The current
cold covering a large portion of the country has, once again, brought out the
climate change alarmists with claims of “serious threat.” Due to his
respected position, as climate scientist at the University of California, San
Diego Institution of Oceanography, Richard C.J. Somerville’s recent “Cold comfort” column was published in
newspapers throughout the country. In it, he
grouses that the public doesn’t take the “consequences” of climate change
seriously—pointing out that they are “here and now.” He cites: “only 54 percent
of the public sees it as a global threat to their countries—and only 40 percent of Americans do.”
Somerville
suggests: “people either are scientifically illiterate or reject science when
it conflicts with their core values or religious convictions.” He posits: “the
medical profession and communication experts may have much to teach those
climate scientists” because “Priming patients to appreciate the value of
medical diagnostic tests has been shown to make them more likely to take these
tests and then act on the results.”
What
Somerville misses in the analogy is that the data back up the medical case. For
example, getting a mammogram catches breast cancer early and increases survival
rates. The data have shown that medical science is correct. On the
contrary, the data don’t support the claims made by climate scientists—but they
just keep making them. Apparently they believe the “big lie”
propaganda technique used so effectively by Adolf Hitler.....To Read More.....
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