No one disputes the sun has a role, solar output is down, yet temp up? I love the simple fucking answers, it's the sun and only the sun.
Right, just like no one disputes the fact that climate science is extremely complicated, but it's still science it gives us a solid baseline of understanding of how our universe works. The science clearly shows that human beings are causing the earths climate to break out of the normal climate cycle.
I was once on the side of the doubters and for a long time I didn't believe it. Instead of listening to the talking heads, the politicians (who btw, shouldn't be commenting on science at all, few of them are actual scientists and most are lawyers who couldn't pass a basic chemistry course in high school), just go look at the data. The data doesn't lie.
I recommend watching a great documentary called "Merchants of Doubt" which touches heavily on the issue of schills who are puppets of the tobacco, oil, chemical and anti-climate institutions who's sole purpose is to sow misinformation and confusion into these subjects. It took 50 years for big tobacco to finally admit that smoking causes cancer when they knew for a fact through their own internal scientific findings back in the 60's that it did. It's a great doco and if you put your personal and political biases aside for an hour to watch you'll realize you've been duped.
There's also the problem of people who warp the data on both sides of the spectrum to further their agenda. It's important that anyone apply basic critical thinking skills to what they are reading or being told. Ask why is this person saying what they are saying? Who do they work for? What agenda if any does their employer or entity who funds them have?
You can google most of these people who go on talk shows who hold opposing views to climate change and easily find out who they work for, what their credentials are if any, and what their past employment has been. All of these things should be considered when assessing the truth.
The sad thing is the majority of you will go on believing what you believe because the truth is too scary to face. The truth means we have to change the way we live and do things, and for most, that's too big of a possibility to contemplate.
