by Allen Clifton
The “debate” over climate change is one of the most
absurd topics I write about. Here we have the overwhelming majority of
the world’s scientists agreeing that humans are the leading driver of
climate change, yet because many of our politicians have been bought and
paid for by big oil, we’re forced to waste time dealing with complete
idiots trying to perpetuate the idea that human-made climate change is
just all one big liberal hoax.
But perhaps the most well-known line by many of our politicians who
don’t want to seem quite like they’re denying climate change (but they
sure as hell don’t want to say it’s real either), is, “Well, I’m not a
scientist.” When I hear one of these politicians say that, all they’re
doing is proudly showing off their stupidity.
Just ponder that for a few seconds. When presented with scientific facts
that have been determined by scientists, their response is, “Well, I’m
not a scientist.” Well, guess who is a scientist? The person who
provided the scientific information you just dismissed.
It’s all just absolutely absurd.
Well, Jeb Bush decided to take this anti-climate change rhetoric a step
further by calling scientists who overwhelmingly believe humans are
driving climate change “arrogant.”
“For the people to say the science is decided on this is really
arrogant, to be honest with you,” Bush said. “It’s this intellectual
arrogance that now you can’t have a conversation about it, even. The
climate is changing. We need to adapt to that reality.”
He also went on to say that he doesn’t view climate change as our
biggest threat. I guess in his mind terrorism is a much bigger threat
than not having a planet capable of sustaining human life. Then again, I
guess that is the ultimate way to rid the world of terror, right? No
human beings?
Though there’s a huge amount of irony in Bush’s statement. Here we have
someone who’s not at all qualified to determine anything about climate
change on his own, arrogantly telling those who’ve devoted countless
hours and much of their lives to science that they are the arrogant ones
for using science to come to the conclusion that humans are causing
climate change.
I think Bill Nye says it best when he talks about people who deny
science often using scientific uncertainty to create irrational doubt.
Just because scientists can’t exactly predict how the climate will
change, what timeline we’re looking at or what precisely is going to
happen doesn’t mean that their determination that humans are causing
climate change isn’t accurate.
Then again, none of this is really about the science behind climate
change, but rather the money flowing into these politicians from big oil
companies. Because it’s not a coincidence that practically every policy
that Republicans support as it relates to energy, climate, the
environment, drilling or regulations in general almost always favors big
oil.
