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[quote=Anonymous]When one is trying to solve a problem, one must take into account the various merits and drawbacks to any solution.  No solution is ever perfect.  The fact that some environmental programs have drawbacks does not render them meritless.

Simply doing nothing about the known and extremely scientifically well-established effects of climate change has significant drawbacks, too - like the continued warming of the planet, melting of the polar ice caps, rising of the seas and increased frequency of destructive weather events.  Like Sandy, the tornadoes that leveled Joplin, MO and Tuscaloosa, AL, wildfires, the 10+ year drought in the Southwest, not to mention many, many international events we rarely hear about, are a major threat to ALL life on the planet, human and otherwise.

You are not getting thoughtful responses from the environmentalists on this board because you are engaging in a false argument - holding up one drawback as evidence that the entire premise behind alternative energy is flawed.  This, to me, is evidence that you do not want a thoughtful discussion, you want to fight and you want to be right.  And you clearly have not done enough research and study on the complexity and scientific underpinnings of these problems to suggest that you are capable of a thoughtful discussion.  [/quote]

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