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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
The producer is a right wing thorn in the side of the British environmental movement. He has put together a gaggle of scientists who have alternative theories and then claims that all the other scientists are lying, have been forced into lying, have been mislead, have been inept, so on and such forth.
In the end, the goal is to get just enough media attention to confuse the people of the world so that governments will get away with doing nothing.
A clear majority of scientists believe that human-created global warming is a threat and something must be done. But it only takes a handful to break consensus, confuse the public, embolden the anti-environmentalist right wingers and cause analysis paralysis so that nothing gets done.
AS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST that has been working on this issue on and off for 15 years, and as someone who has a lot personally vested in this issue (I have never owned a car and always walked, biked or bused to work; became a vegetarian primarly because of global warming, purchase my electricity from Bullfrog Power using only renewable sources, compost all organic waste to stop methane production at landfills)...... I think we should just give up now. The forces out there that want this issue off the table are just too powerful. And unlike with tobacco, the general public want to believe the dissenters.
We environmentalists are spending so much time and effort on this issue that we are going to lose on. Watching a "documentry" like this, reading the threads here... it's like losing a hockey game 9-1 and it's only the 2nd period. You would just rather someone cancel the game rather than continue. Sure, sure "the environment" is important in the polls, but that's what people throw out when there isn't any other big glaring issue. So 65% of Canadians say that Global Warming is an important issue to address... but when asked if they would be willing to pay more at the gas pump to fight global warming, that number drops down into the low 30s.
There are far better uses of time than beating your head against a wall.
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Yes, don't question dogma. The undeniable truisms are undebatable. To say anything against the ALL MIGHTY GLOBAL WARMING END OF THE WORLD THEORY will have you burnt at the stake as an anti-environmentalist right winger!!!!
Just shut up! Waters will be lapping at your doorway soon!