This was actually front page news in October. It’s rather unbelievable that after all these years there are still people that think that climate change is either
a) Not happening
b) Happening but it’s not our fault
c) Happening but there’s nothing we can do about it
d) A scam dreamed up by the government to rob us of extra taxes
e) A scam dreamed up by radical lefties who don’t like cars.
The one thing that I did find funny, though, was the fact that the research group in question, which included Nobel laureates, was part funded by climate change deniers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family#Anthropogenic_global_warming_skepticism)
Now that is newsworthy… or at least Have I Got News For You-worthy.
The reason I’ve chosen to blog about this is not because of what the article says, but because of what its existence says. The fact that reports confirming the existence of climate change still make headline news is disturbing. Why, after all these years, do we still have to convince people? The scientific community has reached far greater a consensus on this than they have on the evolution of the human species, the origin of the universe or what causes cancer, and yet people still don’t listen. Some of my favourite comments on the article are listed below for a laugh but they still do worry me.
The brighter side of this scepticism, however, is that that this government has kept the previous’ promise to cut UK emissions by 80%. The important people have read the writing on the wall and are ignoring the cries of ‘scam’ ‘pseudo science’ and ‘eco-fascists.’ I think it’s time the media started ignoring them too. Either that or can we have an article on ‘racism terrible for communities’ ‘terrorism=bad’ and ‘Pope confirms he is Catholic.’
Blog written by Tobias Allen
a) Not happening
b) Happening but it’s not our fault
c) Happening but there’s nothing we can do about it
d) A scam dreamed up by the government to rob us of extra taxes
e) A scam dreamed up by radical lefties who don’t like cars.
The one thing that I did find funny, though, was the fact that the research group in question, which included Nobel laureates, was part funded by climate change deniers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family#Anthropogenic_global_warming_skepticism)
Now that is newsworthy… or at least Have I Got News For You-worthy.
The reason I’ve chosen to blog about this is not because of what the article says, but because of what its existence says. The fact that reports confirming the existence of climate change still make headline news is disturbing. Why, after all these years, do we still have to convince people? The scientific community has reached far greater a consensus on this than they have on the evolution of the human species, the origin of the universe or what causes cancer, and yet people still don’t listen. Some of my favourite comments on the article are listed below for a laugh but they still do worry me.
The brighter side of this scepticism, however, is that that this government has kept the previous’ promise to cut UK emissions by 80%. The important people have read the writing on the wall and are ignoring the cries of ‘scam’ ‘pseudo science’ and ‘eco-fascists.’ I think it’s time the media started ignoring them too. Either that or can we have an article on ‘racism terrible for communities’ ‘terrorism=bad’ and ‘Pope confirms he is Catholic.’
Blog written by Tobias Allen
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