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Interesting op-ed about global warming
vinlyn
Colorado...for now Veteran
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/09/01/good-news-for-polar-bears-bad-news-for-al-gore-warming/
Comes down pretty hard on Al Gore, but remains balanced about the overall topic.
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Article seems completely devoid of any science, and opens with quite a lot of emotion.
It's more about the political aspect of the topic.
And that's a big problem -- that this issue has been politicized. Getting updated and accurate information about global climate 'change' or 'fluctuations' or whatever ought to be as simple as reading the reports or having them interpreted for us by a journalist or high school science teacher. It's not.
Being concerned about climate change is enough to get laughed at and ignored. Actual information is lost behind THIS kind of op-ed as much as the machinations of the Goron.
Without political clout, nothing will get done.
You trust 'political clout'....? :scratch: .
I voted for Tony Blair. Humph.
...And he's just won the "Philanthropist of the Year" Award. WT actual F....?!
Talk about smarmy!
Whether you like politics or not, nothing else can muster the legal framework or funds to tackle such an issue.
And if you really don't understand that, then you're not a realist at all. And when I say "you", I'm using that term in general.
I agree. At the exact same time, in my heart/mind exists a contradiction. Politics are 'necessary' as a kind of fuel or mechanism for change AND Politics hopelessly (well, much of the time) muddy the waters and obscure the clarity of fact(s) which we desperately need to observe and plan from.
We humans seem to respond best by being jerked around by our short-hairs (pubic hairs for non-native English speakers lol). It's true for me, I admit. A good sharp yank is an effective way to get me to pay attention. Grab me by my suffering, and I'm capable of great energy for the purpose of change.
I think amongst scientists, if not the politico's, there is are regular acknowledgements that the exact outcomes of climate change are fairly uncertain. The focus of the article seems to be saying that... "But it could be that in order to get us to believe that the world is warming a bit, we’ve been told that it is melting."
I think though that the general tone of the article demeans and belittles the pro climate change side, so even though I think the words are true, in effect the article sides against climate change.