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Some sanity from the Globe and Mail

By illconsidered on December 7, 2009.

The Globe and Mail has an article by Thomas Homer-Dixon and Andrew Weaver on "responding to the sceptics" that can be read here. It is rather shorter than How to talk to a climate sceptic, having only 4 points.

This is the overview of their Q&A:

  1. "GLOBAL WARMING HAS STOPPED."

    Nonsense.

  2. "RECENT WARMING IS MOSTLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION COMING FROM THE SUN."

    Rubbish.

  3. "THE CLIMATE IS ALWAYS CHANGING."

    Yes, but so what?

  4. "SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY IS SO GREAT THAT WE CAN'T MAKE FIRM POLICY DECISIONS."

    Wrong.

Of course they offer a lot more detail, which you can read here.

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