Global warming is a reality, whether folks want to admit it or not, as the only scientific debate about it presently is, “how bad will it be?” So, outreach at this point is the most important effort that can be undertaken, being that people with vested interests in sowing misinformation keep taking in otherwise rational and logical people and breeding uncertainty while the vast majority of scientists keep saying “uh, guys, we’re pretty damned certain over here.”
The thing is, education isn’t the only reason for outreach — people need to be made aware that we’re actively putting off making this planet better in a number of ways, on the off chance that we happen to accidentally cut into some of those aforementioned vested interests’ profit margins. Here’s a beautiful rant that ain’t just hot air, that makes this exact point.
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Bailey
December 21, 2009 at 9:17 pm CDT (UTC -5) Link to this comment
He’s an excitable fellow, isn’t he? Very nicely done.