Who is extreme?I just read a letter from a reader who called E "extreme" five separate times (Advice and Dissent An explicit disagreement by one or more judges with the decision of the majority on a case before them. A dissent is often accompanied by a written dissenting opinion, and the terms dissent and dissenting opinion are used interchangeably. , May/June 2005). I totally disagree. Claiming that environmentalists base decisions "on emotion" and "disregard science" is an opinion that I find extreme. Conservatives often say that liberals in general are too emotional on issues. But most of us use reason, the legacy of the Enlightenment Enlightenment, term applied to the mainstream of thought of 18th-century Europe and America. Background and Basic Tenets The scientific and intellectual developments of the 17th cent. , to decide where we stand. We base our stances on science and the prevailing knowledge of the day. The pillage-and-pollute crowd base their stands on fear and hatred. They say that alternative fuels, for instance, are bad for the economy. But cutting pollution and developing low-emission energy sources would jump-start the economy by creating jobs. I applaud E's efforts to educate people. We cannot continue to increase global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. by using fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. . We have hit "peak oil." The oil supply will decline, driving the prices up. We need alternatives to fossil fuel if we are to survive as a planet. We have to change our habits. Sanda Oslin Sturgeon Lake Sturgeon Lake may refer to:
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