Came across a very interesting debunking British video about the validity of the Climategate scandal.  I hadn't bothered to spend any time researching Climategate because I believe in something called the Precautionary Principle which says that in situations where the consequences are extremely dire (the water issues are so serious, they can't be really be exaggerated), it makes good sense to halt the destructive behavior and increase the solution behavior well before environmental tipping points, EVEN if the data is inconclusive.  This is actually the basis for insurance, you pay a premium for financial protection against what are actually low-probability, but high impact/destruction events

The sad reality however - and this is one of the aspects of humanity's short-term perspective - mammalian brain that keeps me a doomer even with a multitude of technological and social solutions - is that our American culture and possibly world civilization doesn't understand cumulative effects, thesholds and tipping points and IS NOT iinterested on scaling back-slowing down-changing-paying the costs if this means money, jobs or changes of lifestyle. -Joe

Anyway, here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nnVQ2fROOg&feature=youtube_gdata