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Op-Ed Contributor - We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change - NYTimes.com

 

[VicAjax]

good article.
IBTL.

 

[tru blu]

Saw that, too. Quite strong…

 

[El_Doug]

so hard to comment on it without being political...

certainly, a provocative article

 

[limpidglitch]

I've irritated myself over Al Gore before, but that was a good article.

 

[Mr. B]

What a douchebag ... he has a lot of f'ing nerve in continuing to demonize differing opinion after what could easily be called the "great global warming collapse." Calling scientists who disagree with Gore's apocalyptic views "deniers" with all the connotations of the Holocaust is beyond the pale.

I suppose it's not without benefit though. Allow me to quote another "provocative" article:
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By exaggerating the certainties, papering over the gaps, demonizing the skeptics and peddling tales of imminent catastrophe, they've discredited the entire climate-change movement. The political damage will be severe. As Mr. Mead succinctly puts it: “Skeptics up, Obama down, cap-and-trade dead.” That also goes for Canada, whose climate policies are inevitably tied to those of the United States. “I don't think it's healthy to dismiss proper skepticism,” says John Beddington, the chief scientific adviser to the British government. He is a staunch believer in man-made climate change, but he also points out the complexity of climate science. “Science grows and improves in the light of criticism. There is a fundamental uncertainty about climate change prediction that can't be changed.” In his view, it's time to stop circling the wagons and throw open the doors. How much the public will keep caring is another matter.

The great global warming collapse - The Globe and Mail

 

[marvin]

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Originally Posted by Gore In addition, e-mail messages stolen from the University of East Anglia in Britain showed that scientists besieged by an onslaught of hostile, make-work demands from climate skeptics may not have adequately followed the requirements of the British freedom of information law.

The spin on this segment really says it all.

The primary issue there was that the scientists at the University of East Anglia manipulated the peer review process and refused to release their datasets so that others could verify their results. There were much greater scientific issues at stake in the ClimateGate emails than "make work demands".

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Originally Posted by Gore From the standpoint of governance, what is at stake is our ability to use the rule of law as an instrument of human redemption.

In the end, it's all politics. Those that agree with the political changes required by Global Warming mitigation schemes would implement believe in it. Those that don't, don't.

 

[crapback]

Here's the real truth about global temperature change. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by marvin /img/forum/go_quote.gif The spin on this segment really says it all. The primary issue there was that the scientists at the University of East Anglia manipulated the peer review process and refused to release their datasets so that others could verify their results. There were much greater scientific issues at stake in the ClimateGate emails than "make work demands". In the end, it's all politics. Those that agree with the political changes required by Global Warming mitigation schemes would implement believe in it. Those that don't, don't.

the science supporting severe man-made global warming is unambiguous, what happened at East Anglia does not change that.

the earth is warming, whether we choose to do something about it remains to be seen.

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Originally Posted by crapback /img/forum/go_quote.gif Here's the real truth about global temperature change. Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

peace be with his noodly appendage. Ramen and Ramen.