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Originally Posted by TennTradition  If a huge chunk of ice falls off of an Antarctic ice shelf, the media will be all over it and blame it on global warming...but when it comes to actual science, the media tends to stay far, far away.
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That, right there, is what makes my eyes bleed sometimes. And it's not just the rush to cover things like ice shelves. It's like when you turn on the news and some perky lady is standing there smiling and says something like
"And here is the season's first robin sighting in Wala Wala. This is 17.5 minutes earlier than the one first seen in 2001 and it leaves some wondering if Global Warming isn't to blame."
Obviously that isn't an actual example but I've seen and read stories that follow a similar formula over and over and OVER again. I can't state in civil terms how maddening it is to me. I also know, with 99.9% certainty, I will never see this woman asked to point out that, say, the 2008 antarctic snowmelt is 40% below the average for '87-'07.
The bio-fuels thing is in fact interesting since even early on I've seen a lot of skeptics on that one. I even read a pretty harsh piece on that in one of the outdoor magazines. Field&Stream maybe? Anyway, there's always the "true believers" but I saw people unimpressed with biofuels for quite some time. Part of their problem is that real-world problems can be seen in the short term. Global Warming can play hide-and-seek behind all manner of "unanswered questions".
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