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July 28, 2006
They Call this Science?
Have you been convinced that a fair and balanced view of climate change is that there are still several sides of the debate, each with valid data? Don't be bamboozled. As I recently heard Al Gore say, the scientific consensus that human behavior is causing (potentially catastrophic) climate change is the largest consensus ever attained in the history of science. (That might be a bit of a stretch, given few people still argue the sun revolves around the earth, but I think he makes a pretty fair point!) The few dissidents are largely funded by the energy industry. Unfortunately, our politicians and media are in bed with this industry, so they don't do so well at pointing that out. Here's a Science Times piece on industry funding for one of the few remaining dissenting voices. It's tough for me to consider this guy a scientist. He's more of a shill for, one of many doing all they can to decrease the amount of respect I have for the Cato Institue. (Michael Cannon put my respecct at zero; is it possible to have negative respect for something? Haha.) I try to avoid partisanship (although I'm extremely wary of anything coming from the Republicans these days), but one of my hopes for the seemingly eminent Democratic majorities we'll soon see is that there could be a sea change in terms of the Washington's response to climate change. We'll see. Problem with that is it depends on Democrats actually winning.
Posted by mattalexander at July 28, 2006 11:42 AM
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