So, NOAA — the official temperature-taker — has announced record highs for our planet this past year. While there's nothing "official" about me, I can tell you with certainty that it's January 11, 2012 and 73 degrees outside my house, with 78 or higher predicted for tomorrow. I was out and about town earlier wearing a cotton dress, no jacket, no sweater. Lovely? Sure. Close to perfect for me. But even in the Southland these unseasonably warm temperatures are eerie. Good as it feels, it's not a good thing.
A majority of climate scientists around the world confirm that global climate change is occurring at a rapid rate. The polar icecaps are melting! How is it that so many radical right-wingers, their elected officials, and their Fox News buddies can continue to say climate change (aka "global warming") is a hoax? Have they not noticed the dramatic change in weather patterns in recent years? How can they deny the conclusions of that many scientists? They can't. So they simply deny it louder.
Here's a plausible theory on why some elected officials are naysayers when it comes to climate change: It doesn't pay to accept reality.
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