Re: maybe it's not over- climategate

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM,  <chris () blask org> wrote:

> My friends who are solidly on the Right are determined that we are either
> incapable of impacting climate, that these is no such thing or that it's
> all a Communist Plot.  They vomit data (even WND "data", shame on you
> Randy) and opinions and shake angry fingers to prove their points - which
> are mostly about a Coming Socialist Takeover.  Frankly I think they have
> some points as far as questioning the extent of human impact and our
> ability to forecast, but the wild paranoid conspiracy ranting makes it
> hard to take seriously.
>
> I guess I get the basic political alignment - since we are all embedded
> in it, "climate" tends towards group-oriented politics: since it triggers
> group-oriented politics, it triggers counter-groupism responses - but the
> stridency and dedication to the points along political boundaries still
> puzzle me.  Doesn't anyone care what the real answer(s) is/are?  What
> would happen to the political Losing Side if/when this is more
> definitively answered?  If (as seems majority opinion) mankind is having
> an effect on climate does it mean the complete collapse of political
> conservatism - even though it would mean we really do need to do
> something about it?  If it turns out that we can double our carbon output
> four more times without harm (as Martin suggests), would the liberals
> throw themselves off cliffs in droves - even though it would mean a
> reprieve from looming disaster?
>
> I'm just interested in seeing that we continue to increase our
> understanding of (climate, biology, etc).  My political opinions aren't
> threatened no matter what researchers discover or propose.  I don't
> understand the eagerness of either side to find proof that the world is
> either ending any minute or that we should be free to pollute without
> restriction.
>
> It's more than a little creepy from both sides.

Regardless of the arguments on either side, we should all endeavor to take
better care of Mother Earth.

You can only poison it so much before [insert pedantic issue here].

- - ferg

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