Global Warming: How to Win the Argument About Climate Change

[Michaelangelica]

I am not sure internet arguments are at all productive or useful
But this is an interesting article on the psychology of the Climate Change Debate
http://knowledge.asb.unsw.edu.au/art...articleId=1358

[purplepear]

I am just about over it too MA. Lets just get on with saving the planet because it is worth saving and forget climate change as a reason for change. Lets stop ripping carbon out of the earth because it is stupid to use in 100 years what it took a million to make and lets us plant more trees because it adds balance in a planet that has destroyed trees. There are so many more reasons to do these things we do without the need for debate on climate change. IMO

[S.O.P]

You are going to have to monetise that sentence, pp.

[Michaelangelica]

I am just about over it too MA.
Lets just get on with saving the planet because it is worth saving and forget climate change as a reason for change. Lets stop ripping carbon out of the earth because it is stupid to use in 100 years what it took a million to make and lets us plant more trees because it adds balance in a planet that has destroyed trees.
There are so many more reasons to do these things we do without the need for debate on climate change. IMO

Yep, and let's also bury some carbon

Still i find the psychology of it all fascinating.
Once it was thought if we were attacked from outer-space we would all band together to fight a common enemy. I don't think that any more

[Ludi]

"How to win the argument." Stop trying to win the argument and get on with changing our lives.

In my opinion.

[mischief]

I agree with Ludi.
True change is made by simply doing,getting on with it and not even trying to win an argument.
There are always going to be those who disagree with you (and that is as it should be), so just concentrate on what you know will leave things better than you found them and leave the redfaced arguments to those who do only that.

[Ludi]

There are a couple good websites which address the common arguments, and one can simply link to them. If the arguing person is really interested in the issue, they'll read the webpages. If they aren't really interested, then debating with them won't do any good anyway and will just wear you out.

A couple websites which cover most of what folks want to debate:

http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php

http://grist.org/series/skeptics/

[bazman]

I think this sort of change in thinking is positive.

Prominent climate-change denier now admits he was wrong.
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/29/467...ge-denier.html

[Grasshopper]

What makes it even more great was that his research was funded by the Koch Bros ...lol

[Michaelangelica]