The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

WB, I clearly said that humans have polluted the planet. I am all for air quality standards and certain common sense regulations to prevent making rivers toxic, etc. I also do completely understand the concept of the "heat island", which is what Phoenix has become. However, adding greenery to a desert that never had any major greenery isn't much of an option.

Climate science is so overwhelmingly complex I do not think it is possible for us to predict it well, much less influence it.

And in terms of who the scientists work for....I'm sure there's some dishonest and those with a particular agenda on ALL sides. I don't think for a moment that just because a scientist says there is man made global warming that they are free from political or capitalistic influences, and I find it insulting, really, that only the common belief is that scientists who dispute man made global warming must be crooked or paid shills of the oil industry. Hell, one major one is one of the founders of greenpeace (who now is for the elimination of old growth forests because of positive impacts on the environment).