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Absolutely sure it's human. 97% of scientists (I believe was the latest statistic) believe climate change is caused by humans - that's more than agree with evolution as a theory of human development. There is no doubt that the copious amounts of greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere are accelerating climate change to a much greater degree than it should naturally, and inevitably causing major problems for our own societies, which are already being felt across the world but, unfortunately, the burden is often largely shouldered by third world countries, in sub-saharan Africa, for example, where droughts are causing major issues, but there are also issues in developed countries as well. If we want this to stop we need to appreciate this fact now, and it annoys me that politicians can just continue to act so ignorant about this issue as if it's not universally agreed upon by the scientific community, as if it's still in debate in scientific circles.
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The hesitancy to act is not directly linked to whether humans cause it or not. The politicians should act only if there is a high likelihood that action would significantly alter the future course of events.
And remember, >97% of experts used to agree that the world was flat.
People who bandy about that 97% figure are like people who keep saying women earn 77% of what men earn or that 10% of the population is gay. The figures have been so throughly debunked by now but they've heard them so many times they keep repeating them.
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[–] voatforgoat 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Absolutely sure it's human. 97% of scientists (I believe was the latest statistic) believe climate change is caused by humans - that's more than agree with evolution as a theory of human development. There is no doubt that the copious amounts of greenhouse gases we put into the atmosphere are accelerating climate change to a much greater degree than it should naturally, and inevitably causing major problems for our own societies, which are already being felt across the world but, unfortunately, the burden is often largely shouldered by third world countries, in sub-saharan Africa, for example, where droughts are causing major issues, but there are also issues in developed countries as well. If we want this to stop we need to appreciate this fact now, and it annoys me that politicians can just continue to act so ignorant about this issue as if it's not universally agreed upon by the scientific community, as if it's still in debate in scientific circles.
[–] Phoenix_MD 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
The hesitancy to act is not directly linked to whether humans cause it or not. The politicians should act only if there is a high likelihood that action would significantly alter the future course of events.
And remember, >97% of experts used to agree that the world was flat.
[–] Aragorn_ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
People who bandy about that 97% figure are like people who keep saying women earn 77% of what men earn or that 10% of the population is gay. The figures have been so throughly debunked by now but they've heard them so many times they keep repeating them.