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hatrack

(59,587 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 07:58 AM Jul 2015

Heb! Climate Will Be Fixed By "A Person In A Garage Somewhere" See? All Better Now! Technology!

Unlike many Republicans, Jeb Bush at least recognizes climate change is a reality. He won't say what he thinks is causing it. He won't say how large of a problem he believes it to be, but in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, he did offer his vision of how the climate change problem will be solved.

“Ultimately, there’s going to be a person in a garage somewhere that’s going to come up with a disruptive technology that’s going to solve these problems, and I think markets need to be respected in this regard," he said. “I think it’s appropriate to recognize the climate is changing and invest in the proper research to find solutions over the long haul, but not be alarmist about it,” Bush tells the paper. “Not say ‘end is near,’ not de-industrialize the country, not create barriers for higher growth, not just totally obliterate family budgets.”

So, basically, we're just sitting around waiting for someone in a garage somewhere to fix all of this — while, locally, we pray Miami Beach isn't swallowed by the sea.

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However, because of today's real-estate climate, we wonder if this theoretical hero could even afford a place with a garage (unless this person were living in a garage) and if he/she has enough free time while not working to pay off student debt to devote to world-saving extracurriculars. We can only hope that our garage savior does. Please, person in a garage, save us. You're our only hope.

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http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/jeb-bush-thinks-climate-change-will-be-fixed-by-a-person-in-a-garage-somewhere-7739675

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Heb! Climate Will Be Fixed By "A Person In A Garage Somewhere" See? All Better Now! Technology! (Original Post) hatrack Jul 2015 OP

If someone "in a garage" came up with something truly disruptive n2doc Jul 2015 #1

Weird. He sounds like someone who has no idea how industry, technology and science work. DetlefK Jul 2015 #2

He also sounds like someone with no freaking idea how physics or thermodynamics work . . . . hatrack Jul 2015 #3

To be fair, it is the Bush family. Chellee Jul 2015 #6

Funny, we DO know how to fix it, Jeb. Daemonaquila Jul 2015 #4

what Jeb has to say on any subject is so very unimportant olddots Jul 2015 #5

And we LIBERAL Dems, hifiguy Jul 2015 #7

Pubs LOVE science! when it lets them ignore prior science MisterP Jul 2015 #8

Little venal man, we already have. hunter Jul 2015 #9

There are, of course, hundreds of flim-flam scientists in their home garage willing to sell Bush Johonny Jul 2015 #10

Let's get the 100 mpg carburetor guy on that right now n/t IDemo Jul 2015 #11

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

1. If someone "in a garage" came up with something truly disruptive

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:12 AM

Jul 2015

Say, a small fusion energy generator, they would have their patent and company quickly bought up by a fossil fuel company and buried. And JEB would be more than happy to assist in any way he could with that.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

2. Weird. He sounds like someone who has no idea how industry, technology and science work.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:13 AM

Jul 2015

Speaking of which: I have an idea for a brand-new method of seawater-desalination I would like to sell to you. It is cheap, has extremely low running costs and needs very little maintenance. You could revolutionize the market! World business-leader in the field of desalination-plants! Sounds good, doesn't it?

There is just this tiny problem that my invention doesn't work with water... But, hey, some day somebody in a garage will solve that problem and then you will be the king of seawater-desalination!

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

3. He also sounds like someone with no freaking idea how physics or thermodynamics work . . . .

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:16 AM

Jul 2015

Or how electricity is generated, or how trace gases trap heat energy in the atmosphere, or how scientific papers are published, or (Your Selection Here!)

He's a lazy, buzz-wordy ignoramus who thinks he's way, waaaay smarter than he actually is.

Chellee

(2,097 posts)

6. To be fair, it is the Bush family.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:24 AM

Jul 2015

He probably is the smartest one in his family. He's got to look at the fact that his father was elected, and his brother was also president, and think, "Really, how hard can it be?"

Also, intelligence isn't exactly a trait that the GOP prizes. Louie Gohmert and Virginia Foxx keep getting elected. Bill "Tides go in, tides go out, nobody can explain that!" O'Reilly is a major TV star.

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)

4. Funny, we DO know how to fix it, Jeb.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:56 AM

Jul 2015

But since you don't like the solution you want to pretend that someone will come up with s perfect, pro-polluter solution all tied up in a bow, and make it magically go away? Wow, that's pathetic.

olddots

(10,237 posts)

5. what Jeb has to say on any subject is so very unimportant

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:15 AM

Jul 2015

He is a little prince in a fairytale land of privilege .

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

7. And we LIBERAL Dems,

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 09:45 AM

Jul 2015

I do not count the corporatists as such, are the ones expecting the proverbial pony.

Jayzus on a unicycle juggling fish.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

8. Pubs LOVE science! when it lets them ignore prior science

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 02:09 PM

Jul 2015

hunter

(38,316 posts)

9. Little venal man, we already have.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:11 PM

Jul 2015

It's just that you and your scummy buddies haven't figured out how to bleed it yet.

Johonny

(20,851 posts)

10. There are, of course, hundreds of flim-flam scientists in their home garage willing to sell Bush

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 06:41 PM

Jul 2015

a solution to just about anything. The results of these home scientists to date isn't that great. I guess he was envisioning Apple, but the reality is more often magnecules, and diet shakes...

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

11. Let's get the 100 mpg carburetor guy on that right now n/t

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 06:58 PM

Jul 2015

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