North Carolina bans (climate) science

[A Black Falcon]

http://news.yahoo.com/law-north-carolina...ories.html

They can ban it all they want, but it won't change the facts of what's going on. And on that note:
http://news.yahoo.com/drilling-discovers...41105.html
Interesting article.

[Dark Jaguar]

Yahoo News? Are you joking?

Anyway, this story is true, but over a month out of date. Yes, they are attempting to legislate reality. The legislature is under the impression that local tide changes don't necessarily reflect tidal changes across the entire coast and thus are not representative of a wider trend.

This is in spite of the fact that climate scientists have already considered this and have concluded that such an interpretation does not fit the facts. Science often comes to conclusions not based on one shattering piece of evidence but on a preponderance of evidence all pointing towards one conclusion. These law makers don't get that, or don't WANT to get that, because it would mean the area they are making laws for is about to be destroyed.

In other news, land owners can point to this law when the housing they sell along the coast there is inevitably flooded, thus not being held responsible.

[A Black Falcon]

Yahoo News? Are you joking?

What's wrong with it? Anyway, I use Yahoo as my main search engine (as ever), and when I'm there sometimes I click on the news articles. I've read that Yahoo News is one of the most-used news sites on the internet, oddly enough.

Anyway, this story is true, but over a month out of date. Yes, they are attempting to legislate reality. The legislature is under the impression that local tide changes don't necessarily reflect tidal changes across the entire coast and thus are not representative of a wider trend.

This is in spite of the fact that climate scientists have already considered this and have concluded that such an interpretation does not fit the facts. Science often comes to conclusions not based on one shattering piece of evidence but on a preponderance of evidence all pointing towards one conclusion. These law makers don't get that, or don't WANT to get that, because it would mean the area they are making laws for is about to be destroyed.

In other news, land owners can point to this law when the housing they sell along the coast there is inevitably flooded, thus not being held responsible.

Sea level rise caused by global warming is a huge, huge issue for the future, and I think it's going to get pretty bad eventually, but yeah, denial like that does no good at all, that's for sure. Though you may be right on that last point... :p