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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Bridge Player who wrote (63797)5/6/2008 8:08:45 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 541842
 
"If somebody agrees that we only have 3-5 years or so to start to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or the human race is in trouble, I call that global-warming catastrophe alarmist."

What will you call them if they turn out to have been right?

I can't say I think we only have 3-5 years, and I certainly HOPE we don't, but the possibility certainly exists that we have only that much time. (And of course it is also possible we have 10 years or 20 or 30) The possibility also exists that we have no time, and it's already too late. I'm not sure why you want to call people alarmists when there is an alarming scenario out there, and it is possible the folks with the more negative predictions are correct. After all, it's not like you can prove you're correct. When that kind of doubt exists, should you really be calling anyone an alarmist?
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