I dressed warmly and carefully rode my bicycle to the pharmacy to get a prescription that had to retrieved.
The clerk commented how cold it was and I replied that it would the warmest day for several to come.
“So much for global warming,” she said.
“No, no, it’s still coming,” I averred.
photo: Kim Baker
A snowy day, and it is difficult to see the high water mark.
Reflecting upon the exchange later, I realized how much wishful thinking plays into the denial promulgated by those who know better.
As has been said before, another problem with accepting the evidence is the time scale. It’s snowing, so no global warming. Brooklyn Trehugger Matthew McDermott has more to say about it in his post, “Just Because It’s Snowing Out Doesn’t Mean Global Warming is Fake, Say It With Me People“
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Al says time to get real, Congress critters. Keep answering to your fossil fuel masters* or vote for the interests of the people of America.
* Note: The WE site refers to “entrenched interests in Washington [that] will be working hard to weaken the legislation — opposing funding for clean energy programs that support things like wind, solar, energy efficiency and a new national electric grid.” “Fossil fuel masters” is similar to “coal sluts,” an AG editoral term.
NYTimes Columnist Andy Revkin relays the statement prepared by the Hon. Al Gore prior to his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Mr. Gore would like to see the United States “on a path toward solving the climate crisis and securing the future of human civilization.”
OTOH it was 75º F. in Redding CA on the last day of January 2009 at 40º North. Clear skies and no rain in this part of California will mean no crops, that’s food to city folk, further south. They call it “climate change” because there is no guarantee that it will get warmer in any one place.