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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (20756)6/12/2006 4:09:55 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (4) of 541151
 
As far as Gore is concerned, "the debate is over in the scientific community" as to whether or not global warming will have a devastating effect on the earth within the next decade.

One more comment, Alistair. I have no idea whether Gore has ever said that. But he didn't say that particular thing in the movie. He notes any number of things that are already happening which he attributes to global warming, he notes some other things which are likely to happen in the next decade, but I don't recall any reference to a prediction of "devastating things" in the next decade.

He's clearly arguing the path we are going down is a dangerous one, that there is now a scientific consensus that human activity contributes to global warming (his evidence here is pretty convincing, I must say), and that climate change is non-linear. In that latter respect, he is arguing that you can't simply extrapolate from the pace of present change. He then refers to the melting rates of large glacier sections in Antarctica and Greenland to reinforce his point that, should those glaciers melt, as seems likely, the resulting changes would definitely not be linear.

All reasonably acceptable arguments.

So far the only stuff I've seen like that in your post is a deliberate attempt to politicize it or from someone whose income depends on undermining global warming arguments.
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