"Here, let me show you."
After a few minutes, he did.
"Cool. Or warm, actually," I said smiling.
Mr. Cunningham, the science teacher in our building, had just demonstrated to me how carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that warms the atmosphere.
"So, what about all this business that carbon dioxide isn't really warming the atmosphere?" I asked
"Well, what did you just see, Mark?"
I've mostly avoided the science areas of the school in the past but something tells me I should hang around there more often. As I have been told many times on this blog, reason, logic, and facts are great things. I must admit fault in avoiding math and science over the years. I didn't have the greatest teachers in either subject and that, combined with my horse shit attitude about the subjects, were why I chose to pursue other subjects with greater inspiration and motivation.
Now, though, I'm pretty inspired because, as some of you have been telling me, I've discovered that if one invests some time in looking at the facts and the evidence through science and math, one can see clear evidence in support of all sorts of things. Like....massive inequality in the United States, for example. Or climate change. As soon as one sets their mind to science, they start to notice information like this:
Scientist Beloved by Climate Deniers Pulls Rug Out from Their Argument.
We see a global warming trend that is very similar to that previously reported by the other groups. The world temperature data has sufficient integrity to be used to determine global temperature trends. Based on our initial work at Berkeley Earth, I believe that some of the most worrisome biases are less of a problem than I had previously thought.
Really? Well, hey, that's pretty cool. Or warm, actually. Check out the graph, too. So much for the skepticism on that one.
There's also information like this:
Scientists connect global warming to extreme rain
Extreme rainstorms and snowfalls have grown substantially stronger, two studies suggest, with scientists for the first time finding the telltale fingerprints of man-made global warming on downpours that often cause deadly flooding.. Two studies in Wednesday's issue of the journal Nature link heavy rains to increases in greenhouse gases more than ever before.
What an interesting article. Gosh, science can be fun!
Honestly, I have to say that I've been such a fool. If I'd only had better teachers and paid attention more in science and math, imagine where I could be today. Well, I'm still a young man and there's no time like the present, eh?
Mr. C (not his real name btw:)) has said that I'm always welcome in his room during my prep block.
4 comments:
prediction - well hear all about Ryans budget on here and we wont hear anything about the democrats budget on here.
What does this have to do with climate change? Too bad the science of it is finally catching up with you guys. Paul Ryan doesn't have a "budget" either. It's some ideas for the future. Sounds like someone is trying to prevent a discussion about a losing issue (cutting Medicare).
Sounds like someone is trying to prevent a discussion about a losing issue (cutting Medicare).
It may be a losing issue politically speaking, but it will be a reality that has to be dealt with - sooner or later.
Nice that M learned a tiny bit of science, too bad it doesn't hold enough interest for him to learn more.
your party didnt pass a budget at all and even if they did you would still ignore it like usual.
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