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Originally Posted by Mutt
I don't know shit about climate change and its' causes BUT I do have a lot of respect for science and those who dedicate their lives to it. The VAST majority of the world's foremost scientists are of the opinion based on scientific data that global warming is real and it's largely a man made phenomena.
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There are many very dedicated scientists that disagree that global warming is largely a man-made phenomena. There are also many that disagree that the warming will be catastrophic. If you respect science then you should respect them as well. The debate really isn't "settled" as you so often hear in the media and from politicians. The whole "vast majority" thing is just a myth. Society is falling into a very dangerous cycle of group-think and the inevitable end result of that will by tyranny and hard times.
Keep in mind that all of the warm-mongering is based on computer models that have been proven faulty and have even failed to correctly predict the climate of the better part of the last two decades.
You even have scientists publishing papers explaining why it is ok to exaggerate claims and manipulate information to achieve their goals:
http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/conte...au001.abstract
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It appears that news media and some pro-environmental organizations have the tendency to accentuate or even exaggerate the damage caused by climate change. This article provides a rationale for this tendency by using a modified International Environmental Agreement (IEA) model with asymmetric information. We find that the information manipulation has an instrumental value, as it ex post induces more countries to participate in an IEA, which will eventually enhance global welfare.
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