Global Warming?

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    I'm with designbot (I think) in the acknowledgment that there is substantial disagreement within the scientific community, and that this should be remembered when considering the hyper-emotional hysteria that this issue is usually framed in.

    I personally don't know whether we are experiencing anthropogenic climate change, a natural climatic process, or a combination of the two. There is conflicting evidence the average person doesn't have a lot of time to sort through the hype and data. I'm a skeptic (in all matters), so I honestly can't make a factual deduction with my limited knowledge. I think that the politicization of the matter has made it all but impossible for the average person to make an informed rational conclusion. I think it's best to err on the side of caution (and health) with respect and care for our environment and our fellow living creatures. (Incidentally, I'm more concerned with the massive threats to biodiversity that we've been posing for some time now.)

    I do, however, feel that the left part of the political spectrum has co-opted this issue in the service of their sociopolitical agenda. There is always a leftist war on something, from Wilson, to Roosevelt, and on up to today. It's a cheap and transparent ploy to utilize a crisis – real or imagined, it doesn't really matter – to galvanize public opinion around their platform. Of course, the right side reacts accordingly, and the public is left with the unfortunate phenomenon of a vital issue reduced to simplistic partisan bickering. By the way, it's naive to believe that politicians on the left aren't amenable to the same corruption – for identical or different causes – that the right is.

    It's all very perplexing, I think, and it's difficult to follow when you have the rest of your life's requirements and interests to contend with. Again, I feel it's best to err on the side of caution, and dispense with our oil dependence, adopt more sustainable business practices, and try to cut through the propaganda on both sides.

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    • it's hard to know who to believe when anyone can have a hidden agendalocustsloth
    • "There is always a leftist war on something"
      Yes. War on Drugs. War on Terror. Please do continue..      TheBlueOne
    • well said. I completely agree.designbot
    • locustsloth: Yup. TBO: Thanks for not calling me a dickhead this time!dog_opus
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