I think it's telling that global warming denial is concentrated among small-government conservatives and libertarians.   So why is it that people with a certain political view have taken a stand on a scientific question?    The answer is, because small-government conservatives and libertarians are so afraid of the solutions to global warming that they choose denial.   It's like if you told someone a car is coming and they better get out of the road.   And their answer is, "I don't want you telling me what to do, and I don't want to get out of the road, therefore, there is no car." 

 

My view of global warming is this:   It probably exists.  Scientists are usually right.  But the solutions seem to be so expensive and distasteful, that I'm not sure I want to do anything about it.   Besides, it is impossible to get people to take action on a problem that is decades away.  We will just have to deal with it as it comes.   Build seawalls and put in pumping systems in cities, move to higher ground.  We need to prepare ourselves for the consequences, because we are not going to be able to slow it down or reverse it. 

 

Don't buy waterfront property. 

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