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NOAA chief urges study of climate

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Jeff Atkins | 11:59 a.m. Oct. 11, 2007
I get so tired of people who just "know" that we are causing global warming... How do they know? Global warming is a fact, the cause is a THEROY.
justpassinthru | 3:08 p.m. Oct. 11, 2007
Hey THEROY. They know thru scientific study, not from am radio.
James | 4:43 p.m. Oct. 11, 2007
Justpassinthru, I think the word was theory. It is good to ignore grammar on these boards as people are just passing thru, adding to the dialogue on not submitted a masters thesis. It is amazing how many people feel they win the point because someone mispelled, etc. Especially when it is anything to do with an education issue.

And as a side note, scientific study is no where near the certainty on this issue. We have had literally thousands of scientists sign petitions/author papers stating there isn'tt a relationship. Throw in the fact that NASA has been publishing data that is in error and we get a great deal of reason to slow down.

It is often pointed out how the big oil companies are behind stating there is no global warming. What about the literally billions of dollars earned related to funding research promoting global warming.

When I see high ranking officials really going over the top on issues, like this gentleman from NOAA, what I see is almost a job interview. Like a General screaming we need more missiles, only to retire and get a $500k/yr job with the company making those missiles.

Hype is something to avoid.
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Gfunk | 11:13 p.m. Oct. 11, 2007
What is Warren Jeffs doing here?
George | 1:31 a.m. Oct. 12, 2007
Anthropogenic global warming is a fact, not a theory. The vast majority of scientists and the vast majority of governments, including the US government, have already accepted this and moved on to questions of who, what and how much to do about it. Deniers who still insist on holding out might as well go join the Flat Earth Society - while we still have an Earth to live on...
Matt | 7:40 a.m. Oct. 12, 2007
Fact?? I also thought it was a fact in the '70's that we were entering a global ice age, and so we needed to put coal on the ice caps to encourage them to melt? As long as the vast majority felt we should, then we should right? According to your flat earth society, the "vast majority" felt knew the earth was flat, right?? Fact is just a convenient word for what some are trying to achieve politically.

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NOAA administrator Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. said he has no doubt humans are causing part of the ongoing climate changes.

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