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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/dec/18/scientists-have-beaten-down-the-best-climate-denial-argument>
"Climate deniers have come up with a lot of arguments about why we shouldn’t
worry about global warming – about 200 of them – but most are quite poor,
contradictory, and easily debunked by consulting the peer-reviewed scientific
literature."
Via Muse, who added:
The Nature article goes further than what's reported here. It looks like the
worst case scenarios concerning climate change are probably closer to the
truth and we must work for a 15% reduction of carbon emissions. Other
articles reporting on this paper have a tendency to trot out shadowy
research, without any names attached, which undercuts the assertions of
authors Caldeira/Brown. That kind of reduction would require the sorts of
changes which would remove power from some currently very rich people (ie
what would happen if we shut down the Alberta tar sands). I can imagine media
giants being nervous about reporting too deeply on something that could
challenge these people. However, that amount of change is not beyond our
grasp technically. It is socially that our reach is being blunted.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
