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Boomer

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Thu Aug-10-06 10:17 PM
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4. "... faster than previously thought"

I wish I had a dollar for every time I've read that phrase: "...faster than previously thought."

It doesn't matter which scientist, which model, which theory, which observation -- they all seem to end up saying "but it's happening faster than we thought it would."

So whenever I hear a scientist predict a climate change condition "within the next (fill-in-the-blank) years", I automatically halve it, then shave off a few more years for good measure. As for the "we only have ten more years to stop this train," I think that train already left the station... as lot faster than we thought it would.

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