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To: Lane3 who wrote (19896)	5/30/2006 3:22:33 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

On the issue of whether the public is sufficiently alarmed by the prospects of global warming, I still think Gore had it about right. So long as national political campaigns can either ignore it or use the mantra that the "science is unclear" or "there is no consensus", then the mix of news about dangers and solutions needs to be heavy on the news side. As the political culture shifts, then the mix becomes more "even handed", as I think he said. The structural interests that oppose any serious work on global warming are both too wealthy and too ensconced in the power centers to permit anything serious to happen without genuine alarm. The sort that simply doesn't exist today.

To: Lane3 who wrote (19896)	5/30/2006 3:40:06 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

I see useless, unfocused worry. And I see expectations for huge investments in vague activities that may or may not be solutions. All of which breeds the kind of backlash that is coming from the skeptics, not that they wouldn't lash back anyway, but the global warming guys are just feeding the backlash, seems to me, when they focus on drumming up more worry. That's not only useless, that's counter-productive. I'm not particularly worried so I can be mellow about the lack of progress, but if I were hyper worried, I'd be really mad at my alleged leadership. Substitute "terrorists want to destroy us and our way of life" for "global warming" and the sentiment still holds true, IMHO.