The Sky is Falling! Economic Alarmism is nuts 8-20-2015

http://www.laconiadailysun.com/opinion/letters/88264-james-veverka-8-20-455

To the Editor,

I greatly enjoyed Tony Boutin's latest letter on the economic catastrophe that has befallen us due to Democrats and the evils of scientific consensus regarding climate change. His letter is a parade of hilarious chicken little alarmism. Tony has consistently played all the cards of science denial; fake experts, cherry picking, delusional magnification of minority opinion, fallacious reasoning, and most entertaining of all, conspiracy theories. After all, climate change science is being used to destroy capitalism! It's a vast left wing conspiracy. Just ask Russ and Don.

I recently said to Don Ewing, "the debate on climate change is pretty much settled among climate scientists. Like evolution, its now the details that are being explored,.." This is fact. That is the present consensus. Its not 100% because no scientific explanation can be 100% certain. It is "pretty much settled". The degree of certainty is very high in the climate science community. One can go with scientists in the know or internet neckbeards and right wing corporate funded "think" tanks. What an oxymoron.

I could have a delicious time responding to all the conspiracy lunacy of Tony's letter but I would rather just point out that free market fundamentalist alarmists like Tony and his crowd of glassy eyed tin-foil hat wearers have lost the debate in the highest places of scientific knowledge, policy making, and even the majority of people. The well funded climate denial machine is increasingly being ignored as strident and unreasonable. This is fact. Mr Boutin's appreciation of climate science clearly ranks with Mr Demakowski's appreciation of evolutionary science. They fit the science to their beliefs, which is doing it backwards. Science denial is just plain weird (and suspect) after a point whether its creationism, anti-vaxxers, or climate change denial.

Last year, 53% of this country's new energy capacity was in renewables. So far in 2015, its is a 2 to 1 ratio, around 67% so far. The market is still rocking so its time to retire the climate denial memes and find another brand of fear mongering to purvey. States are increasingly passing legislation to insure that actual climate science is being taught. Iowa just signed this into law. Wyoming, Hawaii and Minnesota have recently joined the crowd, too. The small city of Georgetown, Texas decided in March to go 100% renewable. Why? Costs, both human and economic. We could be facing water problems in the future yet climate change deniers don't tell you that fossil fuel burning uses stunning amounts of water which crops and yes, people, require. Yes, people. Air quality and health issues are also major issues to normal people even if Tony and the Tin Foils want to suck down or drink "harmless" industrial emissions because they are of course, just "nutrients".