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T h e f a c t i s t h a t s c i e n c e s h o w s t h e b a s i c f a c t s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g s u c h a s b u r n i n g o f f o s s i l f u e l s a s w e l l a s c h o p p i n g d o w n f o r e s t s i s d e t r i m e n t a l t o t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d h a z a r d o u s t o t h e s a f e t y o f o u r p l a n e t . T h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a r e a l i t y t h a t w e h a v e t o f a c e i s c o n f i r m e d b y s u c h p r e s t i g i o u s i n s t i t u t e s s u c h a s t h e U . S . N a t i o n a l A c a d e m i e s o f S c i e n c e a s w e l l a s t e n o t h e r N a t i o n a l A c a d e m i e s o f S c i e n c e a n d w e s i m p l y c a n n o t t r e a t t h e s e w a r n i n g s a s g l o b a l w a r m i n g m y t h s .
A s e c o n d c o m m o n g l o b a l w a r m i n g m y t h i s t h a t b y t a k i n g a f f i r m a t i v e a c t i o n t o p r e v e n t g l o b a l w a r m i n g w e m a y b e p u t t i n g t h e h u r t o n A m e r i c a n i n d u s t r y a s w e l l a s o n A m e r i c a n w o r k f o r c e s . T h i s i s c e r t a i n l y n o t t r u e s i n c e a w e l l t h o u g h t o u t t r a d i n g p r o g r a m w o u l d i n f a c t p u t t o g e t h e r t h e g r e a t A m e r i c a n i n g e n u i t y a n d p l a c e e m p h a s i s o n r e d u c i n g h e a t a s w e l l a s p o l l u t i o n t h a t w o u l d i n t u r n c r e a t e a w h o l l y n e w a n d d i f f e r e n t c a r b o n e c o n o m y . I t i s a f a c t t h a t c o m p a n i e s u s i n g h e a t - t r a p p i n g e m i s s i o n s h a v e b e e n a b l e t o a f f e c t e c o n o m i e s a n d h a v e h e l p e d i n m a k i n g t h e e n v i r o n m e n t s a f e r .
T h e t h i r d c o m m o n l y h e l d g l o b a l w a r m i n g m y t h i s t h e n o t i o n t h a t w a t e r v a p o r i s a b u n d a n t a n d t h u s n e e d s c l o s e r a t t e n t i o n b e i n g p a i d t o i t r a t h e r t h a n t o c o n t r o l g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s . N o d o u b t , w a t e r v a p o r t r a p s h e a t b e t t e r t h a n C O 2 ; i t i s s t i l l i m p e r a t i v e t h a t c o u n t r i e s t h a t w a r m t h e c l i m a t e e x c e s s i v e l y s t i l l n e e d t o c o n t r o l C O 2 i f t h e y w a n t t o s a v e t h e m s e l v e s a n d t h e p l a n e t . C O 2 d i r e c t l y a f f e c t s u s a n d c a n b e c u t b a c k t h r o u g h e l i m i n a t i n g b u r n i n g o f c o a l , n a t u r a l g a s a s w e l l a s o i l a n d a l s o b y n o t f e l l i n g t r e e s i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y .
Y e t a n o t h e r c o m m o n l y h e l d g l o b a l w a r m i n g m y t h i s t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d a d d e d C O 2 l e v e l s w i l l d o w e l l b e c a u s e t h e y w i l l r e d u c e d e a t h s c a u s e d b y c o l d a s w e l l a s h e l p c r o p s t o g r o w . H o w e v e r , t h e s e g o o d e f f e c t s w i l l b e m o r e t h a n n u l l i f i e d b y t h e h a r m t h a t i s c a u s e d a n d t h e d a m a g e a n d d e s t r u c t i o n t h a t r e s u l t s .
G l o b a l w a r m i n g m y t h s c a n m a k e p e o p l e a c t i n w a y s t h a t c a n o n l y c a u s e m o r e h a r m t o t h e e c o n o m y o f t h e w o r l d , w h i c h m a k e s i t i m p e r a t i v e t h a t w e a r e w e l l i n f o r m e d a b o u t g l o b a l w a r m i n g s o t h a t w e a c t r a t i o n a l l y a s w e l l a s a p p r o p r i a t e l y a n d t h e r e b y l e s s e n , a n d a l s o r e v e r s e t h e i n e x o r a b l e m a r c h t o w a r d s s e l f d e s t r u c t i o n t h a t w e a r e p r e s e n t l y e m b a r k i n g o n .
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