Originally Posted by
Grobleaugg
What is this leftist shit you keep talking about? At some level there was likely funding from the government that ultimately led to the development of the lightbulb. It was originally developed in Great Britain who had a history of funding research. I don't really care enough to do that deep of a dive into the history of the lightbulb. Regardless, without the research of others before him Edison would not have been able to bring it to commercial success. That is the whole point! Same thing with fracking. The industry may have developed it, but there certainly was years of geological research which contributed to its development, much of which was funded by the government. Without the prior research, it would not have existed. I will concede that the way government funds research now differs greatly vs 150 years ago. But this helps to advance knowledge, technology in addition to the economy and private industry. But sure, lets stop funding research now. That will go real well for the country.
The sea level change was a complete change of topic and seems to be your way of steering the conversation into leftist and rightest ideas. The sea level has risen 6.5 inches since 1950, with almost half of that occurring in the past 20 years. I am certain your Google works just as well as mine. I am not going to argue over the significance of that as I am not going to get drawn into an argument over climate change. I just don't understand the connection between an article about white males denying climate change to the discussion unless that article was a research study funded by the government, which it wasnt.