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Climate, Controversy And Strangers On A Plane
NPR ^ | March 29, 2012 | Adam Frank

Posted on 03/29/2012 9:14:16 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta

He looked like a former linebacker, tall and solidly built. After stowing his wife's luggage in the overhead, he squeezed past me, sat down and looked straight at the astronomy textbook I was reading. "You're a scientist?" he asked. "Are you involved in that big controversy over climate?" I looked into his face and could see he wasn't angry or hostile or combative. He seemed like a good guy and, by the way his wife gently rolled her eyes, I could see he liked to talk. So I took a chance and replied.

"What controversy?"

What followed was a long conversation, 30,000 feet above the American West,

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anwr; climatechange; climategate; controversy; energy; globallwarming; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; keystonexl; npr; opec
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To: Publius6961

What a great quote! If you don’t mind I’d like to use it (on another site where I’m sparring with a self-described “climatologist”).


21 posted on 03/30/2012 11:49:32 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Thanks FreeAtlanta.


22 posted on 03/30/2012 8:07:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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