Meanwhile, most AGW predictions are failing. More hurricanes? Nope. Droughts? That appears to be changing. Earthquakes? Why not, AGW is blamed for everything else. It’s the Grand Unification Theory of Earth’s problems. Intellectually lazy is more like it.

I may have read too much into it. Either way, I could’ve been more civil and for that I apologize.

One of my major gripes with the common approach to environmentalism is to dismiss any criticisms as “Right Wing Propaganda” and embrace any catastrophe’s as undeniable proof of the “evil of mankind”.

For example, your “Sick Pelicans Falling from the Sky”. (http://ecosalon.com/pelicans-are-falling-out-of-the-sky-and-other-mysterious-mass-animal-deaths/)

“Though the exact cause is a mystery, it’s almost certainly due to human impact.”

My point is that ecology and environmentalism doesn’t have to be told like a scary children’s story. In fact, I believe it’s counterproductive. When you tell people that if they don’t change their ways the sky will start falling, and they see evidence of the opposite, they will be less receptive to the necessary changes. I.e. “it’s cold, so global warming must be a lie”.

Again, I apologize for my tone earlier.

Ricky’s last blog post..Max Gladwell on The Environment

That wasn’t meant to be a scare-mongering humans-are-evil sentence. Based on all the articles I found about the topic, every credible theory about why the pelicans are sick is related to human behavior. I thought I’d implied that in that particular statement, but apparently it came off more sensationally than I’d meant it.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

Apologies if I sounded righteous – that wasn’t my intention. I’m just hoping to highlight a popular trend that seems to be frustrating people working in the climate sciences at the moment, one that is obscuring the real issues…

I’m happy to hear if you disagree :).

I didn’t think so.

Ricky’s last blog post..Max Gladwell on The Environment