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Imperative 07: We have to persuade skeptics as to climate change realities!

    Many people who refuse to believe in global warming and its potential dangers handle enormous sums of money: politicians, corporate leaders,  heads of State organizations, etc.  A relatively few but influential number of scientists and media people, some of them suspected of receiving lobby funds from pollutant industries, actively foment doubts on the veracity of global warming advocates' scientific data and popularize their own interpretations of scientific studies.   Additionally, hordes of employees who have been persuaded by contrarian data presented by global warming skeptics over the media have themselves become skeptics. Hence they simply ignore and even sneer at 'purveyors of doom' and their 'baseless' warnings.  What are we to do?  First, it's best to act on a 'probable danger' and in due time be safe, rather than do nothing and in due time drop dead.  Second, we have to save the skeptics as well by appealing to their desire to acquire we