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Humans who only take science classes in high school have a minimal knowledge of science. If they never follow up high school with additional science, then their knowledge of science is inadequate for today’s world.  (Click comments to read the full posting.)

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Please visit http://mbttax.org and Support the MBT Tax. MBT is an acronym for Millionaires, Billionaires, Trillionaires. The MBT Tax will raise the top tax rate on MBTs, 1% a month until signed into law. This started Oct. 1, 2013 when MBTs shutdown our government which was a slap in the face for every American.

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A goal + working together + action will bring about the change that is needed. From the people who brought “The Story of Stuff”.

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A DiscoveryNews article entitled, “Are Humans Reshaping Earth?” which speaks of geologist who are deciding whether to name the last century as the beginning of the Anthropocene period (human induced climactic and environmental change).
http://news.discovery.com/earth/humans-reshaping-earth-climate-110516.html

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“SOMETIME THIS CENTURY THE DAY WILL ARRIVE when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all other natural factors. Over the past decade, the world has seen the most powerful El Niño ever recorded, the most devastating hurricane in 200 years, the hottest European summer on record, and one of the worst storm seasons ever experienced in Florida. With one out of every five living things on this planet committed to extinction by the levels of greenhouse gases that will accumulate in the next few decades, we are reaching a global climatic tipping point.”

Here is a link to an audio lecture by Dr. Tim Flannery, a climate scientist from Australia, detailing what is causing global warming, what are the consequences, and what we must do to reduce CO2 emissions.
http://www.skeptic.com/lectures/samples/av159/

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A new report representing a consensus of 13 agencies developed over a year and half, entitled Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. June 16, 2009.
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts

Some Key findings include:
Climate changes are underway in the United States and are projected to grow.
Crop and livestock production will be increasingly challenged.
Threats to human health will increase.

The first 36 minutes of the video outlines the changes/impacts that occur, from moderate and worse-case scenerios, with the last 20 minutes of Q&A by reporter and scientist. Report outlines impacts by regions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88sgDM9HmA&feature=player_embedded

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There is a movie called, “Age of Stupid” which has a person from 2055 asking, “why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?” The movie shows many of the disastrous consequences that we are facing.
http://www.ageofstupid.net/

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