Shortly after a study from a former climate skeptic seemed to show that global warming is indeed happening, anti-climate skeptics are now accusing him of “hiding the truth” because the globe hasn’t warmed in the last 10 years.
Ok, let’s grant that, for sake of argument. I for one believe it. But climate is defined as the weather averaged over 30 years. So even if the temperature hasn’t risen for 13 years, as they suggest, that means that it has risen for 17 out of the last 30 – and that the temperature is still rising.
Wait another decade and then you’ve got a case to make that global warming has stopped. If the skeptics are right, as they haven’t been about almost anything for the past century or so, then we can throw a party. If they’re wrong … well, waiting another ten years makes fixing the problem much harder.
Understand: climate skeptics are just stalling in the hope the the problem will just go away. Personally, I wait in joyful hope for the Resurrection — but when dealing with temporal problems, I pray for God’s good favor, then get to work.
Why don’t we all try being real about what our problems are and working hard to fix them, for a change?
-the Centaur
