Q: I keep hearing this argument come up over and over again. I don't believe in AGW for any reasons beyond the science, which makes a lot of sense to me. So I'd like to hear actual examples of what the skeptics are talking about when you claim we all of the believers have motives beyond caring about life and the earth... Ok Randall, what are those "specific policy recomondation". My problem hear is none of your arguments towards this seems credible. I need more than just an opinion.
A: The argument goes that environmentalists need something to be scared of, and Democrats need something to scare people into voting for them. The former argument is pretty stupid. Who likes being scared? I certainly don't like worrying about the future, wondering if the next generation will live a very difficult life because of the failures of our generation, wondering if the history books will say that our generation lived in a prosperous time and ruined the climate for future generations despite being warned that we were doing so, etc. etc. The latter argument is possibly even stupider. First off, global warming is practically non-existent in the current presidential election. I think it was mentioned in one debate, and rarely elsewhere, so clearly Democrats are not benefitting from it. Secondly, considering that the Republican Party thrives on fear (i.e. terrorists are going to strike if you elect John Kerry, Obama is a Muslim, Democrats want to take away your guns and let gay people get married and have sex on your front lawn, etc.), it's really ironic that they accuse Democrats of doing the same. It's a classic example of accusing your opponent of that for which you yourself are guilty. Then you've got the old "global warming is a religion" brilliant argument. Nevermind that global warming proponents cite NASA, NOAA, Hadley, Science, Nature, IPCC, etc. as supporting evidence while deniers cite surfacestations.org, junkscience.com, the Heritage Foundation, newsbusters, etc. When you've got science you don't need faith. It's the deniers who require blind faith to believe that global warming will suddenly magically stop.
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