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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (247805)	3/22/2014 12:45:36 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 542004

I saw on vice last night the guy said we were 60 years ahead of the worst case scenario 5 years ago. I have been saying the same thing you have for a long time. It was just a matter of some simple observations 5 years ago that made me skeptical of the forecasts they were making. We could see then how fast the arctic was melting. We were 60 years ahead of that. Scientists are afraid of getting too far out in front of the science or looking extreme (they think it makes them look nuts to say the sky is falling) and many don't look at the social side of the equation e.g. that we won't do anything about it. I have been with you every step of the way. I think our kids will have a catastrophe to deal with