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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…4mos4MO

And yet climate change has been proven time and time again by scientists. It’s actually one of the most heavily studied scientific discoveries currently around. 98% of scientists believe in climate change too, that’s a great place to start.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…4mos4MO

Logical fallacy alert! (Why am I not surprised?) "98% of scientists believe in climate change"? Using that as an argument is called the Faulty Appeal to Majority Authority. The basic structure of the argument is

(1) Bill believes x.

(2) Therefore x is true.

And though you cloaked this absurdity, whether accidentally or intentionally, in your comment by making this glaring logical fallacy INDIRECTLY, the point remains that you have proven nothing, nor support anything. If climate change truly were basic science, you should have easily been able to prove it without resorting to logical absurdities. But it looks like you just defeated your own argument (again!). Please feel free to comment back whenever you feel like being logical again :)

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…4mos4MO

I am stating that fact because scientists, especially on the area of climate, work with and support the fact that climate change is real. I shouldn’t have to explain every argument that I know you will contest with frequently debunked theories, but I guess it is necessary. The earth is hotter than it has been in the last ten thousand years, the last 3 years have been the hottest on human record, acidity of the ocean’s has increased 30% since the Industrial Revolution. The reason it is not the sun’s change in radiation is due to the fact that during the 1800s, our heating inc…  Read more

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…4mos4MO

So essentially you're just restating the very fallacious argument you made, in different words but with the same logical hurdles? If you can't argue reasonably, don't embarrass your cause. But anyway, let's discuss your rapid "heating" that happened after the Industrial Revolution. It just so happens that climatologists have estimated there was a "Little Ice Age" or an abnormally COOL period from AD 900 to the mid 19th century. We're not getting warmer because of fossil fuels but because we are emerging from an abnormal period of cold temperatures back into the "normal range" in respect to the meteorological history of our planet...

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…4mos4MO

The warming trends of the past before the little ice age were not NEARLY as high as the ones we currently have. It was a small dip, what we have is a sudden spike.

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