Fox News: Advancing The Cause Of Ignorance on Global Warming

Tune in and watch Neil Cavuto, Sean Hannity and Glen Beck all argue against global warming.

What these cartoon characters are saying is that there is NO global warming issue for any of us to be concerned about! For Fox, it’s not even about man’s role in climate change; it’s that there is no global warming, period! I’m running out of adjectives to describe the idiocy of these guys.

For the record, every scientist of substance will tell you that weather and climate change are not the same thing. Weather is what you see when you look out the window. Climate change deals with long term trends in climate and its repercussions. Global warming science does not tell us that there will never be another snowfall nor does it predict that there won’t be freezing spells. To believe otherwise simply tells us that one does not understand the concept of global warming.

Here’s a simple analogy for you: you have an alcoholic friend who drives at 100 mph while intoxicated and does not wear his seatbelt. You inform him that data shows that he’ll be dead within 5 years. A day later, your friend goes on to Hannity’s show and while chuckling,  tells Sean what you told him. He then says that a couple of hours prior, he drank 2 bottles of Jack Daniels, got into his car and drove to the Fox studios at 120 mph…and hey, he’s still alive!

Sean Hannity snickers and tells your friend that you’re a moron for having predicted his death.  The next day, Neil Cavuto and Glen Beck have your friend on their shows so that they too can laugh at you.

Sigh.

There’s a comment on the Media Matters site by someone named ‘neon desert’ which pretty much sums it up.

“It’s a pretty simple concept, once you learn conservative physics: When it’s cold, it’s proof that global warming is a hoax. When the stock market goes down, it’s proof that America has no confidence in Obama. When there’s a hurricane, it’s because God hates homos. And when the volcano blows, it’s because we forgot to sacrifice a virgin last month.”

Perfect.

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