Perhaps this reaction is mine alone. I read up to the first curse word, “important shit,” and stopped there. As a note to people who comment on either side of the argument, I think they undermine their points if they resort to curse words or name calling.
I like Harrison Ford and I really appreciated it when he was asked something about politics and responded, along the lines of, “I’m an actor. Nobody wants to hear what an actor thinks about politics.” I guess that has changed.
Mr. Ford, you could fit one million, three-hundred thousand Earths inside the sun. The sun is the biggest driver of climate change, followed by the current location of the Earth’s rotational axis compared to that of the sun and then by the positions of the continents and the route of the major currents. If you think CO2 has a big bearing on it, I’d remind you that within living memory we burned down almost every city in Europe plus burned and sank hundreds of tankers. A year after the war the skies were clear again. I read that the Mt. St. Helens blast dumped the equivalent of all the CO2 caused by the Industrial Revolution.
You are of course absolutely correct. Profanity and labels are very detrimental to the credibility of those using them to any reasonable outside observer. The primary people active on this forum who have called me names are those who are super devoted to the Apple Corporation.
I actually use some current Apple products but I do not accept the mythological reality that some have constructed surrounding the company and their products. So they frequently label me a “hater”, which seems very similar to the label “denier” used by members of the global warming “religion”.
I just thank them for using the label and tell them I am used to it. They do not understand that calling me a “hater” undermines whatever credibility that they might have had. It indicates a “religious” like zeal in something that is not recognized as a religion. This phenomena has actually been studied when it comes to people who worship certain brands.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10253860500160403?src=recsys&journalCode=gcmc20