But far colder for some…doodle wrote: This years crazy cold winter was actually above the historical mean temperature.
Despite the frigid temperatures that kept those in the eastern United States shivering all winter, the period from December 2013 to February 2014 was the 8th warmest on record globally, the U.S. National Climatic Data Center reported Wednesday. That warmth early in the year could set the stage for another record or near-record warm year, one NCDC scientist said.
And February, which was the 21st warmest globally since record keeping began in 1880, was the 348th consecutive month where temperatures were higher than the global average;
I'm not really trying to debate whether global warming is real or not. I'm pretty sure it is. What I'm really trying to assert is that I think it's pointless to try to focus on either convincing skeptical others or trying to prevent it, which in a democracy requires convincing skeptical others. Instead, we need to focus on adaptation. Those who won't adapt to changing circumstances will be harmed and may even die. Sucks, but that's life.
I mean, what's the alternative? What's your plan for somehow getting the citizens of the United States to stop fighting and get on board? I hear a lot of things like "we need a carbon tax!" but not a lot of things like "here's how we pass a carbon tax and stop it from immediately getting repealed, undermined, watered down, or becoming riddled with exceptions, exemptions and loopholes, and here's our transition plan for all the people in fossil fuel-related industries who will otherwise vote us out of office during the next election cycle."
Without such a plan, it's just pissing in the wind.
