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Thread #32644   Message #435026
Posted By: Naemanson
06-Apr-01 - 11:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Kyoto: Was US right to ditch the deal?
Subject: RE: BS: Kyoto: Was US right to ditch the deal?
I may not have expressed myself clearly. Let me try again.

There is a faction that says the scientists disagree about global warming. They use that to justify the need for more study. They use it to justify waiting until full agreement is achieved.

That faction is focusing on the disagreement without realizing that the disagreement is not about the overall effect, i.e., global warming. Everyone agrees the globe is warming up. The disagreement is about the mechanisms causing global warming. Once again, everyone agrees that humans have a hand in what is happening. They do not agree on how much of an effect humans are having.

That is not enough to base delays on. We need to do something NOW!! Sure, we may be worng and we may not need to do something but wouldn't we be wiser to err on the side of caution? The stakes are too high to allow a drastic error. Yet our Fearless Leader has elected to make sure his buddies in the business community do not suffer needlessly. That short term line of thinking is going to kill us all. At least his buddies will be able to afford expensive caskets.