Many GOP leaders have claimed that the record snowfall on the East coast is proof that Global Warming is not real. These naysayers have only confirmed that they don't understand the difference between weather and climate. The Climate Change of which global warming is a part was expected to produce record snowfalls. The average global temperature during this winter and the last 10 years are the highest in 2,000 years. The higher temperatures increase the amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere. Thus, when it snows or rains there is a possibility that the amount of precipitation will be greater.
Scientific fact does not outweigh the "truthiness" that the GOP and other Climate Change naysayers cling to. Truthiness is opinion-based not fact-based; it is what the GOP chooses to believe in spite of the facts that indicate otherwise.
The question that must be asked is whether the GOP leaders really believe that Global Warming/Climate Change is not real or are they pretending that it is not real because they do not want to make the changes that are required to stop and eventually reverse man-made climate changes.
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My thoughts exactly, good post.
What they say would be laughable... if it weren't so scary how some people believe their "truthiness"
What they say about climate change would be laughable...if it weren't so scary how some people believe their "truthiness"
It's funny how silent they are during the recent unseasonably warm weather.
I, too, noticed that. I suspect that they are wondering why a Global Warming believer has not claimed that the unseasonably warm weather through the first of the year is evidence of Global Warming. Will they ever get it?
I, too, noticed that. I suspect that they are wondering why a Global Warming believer has not claimed that the unseasonably warm weather through the first of the year is evidence of Global Warming. Will they ever get it?
Nah, they won't get it as long as they make no effort to understand the concept.
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