In their own defense,whats the most of the wall theory or comment have you heard?

Question

I know I've heard and even made one or two myself.

Answer 1

"Eat only organic food grown within 250 miles of where you live".

How is that edict selling in New York City?

Answer 2

"Thomas K. Jones, the man Ronald Reagan had appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces, told me that the United States could fully recover from an all-out nuclear war with the Soviet Union in just two to four years. T.K., as he prefers to be known, added that nuclear war was not nearly as devastating as we had been led to believe. He said, "If there are enough shovels to go around, everybody's going to make it."  The shovels were for digging holes in the ground, which would be covered somehow or other with a couple of doors and with three feet of dirt thrown on top, thereby providing adequate fallout shelters for the millions who had been evacuated from America's cities to the countryside. "It's the dirt that does it," he said."

-- from "With Enough Shovels"  Robert Scheer, Vintage Books, 1983

Answer 3

You can't take your pulse with your thumb because it has its own heartbeat.

Answer 4

"One volcanic eruption emits more CO2 than man does in 100 years."

Stinky - You don't think the greenhouse effect exists?  And that thousands of scientists are ignorant, or engaged in a giant conspiracy that would be easily exposed?  EDIT - Agreed.  I actually have some sympathy for those who honestly believe we're not capable of changing the climate.

Answer 5

That theory that CO2 is causing the earth to heat up is kinda out there.

Don't worry Bob, I believe it, I'm pretty sure it is true...but you have to admit, it's an out there theory.

Answer 6

That global warming is causing the deaths of over 100,000 people every year. That statement is about is ridiculous as a high school student explaining how the ozone hole is responsible for global warming.

Answer 7

"Global Warming ended in 1998!"

Such a statement is a gross misunderstanding of climate and climate change, as well as ignorance of the observable changes in our world.

Answer 8

Volcanoes release more than 130 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere every year.

CO2 by human activitiy, including fossil fuels, cement production, and gas flaring etc, is about 27 billion tonnes per year.

The only type of volcano that could produce more than humans is a super volcano and there hasn't been one of those in human recorded history, the most recent, probably ~22000 years ago in Japan. There are quite a few dormant sites around the world one being Yellow Stone, if one of these went off Global warming would be a minor issue, a normal type volcano cover a few tens of miles in heavey ash, a Super would cover more than half the U.S. in ash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_volca...

Info for bob

Answer 9

I don't have any direct quotes, but some concepts that are prevalent make so little sense they drive me nuts..

Al Gore drives an SUV/lives in a mansion so Global Warming is a scam!

China isn't doing anything so we shouldn't either!

It was cold/hot today, so GW doesn't/does exist!