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B e c a u s e o f t h i s d e b a t e , t h e m o v i e A n I n c o n v e n i e n t T r u t h , w i t h G o r e o u t l i n i n g t h e d e v a s t a t i n g r e s u l t s o f u n a b a t e d e m i s s i o n s o f g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s h a s b e e n v i e w e d b y g l o b a l w a r m i n g s k e p t i c s a s a n a t t e m p t t o h a v e G o r e p i c t u r e d a s t h e m a n w h o h e l p e d s a v e t h e p l a n e t . T h i s , t h e y s a y , w o u l d p u t h i m i n a n u n p a r a l l e l e d p o s i t i o n i n a n o t h e r r u n f o r t h e p r e s i d e n c y .
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T h o s e i n f a v o r o f p r o t e c t i n g a g a i n s t g l o b a l w a r m i n g c o n t e n d t h e g l o b a l w a r m i n g s k e p t i c s s t a n d t o l o s e t o n s o f m o n e y i f r e q u i r e m e n t s t o h a l t g a s e m i s s i o n s a r e m a n d a t e d a n d w o u l d r a t h e r s e e f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s f i g h t a n e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o b l e m t h a t m a y b e u n b e a t a b l e i n j u s t a f e w s h o r t y e a r s . T h e p r i c e o f p r o d u c t i o n o f e l e c t r i c i t y a n d m a n y o t h e r m a n u f a c t u r i n g p r o c e s s e s w o u l d b e i n c r e a s e d t o t h e p o i n t f e w c o u l d a f f o r d i t , a c c o r d i n g t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g s k e p t i c s a n d t h e i n c r e a s e s w o u l d c l o s e m a n y b u s i n e s s e s , r e s u l t i n g i n m a s s i v e j o b l o s s e s a n d e c o n o m i c d i s a s t e r .
W h i l e e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s s a y i t i s t h e p r i c e t h a t m u s t b e p a i d t o s a v e t h e p l a n e t g l o b a l w a r m i n g s k e p t i c s s a y t h e p r i c e t a g m a y r u i n t h e E a r t h i n o t h e r w a y s , m a k i n g t h e e f f o r t o f s a v i n g i t m e a n i n g l e s s i f n o o n e i s a r o u n d t o a p p r e c i a t e t h e e f f o r t s .
W h i l e p r o t e c t o r s o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t c o n t i n u e t o u s e d a t a t h a t s o m e c o n s i d e r f l a w e d , i t m a y d e t r a c t f r o m t h e i r c r e d i b i l i t y a s t o t h e m o t i v e f o r t h e i r e f f o r t s . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , g l o b a l w a r m i n g s k e p t i c s s e e m t o b e m o s t l y f r o m t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g s e c t o r , w h i c h c o u l d l o s e t h e m o s t i f m o r e s t r i n g e n t c o n t r o l s a r e p u t i n p l a c e , a l s o r a i s i n g q u e s t i o n s o f t h e i r m o t i v e .
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