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Old 01-12-2010, 02:53 AM   #506
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I think it's fair to go further and say with certainty that nobody understands climate completely or even close to completely. I take issue in the fact that these scientists want to toss around literally trillions of dollars based on what can at best be described as incomplete science.
The tobacco industry considers the cigarette <---> lung cancer science to be incomplete. For the denialists, no amount of science would be sufficient.

But "Flames in 07" makes a point. The question isn't "are we 100% sure there is global warming", but rather "are we so sure that there is not global warming that we are willing to risk the well-being of our children?". Like I said earlier in this thread, it's not going to be my generation that is going to suffer if there is global warming, but rather our children. And I think that sufficient to argue passionately for change.
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