Jovial Monk wrote on May 7^th, 2017 at 6:29pm:


But any help you provided would be cheap as chips.

Jovial Monk wrote on May 9^th, 2017 at 9:31am:



Direct quote please.

Don’t forget to vote in the poll if you deny AGW!

Why do you deny AGW Lees?

lee wrote on May 9^th, 2017 at 2:14pm:

Why deny?

Maybe I should add “global cooling” to the next poll? Against all evidence I bet we get two votes for that option!

Hmmm

Option 1. The world is cooling

Option 2. Global temperatures are stable

Option 3. Global temperatures are increasing but will cool, part of the regular cycle

Option 4. Global temperatures are increasing but not due to man

Option 5. Global temperatures are increasing but man only plays a small role

That covers, I guess, the spectrum of denial. 1 & 2 are just contrary to fact, 3 & 4 are just an opt out, as is 5.

A more interesting poll would be WHY people deny. Among reasons I suppose some feel some guilt but don’t want to change–these would be diehard deniers, some don’t want to change (conservatives) and some may get a benefit (job, share dividends) from fossil fuel interests? Blaming “greenies” and pretending AGW isn’t real is just a way to avoid thinking and changing.

I am amused that some people tell me “AGW is last century junk” or “nobody believes in AGW anymore” when AGW is still roaring along: sea ice extent declining, glaciers retreating, Greenland melting etc etc and all this at a time when the sun has been relatively quiescent. The disconnect from reality with these people is pretty much total. Cognitive dissonance indeed.

The evidence supports AGW. No alternate theory has realistic evidence.

You can talk about cults or closed minds all you like, Gregg, but the evidence for AGW, radiative forcings, is unmistakeable.

Please don’t say “AGW is just a theory” because ALL science is “just” a theory.