They’ll do anything to keep the hysteria ginned up for as long as possible. “Could”, “might”, “may”, etc., then a bunch of numbers pulled out of .... somewhere The sun COULD also suddenly go nova. The Yellowstone caldera MIGHT blow any minute. California COULD break off and slide into the ocean. Monkeys MAY fly out of my butt too. (Let Stanford study THAT.) :-)
You’re so politicized and so cynical you can’t even read a straightforward article without getting all riled up.