World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report

Re:World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report by 300bps on Thursday September 26, 2013 @01:06PM (#6452085)

The ironic thing is that the only people spreading fear are AGW-theory proponents. If anything, climate change deniers are reducing fear, making your accusation they are spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt a ridiculously easy claim to falsify.

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Re:World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report by codex on Thursday September 26, 2013 @01:58PM (#6452449)

I can't speak as to the agenda of the average climate change denier. However, the fear spread by the anti-AGW lobby is that of a global climate change conspiracy. Uncertainty and doubt are created by casting aspersions on the science.

Unfortunately some AGW proponents are guilty of fear-mongering, but I would also draw a distinction between predicting a bad outcome and spreading fear for fear's sake; it's hard to predict a catastrophe without inspiring a little bit of fear in the audience.

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Re:World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report by talmand on Thursday September 26, 2013 @05:57PM (#6453892)

Your use of the word "denier" displays your bias.

But the only fear mongering I've really seen come from climate change "accepters". "Accepters", see how silly it looks when you use silly names?

I've seen people who deny the science, they don't particularly concern me as they are often easy to spot as they refuse to listen to reason. But much the same can be said of the extremes on both sides of a debate.

As for uncertainty and doubt, I thought those were important in science.

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Re:World won't cool without geoengineering, warns report by vinceguidry on Thursday September 26, 2013 @02:07PM (#6452518)

That's a naive perspective. AGW Opponents spread FUD about how the proponents want to eviscerate industry and business to serve their feel-good agenda.

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