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The Great Global Warming Debate

More and more these days, global warming appears to be an accepted problem in society. In some ways, this is true, but many still debate the existence and extent of the problem. Consider the following positions taken by prominent individuals and groups.

Why try to change the future when the present is so bleak - Sam Bysh

There's a better scientific consensus on this than on any issue I know -- except maybe Newton's second law of dynamics, said D. James Baker, administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Since global warming Eskimos now have twenty different words for water. - John O'Farrell

If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows. - Dave Barry

Global warming is indeed a scam, perpetrated by scientists with vested interests, but in need of crash courses in geology, logic and the philosophy of science. - Dr Martin Keeley

All this concern with the effects of global warming is another manifestation of being politically correct - Lord Young of Graffham

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it. - Tony Blair

It used to be controversial whether smoking caused lung cancer, it used to be controversial whether HIV caused AIDS. Now, there are a few mavericks who deny those things. In the case of climate change, I think the debate is going the same way in that there is a strong consensus that it is a serious matter. - Lord Martin Rees

Greenhouse gases are a class of gases that can trap heat near Earth's surface. As they increase in the atmosphere, the extra heat they trap leads to global warming. This warming in turn places pressure on Earth's climate system and can lead to climate change. - Tim Flannery

The United States has a duty not to put obstacles in the way of the fight against global warming, but on the contrary to take the lead in this fight, because what is at stake is the fate of humanity as a whole. France will make this battle its primary battle - Nicolas Sarkozy

Our climate is warming at a faster rate than ever before recorded. - NOAA Administrator D. James Baker

There is a significant minority of genuine experts in the field who believe that the Armageddon scenario is grossly oversold, especially by climatologists in pursuit of government funding and research grants. Such dissidents are treated as if they were heretics within an established religion. - Dominic Lawson

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