Posted on 05/27/2015 8:49:44 AM PDT by 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 theyre 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 thats occurred since 1950. Their best estimate is that were responsible for about 100% of the warming during the past six decades.
Jeb got it exactly wrong. Its not arrogant to accept the overwhelming preponderance of scientific evidence, basic physics, or a 97% expert consensus; rather, its ignorant to deny it.
Thanks in large part to the Obama Administrations efforts to tackle the problem, the USA is still one of the worlds largest carbon polluters in terms of both total and per capita emissions. That wont change until the Republican Party stops denying science and starts taking the problem seriously.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
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.
Global warming consensus claim does not stand up (author's cut)
And if you have time:
Denying that abortion isn’t murder is beyond ignorant.
..can't get OBama Dollars if you don't tow the line.
The first someone mentions the fake “97% consensus,” I know they’re an ignoramus about the subject.
Climate Hysterics simply refuse to debate, proving that shen the facts and IQ are against you, attack the other guy personally.
beware of double negatives
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.
Classic ad hominem. When you’ve got nothing to say, insult your interlocutor.
Is there ANYTHING 97% of people could agree to?
Not to mention, SCIENCE is not a consensus sport.
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