Try casually mentioning that you think 'climate change' or 'global
warming' is no big deal and you will be informed that 97% of
climate scientists think it's a very big deal, is dangerous, and is going to
destroy the planet if we don't do something about it right away and that you are
a fool and should just go away and stick your head in the troposphere.
Whew! Scary stuff but is that really what all those scientists
believe? Really?
Well, climate scientists do overwhelmingly agree that the planet
has been in a warming trend for about the last 150 years but, so what? The
Little Ice Age was a time of unusually cold temperatures which ended in 1850.
Since then, the planet has been warming. Warm, cold, warm, cold...It's the way
climate has naturally fluctuated since the Earth was formed billions of years
ago.
The important question is whether this warming is dangerous and
there is nowhere near 97% agreement on that, with scientific opinion being all
over the map, unless, of course, you survey only the 'scientists' in
Hollywood,
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"Now, when you hear the loud crack, let's see those brows
furrow. A glacier is coming apart because of global warming and climate change.
We're talking the end of the world here, people. Furrow, furrow!"
"You mean like they taught us in Actor's Studio?"
"Exactly!"
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Remember, movies are make believe. Playing a brilliant scientist
isn't the same as actually being one although it pays a lot better.
Anyone remember the Galveston Hurricane of 1900? Category 4 hurricane,
winds of 145 miles per hour. What was that all about? Pre-global warming? Pre-climate
change. Pre-Al Gore are you listening?!
