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Old 09-26-2006, 08:19 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
In case some of you really DO want to educate yourself on what global warming is, the greenhouse effect, etc this is a pretty good primer.

http://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/
[emphasis mine]


Is junkscience.com some kind of metafictional parody? It's not a very good one. For starters, it doesn't even look like an online scientific journal. And is it really published by a Fox News columnist? You'd think he'd be sensible enough to avoid overusing clichés, bold red text/italics for emphasis, and invective and patronizing language. And this is supposed to educate? It doesn't even entertain. Moreover, he does a shoddy job with his notes and references. You'd think after years of being a scholar, he'd do a better job setting up this sort of thing.

And another thing: the entire junkscience.com website is in desperate need of a line-edit cleanup.
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