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DougWebb on June 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: New ice age? Don't count on it

No, deciding what to do about it is an engineering decision.

Deciding to actually do what the engineers say is the best way to deal with the problem, based on the science, is the only political decision.

ugh on June 16, 2011 [–]

Engineers can't do that. You have to give them a goal and then you have to decide whether you like their plan for achieving the goal. The political process becomes important before engineers spring into action.

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