In regard to the Tuesday letter, “Opinions aren’t facts or evidence”: The author is arguing a point that is not in question by anyone on the “climate denier” side. To my knowledge, everyone is in agreement that the climate is changing. What the debate is about is the cause of that change, and in this regard there is no settled science. Until there is hard evidence to show that climate change is due to human behavior, and that hasn’t happened yet, the debate will continue, despite calls from one side to end the debate and call the question settled. Pointing to the IPCC report, from scientists who have been so far wrong on the virtually every one of their previous predictions, or to CO2 levels, which have been shown to lag behind temperature rises by hundreds of years, is hardly settled science. As more and more scientists come out against anthropomorphic climate change, the decidedly unsettled nature of the argument grows daily.
Regardless, one must state the correct topic of debate before we can even begin to have a meaningful discussion. Shouting down the other side by calling them deniers is not only misleading, it does nothing to further your argument for manmade climate change. By stating facts that are not in evidence or misrepresented, altering or hiding data that goes against the predictions, and attempting to silence the opposition with labels and censorship, the manmade climate change crowd only lessens it’s credibility.
I admit, the author makes a great case for climate change, and the science does support that. However, neither he nor science offers anything substantial to support the idea of manmade climate change.
Michael Wood
Marysville
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