get ready for 6 degress of global warming, page-36

starbust

I understand the point you make however you forget one salient point.

Galileo was a scientist who presented scientific fact to the powerful of his day who refused to listen based on religious bigotry and ignorance.

In the case of climate skeptics at the beginning of the 21st century, they turn their backs on the evidence out of political bigotry and ignorance.

It is very difficult to get conservatives to change their mind on anything. It is the nature of the beast. They are inherently and naturally reluctant to embrace anything that may challenge their view of the world and their place in it.