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Author Topic:   An inconvenient truth.... or lie?
Lithodid-Man
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Message 75 of 191 (538510)
12-07-2009 3:58 PM
Reply to: Message 73 by Rahvin
12-07-2009 3:31 PM


Great point
Excellent as always, Rahvin. I thing your point is of critical importance and one that gets lost in public discussions of this issue. The real danger from rapid changes in climate are to us and our way of life. It might be inspiring to pretend that it is the actual planet we are hurting/saving but the reality is that we have built a immensely large and fragile population based really on our ability to exploit the base of the trophic pyramid.
The thing that frustrates with the GW deniers (man-made) is the idea that if it is indeed a 100% natural phenomena then we can just ignore it completely. There is an ancient Klingon proverb meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH (Only a fool fights in a burning house) that I think applies. Politics aside, scandals aside, causation aside, there is a very real set of changes occurring and those changes will affect where we can live, where we can grow food, etc. The discussion (in the media) has turned to who (or what) is to blame which I feel is only one part of the issue.
And if scientists are voting, I am also a scientist and vote "yea" on made made climate change. I think it is very complex and not a single cause issue, but I am convinced just based on the oceanographic data (some of which I contributed to if sorting and counting zooplankton is a contribution).

Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"

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