Jon Stewart said something like this the other night: “Global warming is a fraud. You know how I know? Because it’s cold, right now, where I live. That’s just science.”
I’ve not been hearing sarcastic global warming comments this winter; maybe the reality of climate change is finally getting through–the very hot summer, and now two very mild winters.
In years past, tobacco companies succeeded for many years in creating doubt in people’s minds that cigarette smoking was bad for you. But eventually, the science caught up with them, and now the tobacco industry is on the ropes.
In the same way, the oil/coal/auto industries work to create doubt in people’s minds–doubt that climate change is occurring, or doubt that it is caused by anything mankind is doing. It’s all about creating doubt–not about proving anything scientifically, but in saying, “Scientists don’t 100% agree on this.” (The book “Climate Coverup” illuminates all of these tactics.)
But we’re getting there.
Today, it was 4 degrees when I left the house. So today would be a good day for sarcastic global warming comments.
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