(06-18-2019, 05:23 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(06-18-2019, 05:13 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: From the article:  

"Mitloehner, the Farmers Guardian reported, said controversial data calculations in major reports, including by the United Nations, deflect attention from fossil fuels, which he says is the big culprit."

So, if you believe this guy is correct that cow farts are not a climate change problem, do you also believe him when he says fossil fuels are the cause of global warming?

If cow farts are insignificant compared to fossil fuels which are also not a problem, then they have essentially zero effect.

But did the article say that fossil fuels are insignificant?
Apply the same rule you would use for a sci-fi or fantasy series. Don't jump back and forth between the rules of your world and the rules of this world.
Apply the internal logic of the world you are considering only.
in the world where people actually use small experiments to predict the heat-absorbing properties of gases in the atmosphere, CO2 from fossil fuels is a huge problem.
In the world where people avoid making any prediction until a billionaire-funded private think tank hands them some some money, or until a republican candidate for office needs some favorable press, CO2 from fossil fuels is a joke, maybe it's actually making the world healthier by making plants grow faster.
You can trust whichever group you want.
Some people trust the people who do experiments.
some people just trust whoever has the money in the slick marketing behind them.
Some people just trust whoever asks them to do the least. 
You do you.

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