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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.

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008 01:03 PM

    @Environ-mental

    Environ-mental: "I don't believe climate on this planet has ever been static, and it's always warming or cooling - often in wild vacillations."

    To the best we can ascertain the earth has never warmed as quickly as it has in the past century.

    Picture Worth 1000 Words Dept.:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1000_Year_Temperature_Comparison.png

    Environ-mental: "If we were able to show the movie on a standard projector, each 100 years would flash by in 1/32 of a second."

    Ya, and in that scenario most of WWII - from the invasion of Poland to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - would take roughly 1/640 of a second.

    And your point here is what, exactly?

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