Climate Change Denialism lives on
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I’ve just returned from a cycling trip to France. I met a lot of Europeans and one thing was starkly obvious – there is no longer even a general discussion around climate change and whether it’s occurring, or, more bizarrely, if we should “believe” in it. There’s nothing to believe in. Science is not a belief system. It just *is*.
I was shocked that the Euros have accepted climate change is happening, have reconciled that humans have a lot (not all) to do with it, and we must act.
Contrast that to Australia, and the US, where we have lunatic right wing clowns like Ian Plimer and Andrew Bolt (who in my opinion are oxygen thieves) mouthing off that it’s all a scientific conspiracy by varmint scientists chasing research dollars.
Bullshit. This is utter bullshit.
We’ve previously written about the insanity of climate change denialism (as opposed to healthy scientific rigour) here and elsewhere on our page.
You might think this sounds rather boring, Snowboard/Ski-person, but, this prevailing attitude affects you in a profound way. Not just in your ability to pursue your snow addiction, but in your ability to access affordable food and clean water – read more here, here and here.
Continued insistence on global warming or climate change denialism is extremely dangerous in the face of overwhelming evidence in support of the CC and GW position.
Recently, an Australian geologist wrote a book, which has since been ripped apart and revealed as containing outright distortions (and even lies), with unattributable graphs (not a good look in the science world).
The Australian newspaper, usually a bastion of right-wing and denialist content, recently had two pieces refuting this, here and here.
Happily, this kind of writing is being seen more and more as being the provence of crackpots. Science is slowly winning the PR war, aided by daily news about sea ice loss, Antarctic ice sheet breakup and so on.
One of my aims is to really engage the thinking and concerned boarder and skier into reading and thinking about this issue and hopefully by taking action in a meaningful manner, or by talking about this with their friends.
One of the key things to remember is this planet will do just fine in the long run. Humans, however, we’re in big, big trouble. The earth doesn’t need us, we need it.
So, if you want to continue your lifestyle, you need to ask yourself if you can afford to sit back and remain unengaged on this. This isn’t something that will only affect your grandkids, it’s here, now.
Start reading, and next time someone starts spouting global cooling rubbish, walk away (it’s not worth debating them). Next time someone says they don’t care, tell them why they should.cl
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