Most of the climate deniers have very valid claims. The earth has been much warmer, and cooler.
But at no time has such a large number of people lived so close the sea surface level.
There are many other "records" going back for thousands and millions of years.
Tree rings, ice cores, sedimentary records.
It's like using speed squares, yardsticks, lasers to measure distances between points on a table, a football field, in space.
As the earth warms this time it is going to cause billions of people to relocate as sea levels rise.
As human activity ADDS to and speeds up this warming there may be some chance to slow the rate increase.
But I don't hold out much hope. After watching the last two years of vaccine deniers I'm pretty sure Umericans will rationalize whatever happens. Science stands no chance against politics in the short term.
I've been hedging my bets by keeping our acreage in Mississippi, Virginia. and Vermont. I figured out one of those places will be livable as I get older.
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It's like seeing people die because they refused to get vaccinated, after a while I just give up and say they should have known better.
It is never that black and white, and people risk looking like they are superior when they say some to the things you have said here.
Fist to simplify, I have been vaccinated, and as early as I could without jumping the line. I got shot because I assessed the risk reward and made (what was in my case) the obvious choice.
It is certainly easy to say folks that don't get vaccinated are ignorant. It is also easy to say folks that don't believe we are the major cause of climate change aren't too bright.
The only problem is neither is true.
1. Our country such as it is, exists in large part due to folks that would rather die than give up their individual liberty to the elite in the government.
2. While the odds are with the vaccinated, certainly we have seen serious side effects (rare). And while very unlikely, there remains a chance of long term, unforeseen effects from the vaccine. An "anti-vaccer" that skipped the shot, got covid, and survived, would be a genius if he/she would have been one of the lucky few to pass of a blood clot related to the vaccine.
3. We are still discovering factors (currents, seasonal patters) and feed back loops today, and probably will for a while. I don't believe we have climate models that are anywhere near inclusive enough to predict a specific substances' (some produced by people some naturally occurring) impact.
Earth has seen fire and ice, and will see both again, we probably won't. It is possible that we could impact the time line by a week or month or year or 100 years, but, on a universal timeline, not even a blip.
In the case of vaccine, I took it, you should take it, and I tell everyone I know to get it unless they have a good reason not to. I would also do anything in my power to protect peoples right to make decisions about their life.
In the case of weather. It is not settled science, as simple and clean and easy as that would be.
Facts should be presented, discussions should be had. If the majority of citizens vote to elect representatives with the intention to try and control the climate so be it.
WHAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN:
1. We have no way to accurately blame every storm, fire, and tummy ache on climate change. Doing so indicates an agenda, and should show up as an opinion, not news.
2. The government should not use false (or real for that matter) crises to advance an agenda, pick winners in private industry, create a fiat currency (carbon credits), or make us beholden to others for our energy.
In the end, you might be the smartest guy in the room, and understand all of this complex stuff and see that it is really simple, and letting people vote, or make medical decisions is just too hard for the average American idiot.
Or maybe you haven't looked at all the possibilities, and done your due diligence to follow the money?
**** is never as clean and simple as the simple folks try to make...........
Best,
ed
