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Don't Inject People with Doubt

I urge everyone to realize how hard it has been to get Americans to take climate change seriously and I don't think now is the time to slow down our efforts to hail its urgency.  I am afraid at the suggestion to emphasize the "uncertainty" of the science because this has been the specific strategy pushed forward by notorious Republican pollster, Frank Luntz.  Big oil and the Right have done a great job of exxagerating the level of uncertainty in the science and the lack of consensus among scientists.  Do we really want to  continue this?

The point is don't waste your breath explaining the nuances of the science.  People will get bored and you will sow doubt in them.  The point is to make people take it personally and get emotional.  Nothing else is better for action.

Furthermore, I don't think people's acceptance of the science is necesarily tied to believing Katrina was a direct effect of climate change. We should stress it may very well be strongly related, and may be a sign of what is to come.  

And please also express other related issues that people care about: pollution, asthma, war, gas prices.  

My message to people is: Bottom line, the possible effects of climate change are much too destructive to delay action.  If it ends up being nothing to worry about, at least we are left with the added bonuses of energy independence, and cleaner, more peaceful world.On The global warming dilemma posted 3 years, 7 months ago 14 Responses