I think the entire article should be tagged as "politicized", and the part about future trends as "speculative".  My point was that scientists are learners, and we are increasingly using them as know it all teachers.  Yes, they probably can make educated guesses better than anyone else, but its still an educated guess.  Also, if you didn't notice, I am totally against spewing unnecessary carbon as this statement I think this article superbly misses the point that pollution and waste of ALL TYPES are stupid ways to go about doing things where better ways are known, and we are making guinea pigs of all our planet's species points out.