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  • Thursday, January 15, 2009 01:01 PM

    @FactFree, ermm... SailFree

    Why is it hard to see beyond the plitics? Simply because, beyond the politics, there ain't much "there" there. The data is incomplete, contradictory, the climate scientists generally admit such

    All data is incomplete. We don't have a perfect fossil record, but evolution is still true. If by "the climate scientists generally admit such," you mean that climate scientists generally agree with you that the jury is still out on anthropomorphic warming, you're just lying again, because that is not the case, and saying so is a lie (whether you believe the lie is irrelevant).

    , and the political committees that run the scientific sessions then fabricate various positions that are specifically NOT HELD BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

    You're right here, but not in the way that you think. The current consensus is that the official estimates of warming from the IPCC are too low, and that the warnings and suggestions the IPCC issues are not adequate to solve the problem.

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