Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
So while there is no actual empirical measurable proof that we are causing climate change, it doesn't matter because they all know we are.
Proof? Maybe not.
But evidence beyond a reasonable doubt? Definitely.
It can be proven in a back yard experiment that increased CO2 in air retains more re-radiated heat than air. As can be proven, methane and water vapour.
It can be proven that global CO2 levels in the atmosphere have increased significantly (and almost linearly) since they started measuring it in the 1950’s in Hawaii.
It can be proven that humans have been the cause of a massive increase in CO2 emissions (and methane) in recent times through the enormous consumption of fossil fuels, deforestation and farming.
You actually don’t need to be a climate scientist to understand the above. Where it gets difficult is working out whether the above will have sufficient impact on the climate to be of major concern.
If the scientists say “yes” then we need to act. How much do we need to change our ways, and how much are we prepared to pay? That’s when economics gets involved and thats where it gets political.
It is affecting the climate, that is beyond reasonable doubt. What to do and how quickly? That’s politics, and that’s when the people with money to make in the short term don’t want to know about it. And one of those people owns at least half the media in this country. And that affects politics.