Global climate change and
global warming are monstrously frightening. It sickens me and saddens me that our
grandchildren are going to live through it….
A few days ago the Los Angeles Times decided to take it to a higher level: LAT editors decided they will no longer publish
letters or comments from those who "deny" man's dangerous impact on climate
change. Editor Paul Thornton wrote:
"…when deciding which
letters should run among hundreds on such weighty matters as climate change, I
must rely on the experts -- in other words, those scientists with advanced
degrees who undertake tedious research and rigorous peer review . . . The
debate right now isn't whether this evidence exists (clearly, it does) but what
this evidence means for us . . . Saying 'there's no sign humans have caused
climate change' is not stating an opinion, it's asserting a factual inaccuracy."
Of course there's still much more
to learn about global climate change, we're far from knowing enough about the details
and understanding the impacts—and certainly reasonable people can and must debate
about what we should do to improve the future for our grandchildren. And of course
it's going to be frighteningly expensive.
Let's get on with doing something
about it.
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