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To: LindyBill who wrote (167811)	5/27/2006 2:14:05 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793839

It's what known as "Doing God's Work." The environmental crowd has always operated on the basis that it is moral to distort and exaggerate in the name of selling their programs. Perhaps, but the message in the piece you posted is not that the global-warming crowd does that but that Gore allegedly admitted doing that. That's just not so and saying it is is a smear. Claiming that Gore and company hype the facts is fine. Claiming that Gore admitted doing that isn't. It's a personal smear. What Gore was actually talking about is the gripe I have with the global-warming crowd, which is that they dump all these facts on you expecting you to be shaken and converted, to go directly from shaken to converted without passing go and collecting $200. They skip the "so what" and the "what, if anything, should we do about it" and go directly to Kyoto. What is being "under-represented" is the assessment of the problem (assumed to be catastrophic, whatever that means) and the costing of potential options for containment or mitigation. It seems to me more useful to challenge Gore on his approach than to twist it into a smear.

To: LindyBill who wrote (167811)	5/27/2006 11:36:45 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793839

I'd rather believe Michael Crighton than Al Gore....At least Crighton provides multi-pages of footnotes and references....Gore produced none, to my knowledge. Message 22183175