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Old 09-22-2008, 07:49 PM   #52 (permalink)
Still Growing
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I think that public policy should be based on the scientific consensus that exists instead of your balanced claim that "Humans may be causing temperatures to rise and surely the environment is suffering in some manner with all our polution and so therefore we should improve the air quality"..
Oh I don't disagree with that.
It seems to me that the threat is large enough that just to be sure we should proceed with caution right? Shouldn't we prepare for the worst and hope for the best?

What comments we make vs what actions we take are two different things.

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The scientific consensus could also heavily underrate the threat of climate change, if you argue that it's wrong.
Wikipedia is no scientific source and it's easy to manipulate if you want to pay a lot of money.
Wikipedia does not work on a bribe or pay system. Its a community based dictionary and its monitored and regulated by the community as a whole. Some complete falsehoods can be put up but they are usually taken down within a few days. I am not saying Wikipedia is the end all source, far from it however I do consider it to be just as reliable as any other source the great percentage of the time.
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