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By John Holdren | Monday, August 4, 2008 | The Boston Globe

“…Long-time observers of public debates about environmental threats know that skeptics about such matters tend to move, over time, through three stages. First, they tell you you’re wrong and they can prove it. (In this case, ‘Climate isn’t changing in unusual ways or, if it is, human activities are not the cause.’)

Then they tell you you’re right but it doesn’t matter. (’OK, it’s changing and humans are playing a role, but it won’t do much harm.’) Finally, they tell you it matters but it’s too late to do anything about it. (’Yes, climate disruption is going to do some real damage, but it’s too late, too difficult, or too costly to avoid that, so we’ll just have to hunker down and suffer.’)….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/08/04/convincing_the_climate_change_skeptics?mode=PF