Memo to Jeb Bush: denying human-caused global warming is ignorant

Guardian UK ^ | May 27, 2015 | Dana Nuttitelli

[Oldeconomybuyer]

In a campaign event last week, Republican presidential frontrunner Jeb Bush exhibited Stage 2 climate denial.

Unfortunately, denial of human-caused global warming may be a prerequisite for any viable Republican presidential candidate. Conservative and Tea Party Republicans are the one group of American voters among whom Stage 2 climate denial is the majority position, but they’re also the group that most reliably votes in GOP primary elections.

Nevertheless, the scientific evidence supporting human-caused global warming is just as strong as the evidence linking smoking and lung cancer. Last year, the IPCC stated with 95% confidence that humans are the main cause of the global warming that’s occurred since 1950. Their best estimate is that we’re responsible for about 100% of the warming during the past six decades.

Jeb got it exactly wrong. It’s not arrogant to accept the overwhelming preponderance of scientific evidence, basic physics, or a 97% expert consensus; rather, it’s ignorant to deny it.

Thanks in large part to the Obama Administration’s efforts to tackle the problem, the USA is still one of the world’s largest carbon polluters in terms of both total and per capita emissions. That won’t change until the Republican Party stops denying science and starts taking the problem seriously.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[marron]

Its as if we didn’t all know they were caught faking and shredding and disappearing evidence.

They pretend it never happened and expect the rest of us to do the same.

[Sister_T]

It’s not arrogant to accept the overwhelming preponderance of scientific evidence, basic physics, or a 97% expert consensus; rather, it’s ignorant to deny it.

Global warming consensus claim does not stand up (author's cut)

And if you have time:

97 Articles Refuting The ‘97% Consensus’ on global warming

[Secret Agent Man]

Denying that abortion isn’t murder is beyond ignorant.

[TexasCajun]

How many Obama Dollars has this Berkley liberal and the consulting firm that hired him raked in yearly?

..can't get OBama Dollars if you don't tow the line.

[driftless2]

The first someone mentions the fake “97% consensus,” I know they’re an ignoramus about the subject.

[Darteaus94025]

Climate Hysterics simply refuse to debate, proving that shen the facts and IQ are against you, attack the other guy personally.

[ExTxMarine]

They pretend it never happened and expect the rest of us to do the same.

Delusion is strong with the bleeding-hearted, empty-headed, Commie-Red Liberals!

It's like the failures with the Great Society. Or the social decline caused by the YOLO mentality of our younger generations. Or the "he's a she, because he says he's a she" blinders which all dim-witted Liberals seem to own and proudly wear!!

[mistfree]

beware of double negatives

[Rad_J]

As per the article, thanks to Obama for working on the problem which has has no effect because the USA is still the worst and it’s the republicans fault that his efforts aren’t working.

If only the republicans believed, then Obama’s policies would magically start working.

Polluting less only prolongs the problem. The only solution is to kill all the humans. What better way to stop humans from causing global warming than rampant runaway global warming? So, if we do nothing then the problem will solve itself faster.

[Jack Hammer]

Classic ad hominem. When you’ve got nothing to say, insult your interlocutor.

[justa-hairyape]

The statist mind cannot admit failure. Just look at Hitlers last days in his bunker. Look at how socialism is still championed by the statist even though it has been thoroughly discredited now by practice and theory. Unfortunately these psychologically challenged god-like statist prefer to just kill millions rather than admit failure. So we have two possible futures with them still in charge. Third World War with nukes or we freeze to death as the next ice age returns.

[JOAT]

97% expert consensus

Is there ANYTHING 97% of people could agree to?

Not to mention, SCIENCE is not a consensus sport.

[VeniVidiVici]

Dana Nuccitelli reassuring a little girl that 97% of the Jews who take the showers actually do enjoy them.