America Edits Global Warming Impact

Wired and the NYT are reporting that the US government has edited government climate reports in a way that downplays links between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. The reports were originally compiled by government scientists and approved in their original form by their supervisors. This is seriously Orwellian. The government cannot change the fact that major industries dumping CO2 is directly affecting our climate, by simply changing the report. What they can do is make it less of an issue by denying people fighting for restrictive legistlation with the information they need to make change happen. This type of short-term thinking is just what’s going to put us in the dog house. Every decision should be made with long-term consequences in mind.

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  • Puffyedge

    Thing is..

    You can’t put a gun to a dead man’s head and expect to get results.

    Yes decisions should be long-term but so long as they satisfy an individuals needs during their term or their lifespan why would they care.

    That being said..I’m not sure Co2 is the biggest problem. However coupling this with clearcutting (removing plant life that can recycle the Co2 and act as a biosponge) is not good. Also I personally believe that many of the other dioxides as well as Chlorine radicals that get into the upper ionosphere are the issue.

    However you can always argue that we are products of our environment and will produce toxins like any other species. It’s just that ours appears to be more than just shit and piss :)

    -P/.

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