Thanks for that link......I am going to check the TED sight often now.

Trying to not make matters worse.

Shut off power to the Gore and Edwards residences .. that'd be a heckuva start. That's if you buy the jive Gore is pushing.

and invest in some nice warm outfits.

If calloway cared about things like truth and science.

If calloway cared about stuff like human nature, he would acknowledge that there is unlikely to be anything a young and upcoming scientist could do to advance their reputation than to successfully challenge the status quo of information and the scientists who are behind it. It is what makes science better than the reich-wing echo chamber in which calloway apparently lives. It isn't that bad ideas or hypotheses can't happen, it is that they will continually be challenged, even long after they are accepted "fact", some young gun who doesn't know any better will attempt to make his bones by tearing it down. If she is successful, good for her, good for us.

As to Gore's extravagant living conditions and large carbon footprint, how much of it was already in existence when he/we became aware of the problem? How much better is it with the steps he has already taken? How does he compare to others of his wealth status, neighborhood, political stature?

It seems odd that for reich-wingers, everything is stark black and white except science, logic, and reason.

CAFKIA

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Oh spare me. This is one of the lamest of all the Republican slurs. Gore is not some money-sucking lavish hedonist like their own Jim Baker, who is now reformed, but selling his jail-time experiences to audiences too dumb to see he is still trying to swindle the sheep in his flock.

The only large footprint Gore leaves is one smack dab in the soft ice of the Artctic where thousands of species both animal and human just might survive because of his whistleblowing on the damage corporations, gluttony, and Congress are doing to our environment.

PLEASE, LEAVE AL GORE ALONE! ALL HE DID WAS TRY TO SAVE THE PLANET AND YOU BASTARDS JUST KEEP HARPING ABOUT HIS LARGE FOOTPRINT. AL GORE IS A GOOD GUY! HE HAS A WIFE AND KIDS. HE LOST THE ELECTION TO A NUTCASE BUT HELD HIS HEAD HIGH. PLEASE LEAVE AL GORE ALONE!

All in all, one factor is unknown, precipitation. Gee a little water and no one knows how it plays into these scenarios. In other words, till we learn how all the factors work together, it is a guessing game and science is not about concensus. In fact, concensus once suggested the world was flat but I think most got beyond that as I'm assured we will together make our ways thru this also.

Ummmm, thinking what was the hottest year we know of? When was the coldest year we know of? Geez, all that happen some time ago, well before our so called huge carbon foot print. Oh well, it is fun watching some get all bent out of shape over such trivia. By the way, the Oceans are still alive, amazing they were suppose to be dead twenty years ago!

Gee a little water and no one knows how it plays into these scenarios. In other words, till we learn how all the factors work together, it is a guessing game and science is not about concensus (sic)...

What nonsense. You don't know what you're talking about. If you wanted to learn, discuss, debate, cite some sources, etc., then Bring It On. Otherwise you're just making an ass of yourself.

Note to IA,

Here is an example of proper citing so the group doesn't have to just depend on your word as a statement of fact:

"There are 178 apparent languages on our planet with over 1000 dialects. It's amazing we communicate at all."*

Maybe yours is one of them.

*Of course these figures are from the 1980's so your mileage may vary.

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