Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Denialist, to Lead E.P.A.

[Orlong]

Did you read the article you posted? No where did it say it was doing fine. It said it was dying. Dying is not equal to fine.

Ocean acidification, polution, overfishing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction

There is a good reason this is called the 6th great extinction.

Regardless, the earth will be just fine without a bunch of sponges, coral, and itty bitty fish that nobody eats. Its just selfish people who want pretty things to look at when they are scuba diving who give a shit

[Shadowferal]

Regardless, the earth will be just fine without a bunch of sponges, coral, and itty bitty fish that nobody eats. Its just selfish people who want pretty things to look at when they are scuba diving who give a shit

You mean the Earth will be fine without wildlife..or trees, or anything other than humans and their collective waste.

Only cockroaches and humans...and not much difference between the two, even as they feed off the other.

[Zmaniac17]

Regardless, the earth will be just fine without a bunch of sponges, coral, and itty bitty fish that nobody eats. Its just selfish people who want pretty things to look at when they are scuba diving who give a shit

Dude you are so troll. I saw your other post about this before it got locked. It was troll as hell.

For others who might actually believe your trolling, here is why reefs are important. http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/microsites/...ral-reefs.html

Functions of Coral Reefs: Coral reefs are important for many different reasons aside from supposedly containing the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They:

- protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms

- provide habitats and shelter for many marine organisms

- are the source of nitrogen and other essential nutrients for marine food chains

- assist in carbon and nitrogen fixing

- help with nutrient recycling.

This is why large numbers of marine species live in reefs. Other reasons why they are so important include:

- The fishing industry depends on coral reefs because many fish spawn there and juvenile fish spend time there before making their way to -- the open sea

- The Great Barrier Reef generates more than 1.5 billion dollars every year for the Australian economy, from fishing and tourism

- The study of coral reefs is important for providing a clear, scientifically-testable record of climatic events over the past million years or so. - This includes records of recent major storms and human impacts that are recorded by the changes in coral growth patterns.

Importance of healthy ecosystems: Reducing biodiversity through the extinction of species inevitably leads to the breakdown in ecosystem health and function. Healthy ecosystems are essential to provide us with:

- natural resources, such as foods and drugs

- services we depend upon, such as recycling and purification of water and air, the creation of soil, and the break-down of pollutants

- social, cultural and recreational activities, such as those found in our many unique National Parks, World Heritage Areas and the other - special places we like to visit

-high species diversity.

[Surfd]

Regardless, the earth will be just fine without a bunch of sponges, coral, and itty bitty fish that nobody eats. Its just selfish people who want pretty things to look at when they are scuba diving who give a shit

There is no such thing as "an itty bitty fish that nobody eats". Everything itty bitty is part of the foodchain. EVERYTHING. And ecosystems are delicate. Marine ecosystems incredibly fucking so. When one of those itty bitty things goes poof, it has the potential to completely destroy an entire ecosystem.

I mean, how much longer before we fuck up the oceans to the point where the algae blooms start dying? I mean, they are only tiny little plants. We can totally get along without them, right? Well, except for the fact that ocean born algae accounts for the production of about 70 fucking percent of all the breathable oxygen on the planet.

Quite frankly, Orlong, your colossal stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

[Orlong]

Dude you are so troll. I saw your other post about this before it got locked. It was troll as hell.

For others who might actually believe your trolling, here is why reefs are important. http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/microsites/...ral-reefs.html

Functions of Coral Reefs: Coral reefs are important for many different reasons aside from supposedly containing the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They:

- protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms

You can build seawalls for the same effect

- provide habitats and shelter for many marine organisms

Which we dont need as they dont perform a unique need for humans

- are the source of nitrogen and other essential nutrients for marine food chains

- assist in carbon and nitrogen fixing

- help with nutrient recycling.

There are other sources

This is why large numbers of marine species live in reefs. Other reasons why they are so important include:

- The fishing industry depends on coral reefs because many fish spawn there and juvenile fish spend time there before making their way to -- the open sea

Sounds like a business opportunity for someone to build a fish farm

- The Great Barrier Reef generates more than 1.5 billion dollars every year for the Australian economy, from fishing and tourism

And here is the main reason, Just like I said in my OP. Its the greedy people who want to use it as something pretty to look at when they scuba dive.

[Masark]

You can build seawalls for the same effect

Great. We'll be raising your taxes to pay for those.

[Shadowferal]

Quite frankly, Orlong, your colossal stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

QFT
Dud has no idea that we need a diversity of life on the planet...
Worse, probably doesn't care...

[Masark]

QFT
Dud has no idea that we need a diversity of life on the planet...
Worse, probably doesn't care...

Even worse : The US government seems like it will be filled with duplicates of him.

[Noradin]

That is not true.

It is if you limit both sides to 100 only, the thing is that for one side you could find heaps more, while for the other you won't.
Three guesses which is which

[Zmaniac17]

You can build seawalls for the same effect




Which we dont need as they dont perform a unique need for humans



There are other sources

This is why large numbers of marine species live in reefs. Other reasons why they are so important include:



Sounds like a business opportunity for someone to build a fish farm



And here is the main reason, Just like I said in my OP. Its the greedy people who want to use it as something pretty to look at when they scuba dive.

Orlong, I have to believe your trolling or this is really just a massive disconnect in your mind. How can you believe nature is just something pretty to look at? Where do you live that this point of view is not completely ridiculous? It must not be on planet earth because here everything is connected. A reef dying is a sign of a larger problem. The oceans are in trouble.

We can't build our way out of this. It is preposterous to think we have the technology or the resources to replace what the ocean and the life in it does for us. The best, cheapest option we have is to conserve it. You are complaining about millions and billions spent on preserving life and suggesting that we can replace it by spending trillions and using resources that we don't even have.

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/deadzone.html

[Kaleredar]

You can build seawalls for the same effect

source?

Which we dont need as they dont perform a unique need for humans

source?

There are other sources

source?

Sounds like a business opportunity for someone to build a fish farm

source?

And here is the main reason, Just like I said in my OP. Its the greedy people who want to use it as something pretty to look at when they scuba dive.

You're calling scuba divers greedy?

Are the fossil fuel companies the heavenly faultless saints in this situation, being taken in by big scuba?

[Hooked]

Great Pick in my opinion!.

[Shadowferal]

Orlong, I have to believe your trolling or this is really just a massive disconnect in your mind.

This is the same intellect that claims that even without any marketable skills he could negotiate a better wage than his union provides him if he wasn't forced to deal with unions to begin with.
And I don't think he was trolling. He actually seemed to believe that.

As for Pruitt, he really has no business running the Environmental Protection Agency. He's a man that seems to have determined that clean air and clean water is bad for business.