I would like to go on record on the internet, like getting an information tattoo, one that will linger for the rest of my life, so confident am I that this sentiment will never change,
"FUCK YOU WALL STREET JOURNAL" and your skeptical climate change editorial, explained and rebutted pretty well here, though it's missing my favorite piece of evidence (answering the question, is it our fault?). I would like to send skeptics and thoughtful people seeking further evidence to an article that you can download here, effectively proving that climate change is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. They compare different isotopic ratios of carbon to show that you can see the isotopic signal of fossil fuels in the CO2 in the atmosphere.
In other news, I'm teaching a lesson on climate change to the kids, our nation's future. I'm trying to take the sex-ed approach, just the facts, no freak-out inducing bombast (this is the kind of enthusiasm that made be question that drugs were actually bad ... so over-the-top was our elementary and middle school DARE program). It's fun answering their questions, especially the ones that have to do with where the data comes from, and how do we know? Little skeptics in the making, being crushed in their natal state, not by fear but by information! I can't think of anything that gives me more joy.
