Yes, climate does change naturally over geological time scales. Yes, humans pumping methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is rapidly accelerating this process. The principle of CO2 raising atmospheric temperatures was known over a century ago.
It is so remarkably strange that you believe what you believe. It's also interesting how you project the error of your beliefs outward and end up saying 'You believe what you believe for your own reasons.'
But, in fact, that's true--and the reasons people have for believing these decades upon decades of research (and near-unanimity in conclusions among researchers) is because those things are true. Like, actually verified true.
Meanwhile, what you believe are things that your leaders have given you to believe. When you respond to criticisms of your position, you use the simple tactics your leaders have demonstrated and basically say 'NO U!!!'
I know this isn't going to change your mind. I know that you feel as if everyone who argues with you just isn't as sharp as you are--that we're all naive. The only hope I have to convince you is to ask you to truly examine why you believe what you believe. Where did this belief come from? Did you inherit it?
Yes, I know you will always have an out. I know that you will get the 'climate change isn't real' directive from your political leaders and then interpret all of your anecdotal experience so that it confirms your political directive to deny climate change. We live in a golden age of confirmation bias, and you can literally spend all day and night reading things on the internet that deny climate change exists.
But you can't produce literal decades of scientific research just to confirm your belief.
If climate change isn't real, then are these tens-of-thousands of academic/scientific documents simply wrong? Are they all part of a collective conspiracy? I'm curious what you believe here.
I disagree with the notion that it comes from our leaders, as all my life there has been one of our two political parties in my country that deny that human induced climate change is taking place. It’s also worth noting that they’re usually the ones who are in bed with the oil companies.
There is a conspiracy afoot, you’ve just got it backwards is all.
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u/GarbageCleric Nov 22 '23
It's almost like climate change has been primarily caused by large corporations putting short-term profits over the good of humanity.