It has just been confirmed that 2019
was the second hottest year on record.

There is no doubt about that.

However, there is doubt that there is
in fact climate change despite most of the media and most of the
scientists claiming it is real.

Why is that?

US President Donald Trump thinks it is
all a hoax. He is not alone. There is now a growing contingent of
scientists and economists calling into question the climate change
dogma, saying the temperature data show no clear recent warming and
noting that the benefits of global warming, if it existed, might be
greater than the costs.

Those who live in the American Midwest
point out they still have snow and ice in the winter. As the
weathers they witnessed stay the same, they assume that climate
change can't exist because it would otherwise change their
experiences. Those who believe in climate change point out the
seasons did change in recent years. Those living in the American
Midwest may notice winters are a little milder and summer starts
earlier and feels hotter and more humid.

Notice the little word “may”.

I can honestly tell you that since I
came to these Islands 38 years ago to live it is hotter now than
then. Even taking into account back then not all the places I dwelt
were air conditioned.

There is plenty of scientific evidence
around that proves our planet is warming up and has occurred because
of human intervention such as pollution. There is also other
scientists who reject this and say it us that has caused it.

What isn't in doubt is we humans have
damaged our planet, with fallout from nuclear bombs now written into
the rocks beneath our feet, and species facing extinction at 1,000
times the usual rate.

No one can argue with that. Sea levels
are rising. Perhaps our Premier is right. We should allow Dart to
build his 60 plus feet iconic tower (change that to towerS!)

Would these towers stand up, though, to
the ever increasing number of catastrophic hurricanes?

There are many of us who acknowledge
there are natural cycles for all of this increase in heat.

The problem with this one now is, it is
different. Professor Mike Rogerson, senior lecturer in Earth system
science at the University of Hull says, “The changes in the last 40
years are too big, and too fast. In fact, the most powerful cycles we
know about are slowly pushing us towards a colder climate.

“Another problem with natural cycles
is that people look at too small a sample size,” says Mike. “A
cold winter in the USA doesn’t disprove climate change. Did you
check to see how hot it was in Asia at the same time? We need to look
globally and for longer than the last couple years we remember.”

The claim there is evidence that bad,
life will find a way out. Plant life and animals move on.

Yes, that was true. They all could move
on. Now they, and us, cannot. The population has increased and we
have urbanised so much of the environment, there’s simply no where
to go and no route to get there.

The real evidence regarding scientists
being evenly split is a myth conjured up by us in the media. As
Professor Rogerson rightly says, “in an effort to seem unbiased,
(we) often line up one climate scientist against one denier to debate
their point. But that doesn’t mean that the scientific community is
split 50/50 on climate change. Actually it’s more like 97/3.”

Can you guess which way?