"Global warming is a lot of hot air"?
I expect such a T-shirt exists.
If worn by a climate scientist on an IPCC working group, or worn on the high street by a global warming denier, its dual meanings couldn't be more opposed.
Do we laugh or despair?
If unchecked our planet will reach lethal temperatures well within the lifetimes of people alive today.
Yet we still behave (Kyoto, Copenhagen) as if the most important sustainablity is the acheivement of yet another moratorium event on the matter.
But there is no point in endlessly, politely trying to persuade a denier.
Ben Goldacre's succinct exposure of climate change denialists in his Bad Science column in the Guardian alerts us to the folly of engaging with denialists' zombie arguments, or as I've always thought of it - "Never wrestle with a pig, You both get dirty and the pig likes it."
We don't need everyone to understand climate change. We just need enough of those people who set trends, make decisions, influence expenditure, etc.
What are the important decisions that need to be made?
Who currently makes them?
Are they getting the message?
If not, why not?
Vote Planet!
In May next year District and Parish council elections
will be held across Central Devon.
We need to start now to ensure that all those who stand for election
get the global warming message
and we need to campaign to make sure
that those with the most positive responses get elected.
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