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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 2897" data-source="post: 797135"><p>Well, if the people who do think the data is conclusive and the situation is dire would make changes in their life commensurate with the level of perceived threat, it would set a good example. The biggest mistake in my opinion from the people who think global warming is a dire threat is that they tied it to a specific level of temperatures. Not only is that impossible to predict or control, it doesn't make logical sense to most people. Am I really supposed to believe that if today it were 75F instead of 77F that all our problems would be over? We should have tied it directly to the science that we know around pollution and health. When you see a flotilla of trash the size of Manhattan in the ocean, you understand in your gut that its a problem and don't need some threat or model to try and convince you. When you are presented with an argument about how bad the earth will be if the temperature increases 1 degree, its very difficult on the average person to envision that can be true. Our local weatherman has a charity contest every day where they give $100 if he's within 6 degrees (+/- 3 degrees). He makes the prediction at 11pm for the high temperature for the next day. He's only right about 2/3rds of the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 2897, post: 797135"] Well, if the people who do think the data is conclusive and the situation is dire would make changes in their life commensurate with the level of perceived threat, it would set a good example. The biggest mistake in my opinion from the people who think global warming is a dire threat is that they tied it to a specific level of temperatures. Not only is that impossible to predict or control, it doesn't make logical sense to most people. Am I really supposed to believe that if today it were 75F instead of 77F that all our problems would be over? We should have tied it directly to the science that we know around pollution and health. When you see a flotilla of trash the size of Manhattan in the ocean, you understand in your gut that its a problem and don't need some threat or model to try and convince you. When you are presented with an argument about how bad the earth will be if the temperature increases 1 degree, its very difficult on the average person to envision that can be true. Our local weatherman has a charity contest every day where they give $100 if he's within 6 degrees (+/- 3 degrees). He makes the prediction at 11pm for the high temperature for the next day. He's only right about 2/3rds of the time. [/QUOTE]
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