Global Warming, ha!

It is -28 C here right now, and this is a warm day. Don't talk to me about global warming.

It's a religion, it is all theoretical, with plenty of evidence against it.

Barry's Response - Would you look at that photo? Regardless of where it came from, it shows us a nice frosty landscape. Thank you.

You have made a point

...that others have made as well, to which the "pro global warming" group responds with something like...

"Global warming does not mean it will become warmer everywhere, all the time." No matter who denies it, the existence and cause of GW are still up for debate.

They have a valid point as well. The underlying thing here is that weather is, perhaps, the most complicated thing in the world, and we can look for trends and anomalies, and all we will have are statistics, trends and anomalies. They are not the fundamental drivers.

Person A can be right some of the time; person B will be right at others. How do you tell who will be right when? You can't really. There are thousands of independent variables working simultaneously to alter the weather and we try to boil it down to a few statistical parameters and say "That's it!" Doesn't work.

We will get better at this but will we ever get it right? We'll see.

Let's dig in a little deeper, shall we?

You saw that picture? Like frozen eyelashes and a dead battery, nothing says "global warming is fake." -28°C, that's warm, right? Either Canada, Siberia, or someplace brass monkeys don't go.

Come on, let's get started. Is global warming real if my face is literally freezing off? There's no need to feel alone. It's climate trends, not local weather events, says the global warming crowd. It's true, but it's also easy to get around.

You might call it a religion

Some people think climate change is a belief system. The way it's discussed, any dissent is heresy. It's faith, not science. Rather than debate skepticism, it's labeled "denial."

Let's keep politics out of physics. It's changing (it always has). The questions aren't whether CO2 is an apocalyptic demon gas that needs to be eradicated, but why, how much, and what to do.

It's all theoretical

Yeah, most science is. We don't question gravity, quantum mechanics, or black holes, but global warming is theoretical. It's probably not any more theoretical than these other examples, it's whether climate change models are accurate. Here's the kicker:
- Climate models don't predict the future well.
- In the 1970s, some models predicted an Ice Age. Ah, I see.
- Al Gore said the Arctic would be ice-free by 2013? I'm waiting.
- IPCC models overestimate warming trends.
- Economic models fail more often than they succeed, so we should be cautious. Would you cancel your weekend plans if the weatherman was this wrong?

Why Don't We Pay More Attention to Natural Factors? Nature itself plays a role in climate change:
- IPCC models downplay solar variability.
- Ocean currents El Niño and La Niña cause global temperature swings.
- It can cool the planet for years after a big eruption.
- Over thousands of years, Earth's tilt and orbit naturally shift.

Is it possible to change the climate?

Yes, sure. Real question is whether the proposed solutions (carbon taxes, banning gas stoves, etc.) fix anything or just create economic burdens.

He'd roll in his grave. Like a bad stock market crash, Adam Smith would side-eye command-and-control climate policies. Environmental problems haven't been solved by government mandates:
- The U.S. reduced emissions more without the Paris Agreement. What's the deal? Natural gas and innovation.
- Capitalism that works. Businesses waste a lot of energy. Cheaper, cleaner energy without forcing people to buy electric cars they don't want.
- Developing nations struggle under restrictive climate policies (like banning fossil fuels).

What about faith? Since you mentioned global warming as a religion, let's flip it. According to Christians, God made the Earth resilient, not fragile. Summer and winter, day and night, seedtime and harvest, will never end as long as the earth endures." That doesn't mean we shouldn't pollute, but it does mean we shouldn't live in constant fear of the planet collapsing.

Keep thinking critically. The cold weather doesn't disprove climate change, but it makes it more complicated. Can science predict the temperature next month if climate models have failed for decades?

Stay warm and keep asking questions. That's what science is all about.

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