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In article <1992Sep9.004656.16894@leland.Stanford.EDU> vandal@leland.Stanford.EDU (Levan Frederick Hiemke) writes:
>In article <2401@unet.UUCP> philg@bozo.uucp (Phil Geller) writes:
>>There was a column by George Will in the September 4, 1992 San Francisco
>>Chronicle slamming Albert Gore's book "Earth in the Balance".  That
>>was no surprise, but in the article he mentions a Gallup Poll on 
>>global warming...

>>"Gore knows, or should know before pontificating, that a recent Gallup
>>Poll of scientists concerned with global climate research shows that
>>53 percent do not believe warming has occurred and another 30 percent
>>are uncertain."

>>Does anyone know the details of this poll?  Is there more to it than
>>George is Willing to admit?  

>I don't know how much bearing this poll has on climate change policy.  The
>source of the greatest fear lies in the potential for future warming and
>the climate change that may (or may not) occur as a result.  My understanding
>is that there is pretty much a consensus among "scientists" on the fact that 
>atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have increased over the past 
>several decades.  Most alsoagree that the greenhouse effect is indeed real 
>and that CO2 is a greenhouse gas.  

I suppose so, but if one agrees with each of those statements and still doesn't
think that GW is a problem (as is the case with me for example) then why should
the government start rebuilding civilization on the basis of such unfounded fears?
I have said for a long time that the political activists pushing the GW doomsday
scenario were not of the opinion that the scientific evidence matters, but few
say it as clearly and openly as you.

>The scientific debates seem to be over whether the increase in greenhouse 
>gases will beoffset by cooling effects (not terribly likely, but possible) 
>and what the extent and impact of global warming would be (a wide range of 
>opinions here).  

>Like much scientific data in a political context, this poll has limited 
>relevance to the global warming policy debate.

So what you are saying is that whether GW is really a problem or not has
no bearing on what the policy regarding it ought to be?  Do you really
hate industrial civilization that much?

--Brian