A huge part in all this disagreement is played by the fact we can’t stand having to admit we don’t know. We think it makes us look weak.

One time at a writer’s workshop I had something happen in a story I was sharing. One of my fellow attendees asked me what the cause was, and I informed her, “I haven’t the foggiest.” I was admired and feared for the rest of that night because I had dared to break the unspoken rule. We disagree about a lot of things, because we don’t know.

we don’t know how extra CO2 is going to change things. We don’t know what’s going to happen with Greenland thaws out and all that fresh water enters the North Atlantic. We don’t know, we’re afraid to admit we don’t know, so we blather and bloviate about matters we are simply not competent to speculate on.

BTW, over at Maggies Farm a video from Reason is available featuring Bjorn Lomborg. In it Mr. Lomborg says that global warming is probably true, that average temperatures will increase over the next 100 years. But, that we’re going about the matter all wrong. That, for instance, we could lower average city temperatures by increasing the amount of greenery in our cities, and by bringing more water, than by cutting CO2 production. Simply changing clothing and architectural styles to those better suited to hot climates would be a solution cheaper and quicker to implement than the panic responses some people are insisting on.

It comes down to this, we don’t know enough to make definitive statements, and what does happens what always be what we expected. Also, loose fitting, loose weave, light weight cottons are the way to go for summertime wear.