This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:The kind of drastic actions required to mitigate Global Warming will risk the destruction of the global economy and the deaths of potentially billions of people.Answer: Is this … Continue reading Action on Global Warming is Suicide
Month: February 2006
Why Should the US Join Kyoto?
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:Why should the US join Kyoto while India and China haven't?Answer: The United States puts out more CO2 as a nation by far than any other nation on … Continue reading Why Should the US Join Kyoto?
Kyoto is Ineffective
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:The Kyoto treaty, even if fully implemented, would only save us about a tenth of a degree of future temperature rise many decades from now. What a waste … Continue reading Kyoto is Ineffective
What’s Wrong With Warm Weather
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:The Earth has had much warmer climates in the past, what is so special about the current climate? It seems like a generally warmer world will be better.Answer: … Continue reading What’s Wrong With Warm Weather
They Predicted Cooling in the 1970’s
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:The alarmists were predicting the onset of an Ice Age in the 70's, now it's too much warming! Why should we believe them?Answer: It is true that there … Continue reading They Predicted Cooling in the 1970’s
Volcanos Emit More CO2
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:One good volcanic eruption puts out more CO2 than a decade of human emissions. It is ridiculous to think reducing human CO2 will have any effect.Answer: Not only … Continue reading Volcanos Emit More CO2
Climate Scientists Hide Water Vapor
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:Climate scientists never talk about water vapor, which is the strongest greenhouse gas, because it undermines their CO2 theory.Answer: There is no climate model or climate textbook that … Continue reading Climate Scientists Hide Water Vapor
This is Just a Natural Cycle
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:The current warming is just part of a natural cycle.Answer: While it is undoubtably true that there are some cycles and natural variations in global climate, anyone who … Continue reading This is Just a Natural Cycle
The Medieval Warm Period was just as warm as today
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:It was just as warm in the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) as today, in fact Greenland was green and they were growing grapes in England.Answer: There is actually … Continue reading The Medieval Warm Period was just as warm as today
It was Warmer During the Holocene Climatic Optimum
This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection:It was even warmer than today during the Holocene Climatic Optimum without any human influence.Answer: Actually, it turns out that though there may have indeed been some temperatures … Continue reading It was Warmer During the Holocene Climatic Optimum