The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: ABX on February 04, 2016, 04:38:27 am
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If you’ve ever expressed the least bit of skepticism about environmentalist calls for making the vast majority of fossil fuel use illegal, you’ve probably heard the smug response: “97% of climate scientists agree with climate change” — which always carries the implication: Who are you to challenge them?
The answer is: you are a thinking, independent individual–and you don’t go by polls, let alone second-hand accounts of polls; you go by facts, logic and explanation.
Here are two questions to ask anyone who pulls the 97% trick.
1. What exactly do the climate scientists agree on?
Usually, the person will have a very vague answer like “climate change is real.”
Which raises the question: What is that supposed to mean? That climate changes? That we have some impact? That we have a large impact? That we have a catastrophically large impact? That we have such a catastrophic impact that we shouldn’t use fossil fuels?....
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexepstein/2015/01/06/97-of-climate-scientists-agree-is-100-wrong/#71616f847187
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Tonight in the Town Hall, Bernie said we needed to eliminate all fossil fuels from America's energy portfolio rapidly...the survival of the planet depends on it. His audience in a warm, well lit auditorium in New Hampshire applauded loudly...they weren't even wearing coats.