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Concern

Many on both sides of this debate agree, supporters and skeptics alike, if we get the answer to this issue wrong, countless numbers of people will suffer and many will die. Supporters see the damage as more long term with the destruction caused by increased temperatures and rising sea levels. Skeptics see the danger in the near term as the burdens of the proposed remedies leave people worse off, or in poverty and starving. Either way people’s livelihood, well-being, and lives are at stake. Thus, if you are concerned about people, you should be concerned about the issue of Climate Change.

While certainly less important, another concern for me is the corruption of science I see taking place in the Climate Change movement, a movement that extends far beyond the scientists. I believe Climate Change will eventually be seen as the largest fraud in the history of science. It will damage the hard-earned respect and trust science has earned for decades, if not longer. I believe this damage is already happening, and the only question is how much damage will be done and how long it will take for science to recover. In their attempt to justify political changes, advocates have effectively moved the theory that humanity faces a serious threat outside the boundaries of science into pseudoscience. In some cases, even into a religion with dogmas that cannot be questioned, but only accepted, with any dissent being punished.