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Originally Posted by Thor
Azure, your one of the few people I think can be reasoned with in this debate, so here I go. Firstly you assume all of us think the carbon tax is terrific.
Far from it.
All most of us climate scientists and science nerds agree on is that #### is happening. How we move forward, or how we react to this information is up to debate.
But that is NOT the debate, its utterly about denialism, while the science is clear. Which is frustrating, because if we are to rely on anything, the scientific method should be the one true thing we give more respect over political and ideological nutcases.
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I don't believe that we can say with 100% certainty that humans are responsible for the changing temperatures. I'm not denying that global warming is happening. I just don't think that humans are the biggest factor, or that we can do anything to reverse the trend.
Again, I'm all for reducing emissions and keeping the planet as clean as possible, but I want to do it reasonably.
In other words, I want to move from coal to natural gas, and from natural gas to solar and other renewable resources, and in the meantime I want to go nuclear, but I do want to make sure nuclear is safe.
But no I don't agree with a carbon tax, or regulation banning pipelines, or regulation banning further oil sand development.