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UK Government: Climate change scientists broke the law hiding data

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Re: UK Government: Climate change scientists broke the law hiding data

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Global warming is the new swine flu.

The article talks about climate change. You might want to learn the difference between climate change and global warming before you dismiss it with a one-liner.

Regardless of the verbal purity and political correctness the point from the OP is: someone was trying to force the conclusion than the climate is warming more than it is.

Isn't that clear?

Re: UK Government: Climate change scientists broke the law hiding data

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article talks about climate change. You might want to learn the difference between climate change and global warming before you dismiss it with a one-liner.

Regardless of the verbal purity and political correctness the point from the OP is: someone was trying to force the conclusion than the climate is warming more than it is. Isn't that clear?

Verbal purity? They are two totally different concepts. This isn't about making sure you use the right term, it's making sure you understand the difference between the two.

And yes it was clear. I think anyone reading the article should come to that conclusion. Your comparison was shallow and silly and I called you on it.

Re: UK Government: Climate change scientists broke the law hiding data

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The only conclusion that I 've been able to draw from this mess is: climate science has been seriously compromised :( I just cant decide who can be trusted as a source for accurate and unbiased information/opinion.

Which is a conclusion with some pretty far-reaching consequences. Most environmental legislation in industrialized countries for the past decade, if not two, might have been based on flawed science.

Considering the egos of the people who would need to go out and say "when the facts change, I change my mind" to clean up this mess, it could take decades. We're hearing a lot about market failure these years, how's this for government failure?

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