House passes biggest mistake in US history!!! | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 hidden)
You're going to get hit by a truck... (none / 0)
...if you keep standing in the middle of that freeway.  But let's wait and see what happens.

by EveningStarNM on 07/13/2009 05:08:19 PM EST

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You're going to lose a wager (none / 1)
But the northern ice cap will be largely gone in 20 years...

Let's set an amount and define "largely gone."

by Twba on 07/13/2009 05:21:19 PM EST

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Do you know anything about science? (none / 0)
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), shows the extent of sea-ice shrinkage has accelerated between 1979 to 2008 to a decline of 11.7% per decade.

The scientific community has a range of predictions concerning an ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer. Some say it could be as early as 2013 or as late as 2100.  NSIDC's projections fall somewhere in the lower half of this range. There is consensus and it is not if, but when.

http://nsidc.org/news/press /20081002_seaice_pressrelea se.html

I'm sorry that science is so inconvenient to your ideology, but,...

Well, actually I'm not at all sorry.  Your denial of these easily observable facts and fully justified projections just makes anything you have to say on the matter irrelevant.

by EveningStarNM on 07/13/2009 07:24:10 PM EST

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Do you know anything about wagering? (none / 2)
But the northern ice cap will be largely gone in 20 years...

Name your price and define "largely gone."

If you're so confident that your prediction will come true, why are you so reluctant to back it up with a wager?

by Twba on 07/20/2009 02:27:40 PM EST

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zeroed out (none / 1)
If you're not going to accept the wager here, would you like me to make the offer in a fresh post so you can get more attention?

by Twba on 07/24/2009 04:15:43 AM EST

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House passes biggest mistake in US history!!! | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 hidden)