Thursday, February 11, 2010

Record Snowfall Consistent With Global Warming

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.

7 comments:

Mike aka MonolithTMA said...

My thoughts exactly, good post.

Laura said...

What they say would be laughable... if it weren't so scary how some people believe their "truthiness"

Laura said...

What they say about climate change would be laughable...if it weren't so scary how some people believe their "truthiness"

Mike aka MonolithTMA said...

It's funny how silent they are during the recent unseasonably warm weather.

Joe said...

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?

Joe said...

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?

Mike aka MonolithTMA said...

Nah, they won't get it as long as they make no effort to understand the concept.