science, governments around the world imposed bans on those chemicals. The market responded with new aerosol propellants and refrigerants. It’s a huge success story for how science and governments can work together to solve a global problem.

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    2. 5:55 gets destroyed in his bullshit. Changes the subject.

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    3. That must be the same guy from EV who thinks he is an expert because he surfs Swamis. He is a classic logical fallacy. I don’t remember the thread but he couldn’t even read a chart and actually admitted it.

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    4. jesus christ, these retardicans can't even remember which of their batshit claims got destroyed higher up on the same page.

      I get it, memory loss comes with being old as dirt.

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  24. Perhaps trees are our most powerful weapon in the fight against climate change. Scientists writing in the journal Science found that there were 2.2 billion acres — an area nearly equal to that of the United States — that could be reforested with some 1.2 trillion new trees, which would “soak up an astounding two-thirds of humanity’s emissions in the atmosphere since the 19th century.”

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    1. Too bad then Encinitas can't stop cutting down trees to make way for "progress." Green candidates, my a$$.

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    2. But wait! The city is bragging on just being named Tree City USA for the Xth time in a row.

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    3. yeah how does that work?? blakespear as usual talking out of both sides of her mouth. kranz even wor$e.

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  25. What's going to soak up the gases from a volcano equal to hundreds of thousands of cars?, hmmmm? Here we go again. Or we can drive electric cars where batteries made for these cars cause gobs of pollution during production and transportation . And then there is recharging done by the pious driving a Prius. And to replace the battery pac? $1700.00
    What a bunch of saps. There were more trees in the world twenty five years ago when algore and the expert scientists stated we all had ten to twelve years left before we were all dead, what happened? How come we are not dead? Ohhh' I know, now, according to the experts, we have ten to twelve years left as of now.
    So they were only off by twenty five years until we are dead.
    Why isn't Mission Beach and La Jolla Shores underwater? Hmmm?

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    1. You're as dumb as a rock, 3:06. Stop posting. You're an embarrassment to the EU forum. Even five minutes of research proves you're completely wrong.

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    2. It’s like 3:06 is making stuff up to be outraged about then being outraged by stuff he made up.

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    3. This guy gets called on garbage, then instead of defending his claims with science (because he can’t) he just brings more garbage. What a hack. What a dope. What an ignoranimous.

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    4. Ah, the old “volcanoes” canard.

      Volcanoes produce less than 1% of the CO2 released into the atmosphere relative to human activity.

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthtalks-volcanoes-or-humans/

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  26. The Arctic is currently warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world. Ice is white and bright and reflects solar energy back into space.

    When it melts and exposes dark, open ocean, that open ocean absorbs more sunlight and more energy. This creates a kind of feedback loop. The darkness absorbs more solar energy — more sunlight. In turn, this accelerates the melt of the ice.

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  27. Thanks 9:15pm for the truth.

    Trying to educate deniers is like teaching a pig to sing. We can continue to try and every effort is worthwhile whether we impress them or not.

    I can suggest that they watch a couple of new documentaries that might bring them out of the stone age, but I doubt they could sit still long enough to learn anything that might upset their misguided notions.

    'Ice On Fire' for one. HBO

    Second, 'The Human Element' by longtime Nat Geo photog James Balog. I don't know where this can be viewed at the moment.

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  28. Assuming the beliefs of the poster above are true one would suspect a full buy in of this- - - https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/

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  29. I just read ol' algore is upset with the White House as they mention nothing about climate change. Ol' al. Flies in a private jet, owns huge homes and spews garbage that all of you should live without the comforts of life. While he is heavily invested in green energy companies. I see no one responded to Greenland ice getting thicker per National Geographic. I suppose they are lying as well, right?
    I bet everyone of you drives a car and owns things made in China.
    Man made global warming gives people something to believe in, it's self serving, it's their religion.
    Now there's an "inconvenient truth"

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    1. 1:43 says:

      1) The moon landings were faked.

      2) Obama is a Muslim and was born in Kenya.

      3) Trump is a hero.

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    2. You didn’t post a link to any peer reviewed, published research in any scientific journal suggesting that the ice mass on Greenland is increasing.

      In fact, you didn’t post a link to anything.

      So I guess it’s correct to say that no one has responded to the vague thing that you never posted a link to.

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    3. Here. I have a source about Green land ice melt from Nat Geo...1;43 is 100% fake news or is too dumb to know fake news when fox tells him.

      “Greenland, the world’s biggest island, appears to have hit a tipping point around 2002-2003 when the ice loss rapidly accelerated, said lead author Michael Bevis, a geoscientist at Ohio State University. By 2012 the annual ice loss was “unprecedented” at nearly four times the rate in 2003, Bevis said in an interview”...https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/greeland-ice-melting-four-times-faster-than-thought-raising-sea-level/

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  30. What happens when peer reviewed = reviewed by peers with strongly or 99.9% similarly ideological based views.

    Asking for 64,000,000 friends

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    1. Scientists get Nobel Prizes for proving the consensus wrong.

      The physicists working on the Apollo program held a variety of political beliefs. It didn’t matter because physics, measurement and math do not change based on your political beliefs. The data are the data.

      Some scientists hold horrific political views. In 1953 James Watson co-published the discovery of the double-helix DNA molecule. He went on to win the Nobel Prize for his work. He was also a eugenicist and racist. A recent documentary called “Decoding Watson” walks through the genius of his breakthrough discovery, and the shameful truth about his scientifically unsupported views on race and intelligence.

      His racism is terrible and sad, but it doesn’t detract from the brilliance of his discovery. All people, including scientists, believe all sorts of things politically and otherwise. In science it doesn’t matter what beliefs you have—it only matters what your data can prove.

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  31. Now who are the deniers? Let me ask again. Why isn't Mission Beach and La Jolla underwater? The so called scientists stated in '06 the coasts would be underwater in ten to twelve years, what happened? Ohhh I know, NOTHING HAPPENED. The announcement that California was in a permanent drought in 2017, what happened last winter? hmmmm? It rained and rained.
    Peer reviews, this is what happens when you attend to much school where they don't provide any sense of logic.
    Try and think for yourselves and quit imagining you see unicorns on every corner.

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    1. “scientists stated in '06 the coasts would be underwater in ten to twelve years”

      Source please.

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    2. His sources are the unicorns he mentions, speaking of “nothing happens’” it just so happens to be the same result when you ask him to provide sources.

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    3. Yup.

      Just making it abundantly clear to any impartial reader that this person has absolutely no data, evidence or research backing up his claims.

      It’s just an ego trip to setup a false straw man (“scientists in 2006 said”), and then knock it down. It makes him feel like he’s smarter than all the experts who have spent their whole lives documenting, measuring, and researching the problem.

      It’s the same ego drive that causes a Playboy bunny to conclude she’s smarter than all the doctors and vaccine researchers. It must feel very good to delude oneself into believing they are so smart without any formal study or training.

      It would be like a fat middle-aged sedentary dude convincing himself he’s faster than Usain Bolt. Great for the ego—just not remotely true.

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  32. I guess you genius' weren't around when "everything I wrote was all over the T.V and radio, oh' and in print". Do some reading.
    Try and think for yourselves and not rely on the computer model of man made global warming thinking for you. The model was a admitted failure and could predict nothing.
    Or, you can live in a pretend world as that is what seems to make you feel comfortable. Follow the grant money, find the fraud.

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  33. Just viewed the prices for the coaster up almost $11 for my bracket.

    Trains have the unwashed masses and the working stiff.
    Only going to see ridership decline and those who can drive get stuck in traffic. There is no upside.

    Democratic Socialist way, taxes and we will tell you what you need

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