http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/cool-green-morning-monday-november-2/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/cool-green-morning-monday-november-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15295 Global Changes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:40:51 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=7958#comment-15295 I think its got to the point where exaggerated claims are doing more harm than good. Sure, its important to raise awareness and get people to care about climate change, but exaggerating things to get your point across should be stopped. It's merely feeding the sceptical argument with more ammunition. Al Gore over exaggerated a lot in Inconvenient truth and that now seems to be many peoples argument that its all a hoax. We need to be able to trust politicians to be honest with us, but obviously that's something they have become accustom to ignoring. They will say whatever they want to get people to stop asking them questions. I think its got to the point where exaggerated claims are doing more harm than good. Sure, its important to raise awareness and get people to care about climate change, but exaggerating things to get your point across should be stopped. It’s merely feeding the sceptical argument with more ammunition. Al Gore over exaggerated a lot in Inconvenient truth and that now seems to be many peoples argument that its all a hoax. We need to be able to trust politicians to be honest with us, but obviously that’s something they have become accustom to ignoring. They will say whatever they want to get people to stop asking them questions.

]]> http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/cool-green-morning-monday-november-2/comment-page-1/#comment-15024 Carl Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:09 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=7958#comment-15024 "Are exaggerated claims about the risks of global warming undercutting efforts to stop it?" Perhaps there would be no effort to stop it without the exaggerated claims. Whether effective or not, the exaggerated claims (like the questionable-at-best link between global warming and hurricanes that the Conservancy still keeps on their website) should be eliminated. “Are exaggerated claims about the risks of global warming undercutting efforts to stop it?” Perhaps there would be no effort to stop it without the exaggerated claims. Whether effective or not, the exaggerated claims (like the questionable-at-best link between global warming and hurricanes that the Conservancy still keeps on their website) should be eliminated.

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