I've lamented to friends about the wall I run smack dab in to at work concerning the "crazy notion of global warming." I often find that I have nothing to say. This is not because I have nothing to say, but because I find that I simply cannot combat them. Seriously, if a group of otherwise intelligent people want to discount mounds of valid scientific data supporting global warming, what is a girl to do? How does one debate when the bottom line the enemy uses is that this is simply normal environmental cycling...even when it clearly is not?
What I find as one option is to use not the valid scientific evidence, but rather the real-life evidence provided by those among us who are living through the actual effects of global warming. If life was one way for a consistent period of time and now it is not and in fact it is not on such an extreme scale, well...I think we should listen. I think we *all* should listen. Honestly, whether you believe in global warming or not, *something* is happening to our environment. At the very least, we should respect the signs. We should respect the tales that our world neighbors are telling us...even if the tales are coming from developing countries. Perhaps that is why the effects are being discounted so much? I say, regardless of where the main effects are being seen right now, we should all start to accept it and do something about it because I assure you it is only a matter of time before it is on all our doorsteps. Mind you, I am one of the few at my work that feel it already is.
What I find as one option is to use not the valid scientific evidence, but rather the real-life evidence provided by those among us who are living through the actual effects of global warming. If life was one way for a consistent period of time and now it is not and in fact it is not on such an extreme scale, well...I think we should listen. I think we *all* should listen. Honestly, whether you believe in global warming or not, *something* is happening to our environment. At the very least, we should respect the signs. We should respect the tales that our world neighbors are telling us...even if the tales are coming from developing countries. Perhaps that is why the effects are being discounted so much? I say, regardless of where the main effects are being seen right now, we should all start to accept it and do something about it because I assure you it is only a matter of time before it is on all our doorsteps. Mind you, I am one of the few at my work that feel it already is.
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Perhaps it is a good idea to get them involved in discussions about what constitutes scientific consent vs. wingnuttery in their own field first. Then, bring the conversation back to global warming.
Of course, Mark would say just don't engage with a denialist.
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