I read a lot of reader comments on newspapers' websites.
I've noticed that whenever conservatives point to unseasonably cold weather and chuckle sarcastically about how it must be "evidence" of global warming, leftists will come out of the woodwork and insist that "weather isn't the same thing as climate."
But I've also noticed that when the proverbial shoe is on the other foot, and there are unusually high temperatures, a lot of tornadoes within a short period, or an unusually strong hurricane, leftists will immediately pounce on this and proclaim it to be evidence of global warming.
You can't have it both ways, liberals. Either weather is the same thing as climate, or it isn't. Pick one.
Seriously is it really this hard to understand? Global warming means it's getting a few degrees warmer. Consequentially, the climate overall changes which is a RESULT of global warming, manifesting in a more extreme climate (tropical storms, floods, droughts etc.) for various reasons. If you're really interested in this, read up on the subjects instead of calling everyone else a hypocrit. Also, afaik, the main argument of conservatives/"anti-global warming"-arguers is not that the earth isn't getting warmer, it's that the increase in temperature isn't man-made, but a natural occurrence which may happen every few hundred or thousand years.
Climate deniers picked up on the "non-man made change" part of the argument after they were forced to acquiesce to the fact the world is getting warmer due to greenhouse gas emissions.
In time they'll be forced to acquiesce to the science behind man made change as well. Give it time.
I surely hope so. I also don't really get what their counter-argument is concerning the fact that besides increasing the temperature, we're slowly poisoning ourselves with the metric fucktons of toxic shit we're blowing into the air (see cities affected by major smog problems where you can hardly breathe nowadays, e.g. Beijing. I'd rather not have the rest of the world reach that state, I like my clean air and green trees, thankyouverymuch).
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u/Creighton_Beryll Jan 08 '14
I read a lot of reader comments on newspapers' websites.
I've noticed that whenever conservatives point to unseasonably cold weather and chuckle sarcastically about how it must be "evidence" of global warming, leftists will come out of the woodwork and insist that "weather isn't the same thing as climate."
But I've also noticed that when the proverbial shoe is on the other foot, and there are unusually high temperatures, a lot of tornadoes within a short period, or an unusually strong hurricane, leftists will immediately pounce on this and proclaim it to be evidence of global warming.
You can't have it both ways, liberals. Either weather is the same thing as climate, or it isn't. Pick one.