(July 22, 2011 at 9:55 am)Cinjin Wrote: Rising sea levels is absolutely possible. No question about that for me. I'm well aware of our planet's precarious position regarding climate change. I posted an array of articles (only some of which) that implied that the scare tactics used by some are just that, and that the climate change may not carry all the impending doom that Al Gore would have 3rd graders believing.
Umm, except that "Al Gore's scare tactics" are quite real for regions that are sub sea level. For them, it will be the fucking doom that Al Gore shrieks about.
As if Al Gore's credibility suddenly fucking undermines the conclusions of the IPCC, USGS and NOAA. Oh wait, it fucking doesn't.
And with regards to scare tactics, honestly riddle me this -- with the current state of the American public, the past decade of fear culture of terrorists and extreme politics, how can you not expect scare tactics for climate change?
Also, because of those "scare tactics", Al Gore helped make climate change into a household conversation.
Scare tactics are, by definition, deceptive. But what they use, content-wise, doesn't have to be.
* Autumnlicious needs his coffee stat!
