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To: Land Shark who wrote (2427)	9/21/2011 12:51:41 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

They may be state of the art and the best they can produce. But the ultimate standard is do they predict what really happens? We have the revered Kevin Trenberth's word that for a decade now, they haven't .... further he said that's a travesty! If the models aren't accurate, we shouldn't rely on them when it comes to decisions involving spending tens of billions of dollars, shutting down industries, etc. Science has come out saying AGW is unequivocally happening There isn't any old guy in a white coat named science that has all the world's facts in his pocket. There's just a bunch of people trying to figure things out. When people say, it's all explained, we know it, no one can have a contrary opinion, Science has spoken, that's a rhetorical tactic to shut down discussion called 'appeal to authority'. Intelligent people ought to reject that.