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To: JohnM who wrote (20822)	6/12/2006 11:58:33 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) of 541141

This is one of those gaps in knowledge that allows ideological opponents of conservation (which is good for more than one reason) to jump on global warming scientists. I find it a bit like the evolution debates. Just because there is a gap in knowledge doesn't mean we fill it with God. And just because we don't know how much humans affect global warming doesn't mean we 1. do nothing or 2. bring industry to a standstill. There is a middle ground here. There are many reasons to work toward conservation- only one of them is that it might help prevent catastrophic climate change (which may or may not happen, and even if it does happen may or may not be caused by humans.) And (imo) even more important is assuring that humans aren't wiped out by the effects of higher seas, and stronger hurricanes- no matter why the seas are higher, and no matter why the hurricanes are forming; the fact is they are, and we might as well prepare for them, no matter who happens to be right about why they are threatening us. I think you can embrace the unknowns and STILL do something about the environment, and that kind of takes the wind out of the sails of the opposition, if you frame it that way.

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