On climate change, why take the chance deniers are right?
KAMLOOPS — Not too long ago, I got into a discussion with someone who was still unable to accept the concept of climate change.
He was willing, although somewhat reluctantly, to agree that our climate has been “a bit different lately,” but unwilling to agree those changes were the result of human activity.
He explained this by referring to an article he had once read that used historical records to prove earth’s climate had been going through cycles for centuries. After reading this one counter climate change article, he was convinced that humans were not responsible and Mother Nature would, with time, correct everything.
At first I argued against his theory, mentioning how the majority of scientific evidence demonstrated human activity is indeed responsible. We talked of the Paris Accord, the CO2 tipping point, our children’s future and of course, Donald Trump and the gutting of America’s Environmental Protection Agency.