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hmpfabout global warming on a German website while eating dinner. It's depressing. 90% of the discussion goes like this:
"Al Gore is using 20 times as much energy as the average American. Therefore, all environmentalists are hypocrites."
"The policies proposed by the current German minister of the environment are inefficient. Therefore, all environmental policy is crap (and unnecessary to boot.)"
"Climate scientists who agree with the prognoses of the IPCC do so because they want to get lots of money from the government. We are spending billions on climate research."
"Environmentalists want us to spend money on climate research instead of spending it on saving people in Africa from starving."
"Environmentalists want to tell us what we can and can't do. Therefore they are fascists."
"The predicted effects of global warming cannot be proved with 100% certainty in advance. Therefore, we should not do anything to try to prevent them."
"We are living in a state of unprecedented wealth and progress. This will always continue, and will help us fix whatever climate problem may manifest in the future."
"Climate change has occurred without human interference in the past. Therefore our present instance of climate change cannot be the result of human interference."
"We are so small. We can't possibly be having an effect on something as large as the atmosphere."
"So far, we have not gone extinct from any past change in our habitat. Therefore, we cannot go extinct from a future change in our habitat."
"It's cold outside my door today. Therefore global warming is rubbish."
"Global warming will be great for us. There'll be wine from Sweden and potatos from Greenland, and palm trees everywhere in Germany! Yay!"
"We can adapt to anything. There will be plenty of time."
Etc.
*deep sigh*
"Al Gore is using 20 times as much energy as the average American. Therefore, all environmentalists are hypocrites."
"The policies proposed by the current German minister of the environment are inefficient. Therefore, all environmental policy is crap (and unnecessary to boot.)"
"Climate scientists who agree with the prognoses of the IPCC do so because they want to get lots of money from the government. We are spending billions on climate research."
"Environmentalists want us to spend money on climate research instead of spending it on saving people in Africa from starving."
"Environmentalists want to tell us what we can and can't do. Therefore they are fascists."
"The predicted effects of global warming cannot be proved with 100% certainty in advance. Therefore, we should not do anything to try to prevent them."
"We are living in a state of unprecedented wealth and progress. This will always continue, and will help us fix whatever climate problem may manifest in the future."
"Climate change has occurred without human interference in the past. Therefore our present instance of climate change cannot be the result of human interference."
"We are so small. We can't possibly be having an effect on something as large as the atmosphere."
"So far, we have not gone extinct from any past change in our habitat. Therefore, we cannot go extinct from a future change in our habitat."
"It's cold outside my door today. Therefore global warming is rubbish."
"Global warming will be great for us. There'll be wine from Sweden and potatos from Greenland, and palm trees everywhere in Germany! Yay!"
"We can adapt to anything. There will be plenty of time."
Etc.
*deep sigh*
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Date: 2009-02-18 11:05 pm (UTC)I know, I know.
Date: 2009-02-20 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-18 11:32 pm (UTC)True.
Date: 2009-02-20 12:08 am (UTC)Hihihihi...
Date: 2009-02-19 07:41 am (UTC)LG, Kiki
Wohl wahr.
Date: 2009-02-20 12:05 am (UTC)Bzw. wahrscheinlich ist das bei denen in vielen Fällen gar nicht Dummheit, sondern böswillige Ignoranz. Ist aber leider auch nicht besser.