An interesting theory as to why so many people reject climate change is that they don’t want to take action. Whether they work in the fossil fuel industry or are vehemently opposed to government regulation, they feel that the consequences of taking action will be worse than not taking action. This is a legitimate opinion, [...]
Archive for May, 2009
In All Honesty
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged climate change, debate, global warming, media, politics on May 31, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Normal Scientific Practice
Posted in How Science Works, tagged climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, media, science on May 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Scientists debate each other’s work all the time. In fact, they’re encouraged to do so. The peer-review process was set up so that every misconception, assumption, or source of error in a scientific article could be nailed down and corrected. Scientists look for mistakes. It’s practically in their job description. Normal scientific practice states that, should [...]
A Very Relevant Quote
Posted in How Science Works, tagged climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, quote, science on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A great quote that sums up the ideas of credibility and error statements quite well. “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” – Bertrand Russell
The Source of the Ice Age Claim
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged agreement, climate change, credibility, global warming, ice age, media on May 18, 2009 | 8 Comments »
An all-too-common claim people use to justify ignoring the widespread scientific agreement on climate change is, “The scientists were all predicting an ice age in the 70s, and that didn’t happen.” Last year, a publishing climatologist, the highest category for an individual on our credibility spectrum, decided to investigate just how valid this claim was. [...]
Why Al Gore Doesn’t Matter
Posted in Reviews, tagged al gore, climate change, global warming, media, politics, united states on May 15, 2009 | 14 Comments »
The first of many reviews planned for ClimateSight! Climate change skeptics like to imply that Al Gore’s word is all we have going for us. That our faith in the theory is upheld simply because he supports it. That he’s brainwashed us all and we should think for ourselves. If it sounds like I’m exaggerating, go check [...]
The Third Side of the Debate
Posted in Media and the Public, tagged agreement, al gore, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming, politics, risk management on May 13, 2009 | 9 Comments »
We know about the majority of scientists who have stated that 1) the Earth has been warming since post-industrial times, 2) the driving force is human activity, 3) it’s going to have major consequences for human civilization, and 4) action is necessary as soon as possible to fix it. We also know about the minority group that gets a [...]
Climate Denial Crock of the Week
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged climate change, debate, global warming, media, science on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the popular media, Youtube, and the blogosphere, you get an awful lot of compelling documentaries of why climate change is nonexistent/natural/a global conspiracy. You don’t get as many grassroots projects from the advocates, at least not as many as you’d expect given the scientific distribution on the theory. I recently came across a fantastic [...]
Discover Magazine, June 2009
Posted in Other Advocates, tagged agreement, climate change, credibility, debate, global warming on May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just read the most recent (June 2009) issue of Discover magazine, which is not peer-revewied but generally writes about stuff that is. There was a fantastic article you all should read, entitled “The Big Heat”. It was an interview with three publishing climatologists – Robin Bell, Bill Easterling, and Stephen Schneider (please, people, stop it with that seemingly scandolous [...]
The Final Cartoon, For Now
Posted in Cartoons, tagged agreement, climate change, debate, global warming on May 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here’s the last cartoon in my series of five. But you never know – I might draw some more one day.
Undeveloped
Posted in Musings, tagged disposable, environment, recycling, sustainability, united states on May 11, 2009 | 17 Comments »
In Canada, where I live, there are recycling bins everywhere you go. Every public place, office building, or school has blue boxes that are almost as easy to find as garbage cans. In Canada, it is almost a public embarrassment not to recycle. I seem to remember reading that upwards of 97% of homes put [...]
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