If the man is willing to stand by his principles as a scientist, I respect him for that. And I will agree that politics drives science nowadays, most of the time. The question on climate change for me is this: Is it better to act now while we are not at the probable tipping point or wait until we get a definite answer? In which case it might be harder, if not impossible, to reverse any runaway greenhouse effect and we end up looking like Venus as an extreme example. If we start moving away from reliance of fossil fuels, would that be a bad thing? The great thing about science is the ability to listen to both sides of the argument and let the empirical evidence sort it out. But we might not have the luxury of time in the case of a runaway greenhouse effect. I'd rather we start something now just in case, rather than wait till we have a clear cut case when reversing it would be much more harder if not possible.
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell