Neither you nor I need believe one scientist or another. Simply look around your yard, year by year, and see that historic (and poetic) climate patterns are changing. Across the world, major disruptions, e.g., droughts, hurricanes, and tornados, are increasingly present and more violent.

There is enough science to know, whether the climate change is natural or manmade, that we have available tools to counteract the worst effects. We also know that humans in general and Americans in particular love a challange, rise to it, and succeed. So much more good can come from "battling the elements" that any arguments to the contrary are polemic and hardly useful.

Why is it that global warming deniers seem to be fighting for fun rather than for their children or humanity?