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Americans Gearing up to Fight Global Warming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the war-on-melting-icecaps dept.

TechnoGuyRob writes "Global warming has been one of the most controversial and debated issues in the political and scientific sphere. A recent poll published in the Chicago Sun-Times now shows that 'An overwhelming majority of Americans think they can help reduce global warming and are willing to make the sacrifices that are needed, a new poll shows. After years of controversy, 71 percent of Americans now say they think global warming is real.'" (Jamie adds: and all it took was twelve years of overwhelming scientific consensus.)

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  1. Re:The poll was from an advocacy group by heinousjay · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, you must believe. It's scientifical! It's slashdot doctrine! Any technique used to validate it is, by definition, valid.

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  2. Re:There's a lot of potential by leathered · · Score: 5, Funny

    Germany during World War II switched to hydrogen for its cars when its petroleum supplies were cut off. Brazil has switched to domestically produced alcohol. It's all do-able with a strong federal leadership.

    Yup, what America really needs a fascist dictator in charge to make things happen, oh wait...

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  3. Re:There's a lot of potential by corbettw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't confuse the incompetence of the current party in power with the idea that government is neccessarily incompetent.

    That would be easy to do, except that it doesn't matter which party is currently in power, they're equally incompetent. As Mark Twain once said, "Suppose you are an idiot. Now suppose you are a Congressman. But I repeat myself."

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