What does 10 TRILLION gallons of water even equate to?
That's one weather prediction for southern California in the next week. Gary Haupt
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Problem is these days, one person's "scientific fact" could very well end up being nothing more than modified, tainted, or just flat-out wrong results in order to achieve a desired result. And once again, it comes from ALL sides. To emphasize again, as far as I am concerned, all sides are guilty of junk science and facts.
We are, after all, talking about the same "science" that has said over the years:
-Asbestos was safe.
-Lead in paint and fuel was safe.
-The thyroid medication my grandmother took that caused her cancer (and death) was safe.
-All manner of health destroying artificial food products are safe (obesity, diabetes, etc. epedemic anyone?)
-DDT was safe to use
-etc. etc. etc.
Science can be wrong. Has been throughout our entire history.
Science can be wrong because humans are, well, human. They can be wrong. They can be influenced by greed, arrogance, indifference, agendas, etc..
And I am not saying the current GW science is wrong. But I am not saying it is right either, especially to the level of some of the doom-and-gloom predictions.
You have a very slanted view of "science". I'm guessing that it is all more of a mystery than a discovered set of facts.
The items in your list of products that are not safe were all discovered by a "scientist" to be unsafe, rather than invented by "science". We now have Govt. agencies with scientists that protect our well being, the FDA and EPA.
Pure science can not be wrong, as you surmise and in the intentions that you list. It is a discovery of phenomena that lead to rules of facts, nothing more. How these facts can be used in the products we use or to bad intentions by corrupt industries that know better is where the "wrong" enters the picture.
From the last paragraph in your post, it appears that you accept some truth in the discoveries of climate science but are unwilling to believe that bad outcomes are a possibility. Or, that you are uncertain what any future holds with regard to climate change.
With the amount of risk involved, wouldn't you want to know?
