On "Real Time" Friday night Bill Maher raked climate change skeptics over the coals, particularly those in the GOP, insisting that they must "stop pretending climate change is a future problem." He showed images of Australia with its current host of wildfires, and wondered how those in Southern California would react to such a vista (see above).That's in reference to the fact that much more severe wildfire seasons have been predicted for California due to global climate change. It's already clear that California has been in a drought for some time.
I think, one problem with the issue, is that people continue to call it "global warming." It's global climate change, not global warming, and people need to get that straight. Some parts of the world will get warmer, some colder, but all will face much more severe weather patterns.
And that's another thing: don't confuse weather with climate. Just because it's cold today, or even colder in a winter season, doesn't mean the climate isn't changing.
Maher first target was Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), who has previously referred to global climate change as the "greatest hoax." Of course, Inhofe has no science background.
Maher also targeted Republicans who, while no longer insisting that the issue of global warming "needed more study," now insist that it's "probably too late anyhow." An example was GOP Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), who has claimed that we will simply "adapt" to massive climate change.
You right-wingers realize that such adaptation is the sort of thing that evolution would account for? And that evolution would therefore weed out those who are not genetically predisposed to adaptation (meaning a heck of a lot of people would die).
Maher said: "These people are so stupid they make ME question evolution," which is particularly humorous due to his atheist leanings.
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