Deranged MAGA climate denial: The White House wants NASA satellites DESTROYED!

[Anonymous]

This is absolutely unreal. Reportedly the Trump administration has directed NASA to prepare termination plans for two Orbiting Carbon Observatories, crucial satellites monitoring global carbon dioxide levels. https://futurism.com/white-house-orders-nasa-destroy-important-satellite These observatories, praised for delivering high-quality climate data and costing relatively little to maintain, support industries ranging from agriculture to energy. The move, seen by critics as politically motivated and anti-science, has sparked backlash among scientists and lawmakers, who argue it threatens U.S. space leadership and violates existing budget laws by attempting to override already allocated FY2025 funds. Legislators have proposed countermeasures to preserve NASA's scientific missions and funding.

It’s downright surreal: if climate change were truly a hoax, then the best way to prove it would be to let these satellites run and show benign data. But the fact that the Trump administration is targeting the very tools designed to measure carbon dioxide with surgical precision and decades of credibility screams of intentional sabotage. It’s like trying to silence a smoke alarm in a burning house, not because you don’t hear it, but because you do. These Orbiting Carbon Observatories weren’t just scientific marvels; they were inconvenient witnesses. Shutting them down isn't just anti-science, it’s anti-truth. And when the fossil fuel industry benefits, the motivations become clear as unfiltered crude. This isn't ignorance. It's strategy.

[Anonymous]

If there are not satellites then the weather won't be bad.

[Anonymous]

(and WE paid for those satellites...who are they to steal them from us and destroy them???)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If there are not satellites then the weather won't be bad.

I assume that’s where they are keeping the weather machines Majorie Taylor Greene was talking about and that’s why they have to come down, it’s totally not because they confirm climate change.

[Anonymous]

There is an observatory at Mauna Loa that measures CO2.

[Anonymous]

According to the article they are looking at canceling much more than these two satellites. It is inquiries about lots of projects to get the budget numbers down.

[Anonymous]

I guess the GOP doesn't want farmers to use these to help their crops, which is just one of the uses of the satellites.

[Anonymous]

Psst, what do you want to bet that those satellites do a lot more than just collect climate data?

I'm sure some foreign governments would love for us to nix those satellites.

[Anonymous]

It's yet another example of what happens when this administration doesn't like the report(s). Shoot the messenger again. How twisted their brains must be to accept that everyone everywhere in every dep't that has a report unfavorable to their world view needs to go.
I hope the farmers make a loud fuss at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is an observatory at Mauna Loa that measures CO2.

In one place. The satellites routinely measure CO2 across the entire planet

[Anonymous]

Destroy the satellites.

Get rid of all the data we don't like.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-bls-jobs-report-data-0f0a81b9c9320359370976a529c5c9e3

Rip out the electric charging stations.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trumps-reversal-of-ev-program-could-carry-a-hefty-price-tag/

It's almost like he wants to eliminate all collection of facts and waste money destroying things we've already paid for.

Make America Worse! Whatever it takes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is an observatory at Mauna Loa that measures CO2.

In one place. The satellites routinely measure CO2 across the entire planet

They are planning to close that one too: https://theconversation.com/mauna-loa-observatory-captured-the-reality-of-climate-change-the-us-plans-to-shut-it-down-260403

[Anonymous]

Libs are insane when it comes to "climate change." Let's just assume that the science is perfect and carbon dioxide is a problem. It stands to reason that the largest emitter of carbon dioxide should be reined in.

Do libs want to stop China? Nope, they want to make it harder to do business in the US, which has the pernicious effect of driving business and production to China, thereby increasing carbon dioxide overall.

Hard to take such people seriously when they can't understand the second order consequences of their own policies. Also makes it hard to take them seriously when they claim the science is settled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Libs are insane when it comes to "climate change." Let's just assume that the science is perfect and carbon dioxide is a problem. It stands to reason that the largest emitter of carbon dioxide should be reined in.

Do libs want to stop China? Nope, they want to make it harder to do business in the US, which has the pernicious effect of driving business and production to China, thereby increasing carbon dioxide overall.

Hard to take such people seriously when they can't understand the second order consequences of their own policies. Also makes it hard to take them seriously when they claim the science is settled.

Don't you think we need facts in order to make good policies? Or should we just make them based on feelings and whims?

[Anonymous]

Reagan tore the solar panels off the White House. Conservatives have always been anti-science @ssholes who don’t care about the planet.