Ugh, I hate when articles like this use the word skeptics. They're not skeptics. An actual skeptic will ask questions to gain a better understanding then change their position if or when the evidence warrants it. They're living in denial. They're climate denialists.
Ribbit
I'm gonna play devils advocate here, cause I came across a couple things earlier from some conservatives.
Some of them don't deny it at all. They understand it's warming, will cite that we're still coming out of an ice age, and that it's only natural. There are periods where there were no ice caps at all. It's warming, but that's just fine, it's earth going through its cycles.
This kind of falls in line with the rest of their views too. The haves and have not, "it's only natural to group into tribes and dominate our surroundings, its human nature"..at least that's the jist I got from trying to understand their thought process. (And alot of god too. The god stuff is troubling, because their idea of god is super restrictive, and petty...for a god)
However they usually leave out the pollution bit, like it's a small factor I guess...or it's only natural. Lol. There's half of us who want to shape the world, half that wants to forget they exist, or lives in fear of themselves and project..and a small portion exploiting all of it.
Even if it was a small factor.. would they want sit in a garage with a started car? No. Why not?
That's not really a passable stance as the science shows that "it's natural" isn't the case either.
They are deniers.
It's just always Opposite Day with these people.
I hate it but it works. Same with republican policies, the poorer and worse off their constituents get, the angrier they get at "out of touch coastal elites."
It's a dirty trick and doesn't bode well for the future.
They will be touting their policies are better for the average laborer even as the last one falls to a heat stroke and the last rivers run dry. Only then will it stop, when there is nothing left to stop for.
The few humans who will be left in a couple of generations will curse our graves.
Research has shown that debunking someone’s erroneous belief with facts just makes them dig in harder:
https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/what-is-the-backfire-effect-confirmation-bias-psychology.html
Fueling... I get it
Hahahaha this idiots
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