When my childhood friends came to learn that I’d become an author of materials of environmental sustainability, they sometimes asked for my opinions on climate change. I explain that because climate change is a science, it’s inappropriate to apply the term “opinion” or “belief” to the subject. We have opinions on things like politics, art, sports figures, justice, literature, and philosophy–but not chemistry, physics, or math.
When someone says that he doesn’t believe in AGW (anthropogenic global warming, aka climate change), all he’s really saying is that he doesn’t understand the science. And that’s fine; there are huge swaths of science that lie far outside my knowledge base. But we need to keep in mind that one of the good things about science, as Neil deGrasse Tyson likes to say, is that “it’s true whether you believe in it or not.”
It’s incorrect to say that “liberals are furious” on this matter. We’re deeply disappointed that about one-third of our population is a blend of greedy pigs and hateful idiots.
I was on a Zoom call this morning with some people who were weighing in on this question: Is the damage caused by the Trump administration in terms of losing our claim to be a moral, democratic leader on this planet permanent, or can it be repaired over time?
We were unable to reach a consensus. Some said that the nation in the modern era is swinging as if on a pendulum. We had a gentleman and an extremely accomplished intellectual in the person of Obama, following by a despicable thug (Trump); the pendulum can swing back once more.
Very few people object to Donald Trump on the basis that he’s a capitalist. All 340 million of us live in a capitalist country, one that has done just fine for itself over the last 250 years.
On the other hand, the vast majority of Americans reject Trump as a lifelong criminal, now sucking the life out of the common citizen, and throwing away our country’s former glory so as to further enrich himself.
Renewable Energy
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Is CO2 a Lever in Climate Change?
Question: Why is Venus, though farther from the sun than Mercury, much hotter?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Relevance: As shown here, heavily funded (funded by whom?) climate deniers are inventing dozens (hundreds?) of ways to convince us that climate change is a hoax.
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