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Oscar_Cunningham comments on Open Thread, December 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 09 December 2012 10:43:10AM 1 point [-]

My personal point of view is that it seems fairly obvious that dumping tons of shit into the atmosphere is going to have an effect

This is a hollow argument. You characterise CO2 (and other waste gases?) as "tons of shit" which sounds suitably negative but doesn't actually mean anything. What are you using to classify some gases as "tons of shit" that then makes it obvious they'll have an effect? Not all waste products of chemical processes are dangerous; dumping nitrogen into the atmosphere will have no effect at all.

Comment author: drethelin 10 December 2012 07:59:00AM 0 points [-]

I invite you to stand outside a coal power plant or in a large city in china.

My point was vaguely made but you're attacking it as if it said way more than it did.

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