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Water is necessary for life, too, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work to prevent flooding. Global warming is not a matter opinion, it is a fact, supported by clear, hard, data. Some of it is part of a natural climate cycle, but some of it is related to human activity (as was the fluorocarbon-induced ozone hole, a trend which has been reversed by corrective human activity). There is some uncertainty as to how much of the current warming is natural vs. human induced, but to deny that the climate is warming is ignoring reality.

Is it an immediate crisis or emergency? No. Should we cripple our economy and all return to a pre-industrial agrarian lifestyle? Of course not! And it is disgusting how so many individuals, groups, and even governments try to co-opt this issue for all manner of looney, un-related causes.

What we need are honest, objective, fact- and science-based engineering solutions that don’t cripple economies or restrict our lifestyles and freedoms. But denying the existence of global warming (both natural and human-induced) is just as off-target as claims that the solution is for everyone to become a vegan.