2008-06-29 Complacent and Irresponsible - a non-scientists response to the scientific evidence of climate change

If you are looking for a hard-headed critique from the other side of the climate change debate you will not find it here. A few points that Nigel and his editors should consider:
1. The fact that the warmest years of the last decade or more have not happened in strictly ascending order is not a rational argument that climate change is not happening, any more than a snow flurry in spring means that summer will not happen after all.
2. When plants take in Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen to the atmosphere it is not called 'breathing', as any moderately able GCSE student will be able to confirm.
3. When the political and scientific realities do not match up, however difficult it may be, it will be easier to change the politics.
In summary, if you are looking for reassurance that your children and grandchildren will not suffer from the consequences of our current actions, you will find none here. I suggest all readers stick to the science of the IPCC reports and their interpretation, and take appropriate action.