Letter: Science helps compromise — let's work for solutions

Published: Sunday, Jan. 6 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

In this March 11, 2009 file photo, a wind mill, rear center, supplies water to a stock tank, surrounded by wind turbines of the Smoky Hills Wind Project near Wilson, Kansas.

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Kerry Thompson wrote a letter to the editor ("Complete disconnect between science and media," Dec. 5) stating that global warming hasn't occurred for 16 years. This startling conclusion can be traced to an article in the U.K. tabloid Daily Mail. Writer David Rose cherry picked from a much larger data set reported by England's Met Office Hadley Centre. The Met Office issued a public statement to refute Rose's report.

Last month, geologist and science writer James Powell reported his evaluation of 13,950 peer-reviewed articles on global warming published between 1991 and 2012. Only 24 questioned it.

We need to emphasize that science isn't about wishes or opinions; it's about hard evidence. Why not accept it, reject disinformation and work together for solutions?

Robert Speiser

Salt Lake City

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Blue

Salt Lake City, UT

Great letter.

Climate science is complex, but not so complex that conclusions can't be drawn with a high degree of certainty about the significant role that human activities play in climate change.

If honesty matters to More..

1:24 a.m. Jan. 6, 2013
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

There you go, mountanman, now you're getting closer. You don't think the benefits will outweigh the costs. That's a valid concern and should be part of the discussion. But you don't know anything about the science, so you More..

9:45 a.m. Jan. 6, 2013
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

higv,

It's winter, higv. Winter. Winter is colder than summer. Scientists aren't arguing that winter will no longer be colder than summer.

I'm going to say this as respectfully as I can. It is people with your More..

7:45 p.m. Jan. 6, 2013
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