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Re: Human vs. natural influences on the environment
"D. Braun" <dbraun@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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>My sentiments exactly. I was wondering, though, what is the best method of
>addressing the counter-intuitive reasoning of many who believe that
>because global warming might not be occurring, or might not be "bad",
>nothing needs to be done?
Well, I favor trying reason, myself, at least as a first option.
>Is it important to try to convice these people,
>because theoretically, they may sway the government to act more
>proactively?
No. It would be important if they could be convinced, but my view is that they
cannot.
>Why argue about this issue on these newsgroups anyway?
In hopes of educating other readers. My sense is that there are quite a few
people who never post, but drop in to read newsgroups for a day or a week.
My goal is to acquaint them with some of the references that are available on
the Web and some of the reasoning that has gone into the issue. The
mainstream media coverage of climate change (1) is very poor and (2) by
virtue of the perceived requirement to be "balanced," gives a disproportionate
share of time and attention to a handful of skeptics. That problem can be
addressed on the net.
Tom Gray
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Tom Gray <tomgray@econet.org>
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