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Originally Posted by Trixie
Yes if people are prepared to listen... My main problem is getting people to listen to my explanations! If you try to simplify things there is always someone ready to pounce on you for simplifying the facts - funny it doesnt seem to be a problem for the sceptics arguements.
Sadly i have found people dont want to know, its easier to listen to the shock jocks etc than to actually read up on the issue.
My in-laws are a good example. The only info they have is from people like Andrew Bolt. I am forever having to explain the flaws in what he says, or the latest email to go around claiming to have the real answer. They accept my explanation (or perhaps they are just saying they do to shut me up  ) and then before long are waving around another chain email or Andrew Bolt newspaper again sayig 'see your wrong and I have the evidence here" |
This is your answer Chris, unfortunate but true...
There has been so much information about why and how the climate is changing and the strong links to an anthropogenic cause and yes beyond An Inconvenient Truth, the IPCC has confirmed it is unequivocal. The problem is that pseudo science and creationist like selective evidence picking plus the anti Labor rubbish these undeserved self promoting shock jocks have been dishing out has escalated in more recent times and done lots of damage. Throwing doubt on an issue with crap science no matter how loosely that doubt relates resonates with average people with no scientific clue. If more people are doubting now that climate change is even real let alone that man is a serious contributer, how do you seriously think a government can sell putting a price on carbon..?
We can ill afford another election on it, the government has a mandate and a responsibility to act regardless of the damage it will do to them in the polls - Kudos to the Australian Labor party, they will most likely leave government in two years or so but they will leave us with another significant and long over due reform and I congratulate them.
The sky will not fall, the economy will survive and hopefully it will be the start of a change of direction and approach to how we do things, hopefully the World will continue along a similar path and over time we will see real change all over the place, that's all I hope
Forget Prof Miller...but we
will just have to waatch waatch
Mike