There is nothing new about using “science” (or pseudo-science) to “prove” a view point and muster support (or complacency). The value of this tactic not lost on the Nazis and has been used by others under various guises ever since for causes large and small, beneficent and evil. In any case, just because one side uses straight talk to address a situation and another uses enviro-shiek “science” does not automatically make the plain spoken side wrong.

Many Americans (especially the urban/suburpban version) seem to be fairly vulernable to blindly accepting studies done by "ivory tower" Ph. D's (Employed by who? & Getting their articles published where?) as being absolute gospel and thus not requiring even the slightest reality check with a simple "in the trenches" B.S. detector.

EKM