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Monday, June 30, 2008 12:00 AM

Anti-science conservatives must be stopped

Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake.
By Joseph Romm

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  • Monday, June 30, 2008 05:03 PM

    theory vs hypothesis vs fact

    delosgatos has shown us the subtle difference between a "theory" and a "hypothesis".

    The greenhouse hypothesis is just that: a yet to be validated hypothesis or postulation. GCMs (computer climate models) do not validate a hypothesis. It takes physically observed hard data to validate the greenhouse hypothesis, and this is lacking today.

    To follow the lead article author's suggestion to base far-reaching and exremely costly policy decisions on an unproven hypothesis "just in case" is absurd.

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