Originally Posted by Funkthulhu

Oh, hey, a Climate Change thread with zealots on both sides. How original!

Let's try to keep in mind that the majority (the vast majority) of research being done to disprove anthropogenic climate change is being done by, or funded by, organizations that will lose profit if they are prevented from releasing more CO2 and other greenhouse gasses.

This week's record lows are a direct result of the localized climate change caused by global warming. The destabalized and weakened jet-stream is allowing more arctic air to descend into the lower 48 further and sooner than ever.

In a sense, more heat is more energy. More energy means more powerful storms and "weirder" weather.

And the claim that climate changers are quiet when the temps are low is rather one-sided. Australia is pretty much on fire as it has been every year lately, where are the deniers there? Plus, it only hurts the consensus of the science when you give every body with an opinion equal air time. Do we still listen to people who think the earth is flat? What if everytime NASA launched a satellite we had to get the comments of someone who is mad they will disturb the interplanetary aether?

The global warming/climate change ship has already sailed. There are scientists who are refining the specifics of the theory, but those who matter are not arguing the point anymore. Those who matter are trying to fix the problem. Those who matter are not going to come to this forum thread and argue with people who claim to be "cynics" or "skeptics", but who really ignore every bit of quantifiable, referenced data that conflicts with their pre-conceived "opinion" on the subject.

Those who matter don't have to make you believe, but they're still going to try to save your planet...