http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-vine/75605/tackle-climate-change-you-have-actually-tackle-climate-change The Reid Carbon Tax thread has sort of gone in a weird direction, and I actually thought that was something worth discussing anyway. Among climate scientists, AGW really isn't a controversial topic. I'd say an overwhelming would agree that 1.) global temperatures have risen over the past 200 years, and 2.) humans have a significant impact on global temperatures. That said, it's certainly a divisive topic politically. Whenever you see Americans surveyed, it seems like the country's split 50/50 among people who believe in AGW and the climate change skeptics/deniers. What's the deal with that? Inadequate media coverage? Blind partisanship? Do people just believe what they want to believe? Have there been legitimate studies done in the last couple years refuting the idea that humans have an significant effect on global temperatures, and I just haven't heard of them? Someone help me understand what exactly is going on here.
I have this discussion with my Dad almost everytime I visit him in Corpus. Its like believing things are fine with the gulf cause it hasn't hit Corpus yet. It is funny how people can have blind faith in one thing and not believe what is factually documented on the other.
This is actually an excellent analogy. Reminds me of when Mojoman used every cold day in Houston as evidence that global warming is not real.
