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      <title>Comments On: Society Can No Longer Afford to Ignore Climate Change
    
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    <author><![CDATA[Dan Culling]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I don't know if I can keep up with all the evidence the "true believers" presented here to show how their beliefs are not based on just faith.
        
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      <![CDATA[Reminds me of a little story about Cassandra and how she tried to warn her father that Troy would be attacked by the Greeks. But no one would listen to her, told her she was an alarmist.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Dan Culling]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[When one doesn't understand and can't explain the math behind the science, the error inherent in all data collection and other details then one is taking the word of scientists on faith. Faith is the basis of religion.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Paul Howard]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[We say "human caused," but arguably more than half is just through livestock, in other words meat eating. <a href="http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.worldwatch.org/node/6294</a>  That needs to be part of every climate change discussion.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[John Mallamas]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Well here's the thing, there's money to be made off climate disasters. Corporations that can swoop in to save the day with new technologies, water producing units, solar arrays...but also guns, ammo, and supplies for the fighting that will come with it.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Derek Halpern]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This is such propoganda!! i am not a repub or democrat, but this climate change is horseshit.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Micheal Mouse]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Yes, the collective "global warming media darlings" continue to put out bogus studies paid for by Obama's grants.<br>
Fact: The average yearly temperature was higher in 2005. <br>
Fact: the average annual global temp stopped rising about 10 years ago and has been steady since.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Douglas Raymond]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Quit COAL!!!
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Bob Rousseau]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Soon you will not have a choice. When power grids start failing around the world and droughts become more widespread...clean water will become more and more scarce.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Norman Allen]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[There is this unfortunate dichotomy in our collective decision-making process: The moneybags/politicians control the purse and what needs to be done. The scientists determine problems but have no direct say on what/how we need to change the course of action.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Craig Dillon]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[It is still a lot worse than it is being depicted. Methane (CH4) is now gushing up from the Arctic ocean floor in kilometer wide plumes (Simelitov, 12/11).
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Bob Rousseau]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[As Nicholas said above...most people "don't care" because they are pre-occupied with present concerns. This type of mentality reflects a low level of consciousness and intelligence and a faulty morality and deficient ethic.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Mike Drabik]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[And comments one and two show why AGW will continue to be ignored. Unless forced - ain't nothin' gonna happen.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Nicholas Cobraetti]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm not ignioring it- I just don't care. There are far more pressing concerns affecting the lives of people RIGHT NOW.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Eek McTweekman]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Ignoring isint even the biggest problem. Getting the rich to give up = compared to the poor masses will be your biggest prob.
        
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