Comments by "Roger Smith" (@rogersmith7396) on "The Rational National" channel.

  1. Methane is an IR absorber.
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  2.  @antanaskiselis7919  Just read an article by Mr. Toyota that just converting all vehicles to hybrids would quickly cut emissions in half. I don't doubt the science. Of course that is'nt an ultimate solution. And of course Mr. Toyota sells hybrids and the article stated Toyota is 10 years behind on all EV design. Likewise I just read an article that cities were starting to outlaw gas stoves. A study found that they leaked methane which is far more hazardous than CO and that their combustion was no where near 100% efficient. I don't doubt the science there either. It just struck me that this must be a very small part of total emissions. I live in a ranching area of small operators. Watching these stupid cows standing around in the cold rain 24/7/365 seems kinda dumb especially when the ranchers receive little money for dealing with this. The money is all taken by middlemen and retailers. Mostly with these people its a matter of being self employed which I understand. There have been efforts to move cattle raising to an indoor environment in this state. It has efficiency gains in feeding, animal health, manure handling, and apparently methane capture. I doubt these poor neighbors of mine will be able to make the turn but some ranchers have done this. Typically pigs and poultry are already in an indoor environment. Science is driven by money, either private or public. I have three science degrees and have worked in the field. Science is typically very small not global. I think the gas stove study illistrates this. Yes you can sometimes pay to get any type of science you want. The Republicans are busy making banning of gas stoves illegal which makes me laugh. If there is a backwards head in the sand position on any subject you will find Republicans behind it. They are also busy trying to start WWII over Ukraine which I doubt most Americans had never heard of before. Trees process CO2 to o2. It sounds like we should be planting trees everywhere. Of course this is why the outcry of the Amazon burn off to make ranches. Our tax policy favors the importation of S. American beef making the burn off profitable. Its all a very complicated thing with people fearful of losing their livlihood. The science is valid, priorities need to be set. EVs will require more coal burning power plants so the polution is just being transfered. Natural gas is cleaner than coal or oil but it is not clean. The ice caps are going to melt the coasts are going to be flooded. I see no reason why I should have to pay taxes for people who don't wish to respond to this. They are their own worst enemies.
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  3. The educational industrial complex needs to fail. End of story.
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  4. Betty Bowers is an anti establishment comediane. You should get out more.
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  5. Right now the potential for bad things in the future looks so scary no one may care about Trump, Repubs, Dems or presidents. We could start to see a mass die off, food riots, large scale war climactic disaster, economic collapse which will shrink todays worrys down to nothing. As I've been saying the cure for todays politics is a 1929 depression and no one is ruling it out.
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  6. Just going on to Medicare I'm not so sure thats the ultimate solution. Maybe cheaper than private pay but not cheap.
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  7. Put these old farts in the nursing home.
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  8. Hawley is a rural God. As far as I know he is detested in KC, St. Louis and even Columbia. He is a favorite of the hayseeds.
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  9. Biden only looks good vs. Trump. They can run his corpse against Trump and he has a good chance. If DeSantos runs Biden is done.
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  10. Republicans gotta Republicate.
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  11.  @newbieprepper8451  Not really a surprise in MO. They have voted to re write the second amendment to virtually make gun ownership mandatory. Its crazy town in rubeville. They don't like cops either because they are all criminals.
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  12.  @LaktostheIntolerant  The terms conservative and liberal have no meaning in modern time. They are obsolete and ambiguous. Why would a conservative be in favor of ending the world with global warming. Why would a liberal censor speech and support wars. Meaningless.
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  13. Its unconstitutional. Government exists as the control mechanism of the rich. Always has.
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  14. If its so important to corporate America they should tax them for the 15 days off. A tiny price to pay. The argument is misframed. They can't strike unless Congress allows it. Its all on the corporacracy.
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  15. You know its fake when it shows Trump being able to run. They should have showed about 20 cops beating on him with clubs.
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  16. Hell yes.
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  17. I would say debt forgiveness should require bankruptcy filing. This is just existing law for corporations and individuals. This eliminates those who can pay back but don't want to. If they are truly bankrupt the loan won't be repaid anyway so its a wash. Get rid of new Federal loans and let the schools and states deal with it.
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  18.  @t.dmytryshyn2615  They just scream commie, commie, commie commie, and their cultests respond like Pavlovs dog. What can you do with people who celebrate stupidity. MTG has a job for life.
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  19.  @annemarie1507  Presenting their talking points in the culture war without concern for the validity of them or how any reasonable person perceives them. Mitch McConnel., Tom Cotton for instance.
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  20. Freedom Fries?
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  21. A large percentage of these loans will never be repaid. Dealing with it is not a choice, its mandatory.
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  22. You missed Banons conviction. Maybe two years in the slam.
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  23. Hawley is a multi millionaire from a rich family with an Ivy Leaque education. He plays a working class slob on TV.
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  24. Same old same old. Money.
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  25. Non college grads (the majority) detest student loan forgiveness.
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  26. The nursing shortage is due to a shitty job environment and low pay. Drs. only go to cities where they can become rich.
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  27.  @SE-gs6gd  People go to medical school to get rich. Patient care is secondary. They hire extenders to do that.
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  28.  @SE-gs6gd  People go to medical school to get rich. Patient care is secondary. They hire extenders to do that.
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  29.  @SE-gs6gd  Depends on what you call "Very Much". They get $200,000 first day out of school and more like $500,000 in time. They set their own schedule. The more they see the more they make. They could cruise and play golf at $250k a year but you go to a Drs. office and its like a non union assembly line running in turbo mode. Crank those bodys through, grab them bucks. They also happen to be the stingiest people in the world to work for. I am an RN since 1994.
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  30. Ask Chomsky.
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  31. They are financing more stock buy backs.
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  32. Its Smith.
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  33. College loan officers are commissioned and predatory. As I understand it these loans can now be used for anything, cars, apartments, health clubs etc.
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  34.  @frankpentangeli7945  Yep.
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  35. Yep.
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