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1. Alexandre at 01:24 AM on 23 August, 2011
   Great cartoon.
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2. apiratelooksat50 at 03:52 AM on 23 August, 2011
   I find the cartoon highly inaccurate. I am a skeptic and politically conservative (though I don't vote the party line). It is the old standby ploy of implying that because a skeptic and/or conservative does not believe in taking drastic actions to combat AGW, then they don't care about these other bullet points. I care about all of them. However, it is not that simple. Maybe creating green jobs will balance out the jobs lost in current energy sectors. Hopefully, we can continue improving our air and water quality (I do a lot of work in those areas.) Of course I care about my children and the children of others. And, it would be an unimaginable tragedy should we lose any of Earth's precious ecosystems. The term energy independence is misused. If you are posting to this site, or just reading it, chances are you are dependent on energy. And, you expect that energy to be reliable. Every form of energy known to man has environmental impacts whether direct or indirect.
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   Response:

   [DB] Actually, I am scientifically skeptical and politically conservative (though I don't vote the party line), too.  And I find the cartoon hilarious.

   Don't read so much into it; it's a cartoon.

3. muoncounter at 05:23 AM on 23 August, 2011
   pirate#2 "the cartoon highly inaccurate." You should look at the Heritage Foundation, Heartland Institute and American Enterprise Inst websites; they are against quite a few of the things in the cartoon. Hence it is accurate. Example -- Heartland: Probably two-thirds of the warming in the 1990s was due to natural causes; the warming trend already has stopped and forecasts of future warming are unreliable; and the benefits of a moderate warming are likely to outweigh the costs. Global warming, in other words, is not a crisis. These are inaccurate. And what kind of 'science' makes an assessment that starts with 'probably'?
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4. scaddenp at 07:44 AM on 23 August, 2011
   pirate - so are you going to take the challenge here?
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5. apiratelooksat50 at 12:13 PM on 23 August, 2011
   DB - good point!
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