Should We Be Worried About the Climate Crisis? - E-book

Are you worried about climate change? Maybe your friends, family, or children are?

Concerns about the climate crisis are based on three fundamental claims:

1) Global warming leads to catastrophic climate change, which manifests itself in the form of, for example, melting ice, rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, increased droughts and floods, and ocean acidification.
2) 97% of all climate scientists agree that we are facing a serious climate threat in the form of global warming caused by increased human emissions of greenhouse gases.
3) Global warming cannot be explained by natural causes and can therefore be assumed with a high degree of certainty to be caused by human activity.

These claims are considered indisputable, and skeptics are almost automatically viewed as anti-scientific, ignorant, emotionally driven, unintelligent, misguided, selfish, corrupt, or even malicious. They are disparagingly called "climate deniers" and are rarely, if ever, given a fair hearing.

That is why many people are unaware of the skeptical arguments. But given the anxiety, the high costs, and the important political decisions that the climate threat entails, it is incredibly important not just to go with the flow, but to listen carefully, find out the facts, and think for yourself.