I've been there myself, seen it myself. For him to complain about this shiat knowing how things are down there...lol it's almost as disgusting as inversion season.
Any chance we could send him to Beijing for a week? "This isn't even as bad as during the Olympics, but it's still what would happen in the US without an EPA."
Excelsior:Ah yes, the good old days. Let's make Make America Suffocate Again.
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Yes, but Those People knew their place, and wealthy white men had unchallenged, unquestioned political dominance. Plus, it's not like the people that actually mattered (the wealthy white men) had to deal with smog in their estates.
There's a problem in Utah where the humans find places to build in river valleys. Same as in Dallas and LA. The features that make a city inhabited can concentrate junk air.
ecmoRandomNumbers:No, no, no. You don't get it. The environment doesn't matter because Jeebus is going to come and renew the earth.
(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
Other variations are: 1. Man is unable to destroy what God created 2. God's rainbow (after the Great Flood) was a promise that the Earth would never be destroyed again 3. Man's activities are too insignificant to ever impact the Earth's atmosphere
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Yep! This, right here.
I've been there myself, seen it myself. For him to complain about this shiat knowing how things are down there...lol it's almost as disgusting as inversion season.
ecmoRandomNumbers:No, no, no. You don't get it. The environment doesn't matter because Jeebus is going to come and renew the earth.
(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
This is probably why the fundies go for the "young earth creationism" 6000 year old everything. Because if God's timeline is 6000 years, they might actually be around when the New Jerusalem happens. God with a timeline of billions of years is unfathomable and the renewal might just be when our sun goes red giant and swallows up the inner planets.
LordJiro:Epicedion: Aren't they about to lose their entire lake?
Yep. And when a giant salty lake dries up, that's gonna bring a whole lot of other air quality problems.
They were, and it was such a looming threat with such terrible consequences that the Mormon church of all people, donated a huge chunk of their water rights to the lake to stem the problem. This wasn't because the corporate Mormon church was trying to do the right thing, mind you, it is because they have tens of billions of dollars in investments they will lose if the lake goes dry and starts blowing toxic dust. It's too early to know if it will be enough, but I am hopeful. You know environmental problems are bad when the Mormon leadership acknowledges that they are bad. Someone probably told them toxic dust makes you gay or want to look at porn or something. https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/03/16/mormon-church-donate-water-shares-great-salt-lake I also don't know if this is a one time donation of 20,000 acre feet of water, or if it is a permanent transfer of water shares worth 20,000 acre feet of water per year. The first would just be a band aid, the later would actually be a solution.
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Dasher McHappenstance: [Fark user image 474x314]
Yep! This, right here.
I've been there myself, seen it myself. For him to complain about this shiat knowing how things are down there...lol it's almost as disgusting as inversion season.
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actually that phrasing sounds awful. especially in my accent :/
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Epicedion: Aren't they about to lose their entire lake?
Yep. And when a giant salty lake dries up, that's gonna bring a whole lot of other air quality problems.
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Let's make Make America Suffocate Again.
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You know what early humans did when a locale became uninhabitable?
They stopped living there... one way or another.
We are going to soon start learning those early lessons in survival despite our hubris.
Perhaps even in spite of it if you you believe nature has a conscious sense of revenge.
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Excelsior: Ah yes, the good old days.
Let's make Make America Suffocate Again.
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Yes, but Those People knew their place, and wealthy white men had unchallenged, unquestioned political dominance. Plus, it's not like the people that actually mattered (the wealthy white men) had to deal with smog in their estates.
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Dasher McHappenstance: [Fark user image image 474x314]
Yeah. It's nasty during inversion times. If we could get the mouth breathers to all face south for a few hours a day it might help clear that shiat.
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(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
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ecmoRandomNumbers: No, no, no. You don't get it. The environment doesn't matter because Jeebus is going to come and renew the earth.
(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
The Blood of Sinners!
It's what plants crave.
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ecmoRandomNumbers: No, no, no. You don't get it. The environment doesn't matter because Jeebus is going to come and renew the earth.
(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
Other variations are:
1. Man is unable to destroy what God created
2. God's rainbow (after the Great Flood) was a promise that the Earth would never be destroyed again
3. Man's activities are too insignificant to ever impact the Earth's atmosphere
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Lady J: how common clay is Utah?
actually that phrasing sounds awful. especially in my accent :/
Well, it's absolutely chock full of Mormons. Any questions?
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jars.traptone: Dasher McHappenstance: [Fark user image 474x314]
Yep! This, right here.
I've been there myself, seen it myself. For him to complain about this shiat knowing how things are down there...lol it's almost as disgusting as inversion season.
And the smell. You'll never forget the smell.
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ecmoRandomNumbers: No, no, no. You don't get it. The environment doesn't matter because Jeebus is going to come and renew the earth.
(I actually had a Mormon tell me this.)
This is probably why the fundies go for the "young earth creationism" 6000 year old everything. Because if God's timeline is 6000 years, they might actually be around when the New Jerusalem happens. God with a timeline of billions of years is unfathomable and the renewal might just be when our sun goes red giant and swallows up the inner planets.
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Dasher McHappenstance: [Fark user image 474x314]
"My body is ready for you."
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Cox UT-R? Is that like a UTI on your di+++CARRIER LOST+++
/also shouldn't it be (R-UT)?
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LordJiro: Epicedion: Aren't they about to lose their entire lake?
Yep. And when a giant salty lake dries up, that's gonna bring a whole lot of other air quality problems.
They were, and it was such a looming threat with such terrible consequences that the Mormon church of all people, donated a huge chunk of their water rights to the lake to stem the problem. This wasn't because the corporate Mormon church was trying to do the right thing, mind you, it is because they have tens of billions of dollars in investments they will lose if the lake goes dry and starts blowing toxic dust. It's too early to know if it will be enough, but I am hopeful. You know environmental problems are bad when the Mormon leadership acknowledges that they are bad. Someone probably told them toxic dust makes you gay or want to look at porn or something. https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/03/16/mormon-church-donate-water-shares-great-salt-lake I also don't know if this is a one time donation of 20,000 acre feet of water, or if it is a permanent transfer of water shares worth 20,000 acre feet of water per year. The first would just be a band aid, the later would actually be a solution.
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That damned EPA, why aren't they doing anything?
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