Climate scientists can predict when we will pass an irreversible threshold into catastrophe, whether its 10 years from now or 100 years from now, so why believe them at all?
It has been known since 1869 that CO2 traps heat. This is settled physics. It has been shown beyond a shadow of doubt that humans have increased CO2 in the atmosphere by 30% in the last 150 years. Basic physics plus remedial math, and the rest is details. It is true that climate scientists can’t predict when irreversible thresholds will be crossed, because we don t yet fully understand the behavior of Earth’s complex climate system. But that does not mean that the basic understanding that CO2 causes warming is flawed. To use a medical analogy, just because your doctor can’t tell you the precise date and time that you will have a heart attack doesn’t mean you should ignore his advice and keep on eating fatty, high-calorie food. Medical science is imperfect, just like climate science.
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