'It was like talking to a wall' - people who fail to grasp climate change

November 25, 2015 – Yesterday while walking my dog I entered into a conversation with a neighbour on the subject of climate change.

He began by stating, “Do you really believe it’s real?” I began by listing the enormous amount of scientific evidence accumulated over the last four decades. I talked to him about the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere and how larger accumulations of carbon dioxide convert photons of sunlight into radiative heat accounting for the upward curve of plotted mean average temperatures over several decades (see the two NASA produced graphs below and note the correlation between CO2 increases and rising temperatures). I talked about the record keeping of the reinsurance industry in its payouts for extreme weather events and how the number has exponentially grown over 60 years. It was like talking to a wall.

Read the 21^st Century Tech story - “I’m Blown Away by People Who Believe that Climate Change is a Hoax.”