Originally Posted by **********

Here lies the root of the problem. NASA, NOAA, its scientists and others, are all trying to tell the world that there is a serious problem going on, but many choose not to believe the scientists, or the science. Instead, it is dismissed, usually with the help of corporations who would prefer you didn't change your existing habits.

Another basic problem is that the changes that are occuring are happening too slow for many people to notice them. We forget about all the fires in Texas and California last year, Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy but fail to make the connection that warmer oceans cause stronger storms and more flooding. People dismiss life in the arctic and antarctic because it is too far away, and or don't understand the differences in the types of ice, or fail to realize that its the length of the thaw, not just the amount of ice, that is an indicator of the problem.

There are also still idiots out there, even idiots in office and that should know better, that think weather is the same as climate.

It's ridiculous when someone disagrees with NASA and NOAA and promotes his lack of science illeteracy like its a badge of honour, especially when there is so much information available at at the click of a mouse. It's even worse when people believe that person.