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Old 11-12-2023, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
I consider myself an analytical and open minded person, but I have never seen a convincing argument either for or against global warming, climate change, or whatever you want to call it. The amount of snow in Alaska in one year doesn't even come close to convincing me of anything. And, a lot of people seem to have a personal agenda that makes it even harder to convince me of anything related to climate change.
I agree. But at times it seems more than a personal agenda...more like a religious tenet. And like fundamentalists of whatever stripe, the True Believers, whatever side they're on, will defend their stand to the death regardless of fact.

Me? I'm an agnostic when it comes to this issue. But I surely wouldn't mind a few palm trees and citrus orchards in Minnesota (southern part, at least).