[lacrew]

"Most of the time, he said, there is little understanding of the scale involved."

Understatement of the year.

[BwanaNdege]

"Most of the time, he said, there is little understanding of the scale involved."

Understatement of the year.

"Our answer is that we have been playing God for 200 years by burning fossil fuels, and a lot of damage has been done," Gadian and Latham said. "What we and others are trying to do vis-a-vis global climate change and hurricane weakening is to ameliorate these irresponsible changes.

"Our efforts are restorative. God does not seem to be inclined to intercede."

Translation: We are taking up the slack where God has dropped the ball! We don't need no stinkin' understanding of the scale involved...or of anything else!"