Why do people believe that global warming is not an occurence?

Question

Why do people refuse to believe in global warming? The evidence for this is phenomenally existent.
Although they may not have access to the library of research studies, surely they must have noticed the erratic climate behavior.
I'm an avid environmentalist and I'm dumbfounded at the number of people who refuse to open their mind at the reality of our world.

Answer 1

On an intellectual level, they'd have to re-work most of their belief system. 'So if climate chang is real, all my favourite media sources atre lying to me and my mates and parents are knuckle heads, and I'v been a complete knuckle head for xx years and spouted so much ***** it just isn't true' etc. etc... Alot of people aren't willing to go through that turmoil, it's easier just to stay in denial, even though it is constantly low level emotionally taxing. On top of that is the responsibility and profound sense of grief that comes with the awareness of the implications of AGW, also not everyone's cup of tea, obviously.

Answer 2

according to one former president climate change is a global problem... would you not agree, then, that a global solution is needed? jesus christ pointed to that solution—god’s kingdom... he instructed his followers to pray: “let your kingdom come...” (matthew 6:9, 10) according to bible prophecy, this heavenly kingdom is a global government that shall soon “crush and put an end to all these kingdoms [present-day governments]...” (daniel 2:44) moreover, it shall “bring to ruin those ruining the earth...” (revelation 11:18) clearly, those who abuse the earth and squander its resources shall be held accountable and shall suffer destruction...

Answer 3

fooled by propaganda and having no idea what science really is

Answer 4

Because climate change prophets of doom tell so many lies

Answer 5

People can believe it, while believing that it is not a big problem. The planet has been steadily warming for centuries. What alarmists are doing is saying that global warming is the cause of all the bad things in the world, so that when you see bad weather, you will engage in confirmation bias and say it must be because of global warming caused by man.

Answer 6

I'm pretty certain you are quite young and can't evaluate very much climate even in a anecdotal way. In fact, we live in pretty good times. The climate is pretty mild. Since we have technology with world wide communication, it is easy to exaggerate modern storms but there is no evidence that we are having more "erratic" climate. It just isn't happening. You don't care about the environment any more than I do. I just don't buy into the junk science that surrounds global warming alarmism.

Answer 7

Chris Hayes blamed the 60 degree day and snow on Climate change .I guess He never heard of cold front in Winter . Any My area was 80 degrees one cold front dropped 70 degrees in a few hours and snow in the morning couple years ago . These dolts use weather as evidence .

Saying stuff that is not true .Anything for the one World order for them .

Answer 8

Because the Koch brothers have paid big money to spread disinformation about it, the important thing is that nearly all the experts believe in it.



Unfortunately i doubt any major shift will happen to deal with it outside of Europe until their is a major catastrophe, this is what people like Kano are waiting for, they wont be satisfied till huge swathes of land are under water or there are mass movements of people escaping drought

Answer 9

"... surely they must have noticed the erratic climate behavior. "



OK, enlighten me. What do you consider "erratic"? If that climate behaviour has always happened then would you still consider it a problem?



The following would seem to be "erratic" to me but it happened well before the Industrial Revolution and so cannot be caused by man-made CO2 ...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcAy4sOcS5M&t=1m49s

Answer 10

You must have missed one of the lead scientists of the NOAA global warming study. He was all over the news saying that all the data on global warming is false and was changed to fit the agenda. He walked out due to it all being about money. All the real data was thrown out and false data replaced it. Try watching the news sometime or look it up on google.

Answer 11

according to one former president climate change is a global problem... would you not agree, then, that a global solution is needed? jesus christ pointed to that solution—god’s kingdom... he instructed his followers to pray: “let your kingdom come...” (matthew 6:9, 10) according to bible prophecy, this heavenly kingdom is a global government that shall soon “crush and put an end to all these kingdoms [present-day governments]...” (daniel 2:44) moreover, it shall “bring to ruin those ruining the earth...” (revelation 11:18) clearly, those who abuse the earth and squander its resources shall be held accountable and shall suffer destruction...

Answer 12

in the scientific community there's a strong consensus that humans have significantly affected the climate and that we are facing serious challenges... but there's a lot of misinformation about climate change in circulation, which to a large part is created and distributed by organized campaigns with the aim of postponing measures that could combat climate change... and there are people who are more prone than others to trust this misinformation...



global warming denial correlates with political orientation, authoritarian attitudes and endorsement of the status quo... it also correlates with a tough-minded personality (low empathy and high dominance), closed-mindedness (low openness to experience), predisposition to avoid experiencing negative emotions, and with the male sugar... importantly, one variable, named social dominance orientation (sdo), helped explain all these correlations, either entirely or partially...



social dominance orientation is a measure of the acceptance and advocating of hierarchical and dominant relations between social groups... this acceptance of hierarchies also extends to accepting human dominance over nature... the correlation between sdo and climate change denial can perhaps be explained by considering the numerous injustices of climate change... our current wealthy lifestyles are the primary cause of climate change, but the most serious consequences are affecting mainly poor countries and people, as well as animals and future generations of humans...



it is possible that individuals who accept the unequal distribution of the risks and benefits of climate change, more easily can keep demanding more evidence for climate change before admitting and addressing it...



the question then is how the issue of climate change can proper be presented to people with a high sdo to convince them of the need for action...



the arguments used in the climate debate often revolve around giving up conveniences in life to help the environment or the poor or weak... but that is maybe not a convincing argument to someone who sees the world from a hierarchical viewpoint... it would perhaps be better to talk in other terms and describe how everyone shall benefit from the measures instead of being affected by the consequences and that the measures don't have to be a threat to the current societal structure...

Answer 13

in the scientific community there's a strong consensus that humans have significantly affected the climate and that we are facing serious challenges... but there's a lot of misinformation about climate change in circulation, which to a large part is created and distributed by organized campaigns with the aim of postponing measures that could combat climate change... and there are people who are more prone than others to trust this misinformation...



global warming denial correlates with political orientation, authoritarian attitudes and endorsement of the status quo... it also correlates with a tough-minded personality (low empathy and high dominance), closed-mindedness (low openness to experience), predisposition to avoid experiencing negative emotions, and with the male sugar... importantly, one variable, named social dominance orientation (sdo), helped explain all these correlations, either entirely or partially...



social dominance orientation is a measure of the acceptance and advocating of hierarchical and dominant relations between social groups... this acceptance of hierarchies also extends to accepting human dominance over nature... the correlation between sdo and climate change denial can perhaps be explained by considering the numerous injustices of climate change... our current wealthy lifestyles are the primary cause of climate change, but the most serious consequences are affecting mainly poor countries and people, as well as animals and future generations of humans...



it is possible that individuals who accept the unequal distribution of the risks and benefits of climate change, more easily can keep demanding more evidence for climate change before admitting and addressing it...



the question then is how the issue of climate change can proper be presented to people with a high sdo to convince them of the need for action...



the arguments used in the climate debate often revolve around giving up conveniences in life to help the environment or the poor or weak... but that is maybe not a convincing argument to someone who sees the world from a hierarchical viewpoint... it would perhaps be better to talk in other terms and describe how everyone shall benefit from the measures instead of being affected by the consequences and that the measures don't have to be a threat to the current societal structure...

Answer 14

1. Confirmation bias, and similar brain tricks. Our minds tend to reject "unfriendly" information, however valid, or, conversely, accept "friendly" information, however invalid; http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/denial-science-chris-mooney discusses the matter at length.



2. Lack of scientific understanding. Climate science is kind of complex, and some aspects of it aren't very intuitive ("How can it be snowing, if there's global warming?" and so on). Some people disbelieve what they don't understand. (there's something of the same problem with evolution)



3. Flat-out lying, or at least trusting a lying source. I suspect at least some people who deny global warming are skewing (or even blatantly faking) information because reality does not match their political biases, and/or because they are trying to protect some income source or the like that could be threatened by action to stop AGW.

Answer 15

They are idiots

Answer 16

Strange weather events are happening all the time - this winter, snow in Arabia (of all places) first time in forty years.



https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=snow+in+arabia



Here in UK we get no extremes of weather - for the most part the climate remains temperate. February is usually the coldest month. London today about 3C but with a sharp wind from Russia feels like -1C.



I've got my WW2 USAAF style Bomber Jacket - made of about six sheep by the weight of it. So, I'm off out this morning with no fear of feeling cold.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bjy627mQe5I/maxresdefault.jpg



How to stay warm in cold weather - spend most of your day in a warm office or else go to the Mall and browse all day long.

Answer 17

There has been a slight 0.9 degree increase in temps over the last 100 years. there is evidence, but there is no evidence of "erratic climate behavior".



The real problem is that global warming is associated with the end of the world catastrophe crap. Those are all lies.



Crop production is increasing faster than population growth.

There has been NO increase in droughts globally over the last 110 years.

Sea level rise is a paltry 1.7 mm/year.

There has been no increase in tornadoes globally.

There has been no increase in hurricanes. There MAY be a slight increase in intensity of hurricanes, but that's not even statistically significant yet.

You see, while "environmentalists" like yourself repeat lies that you are told and try to blame every drought or tornado on global warming, some of us actually do REAL research and know that this is simply untrue.



So while there has been a SLIGHT increase in temp and we likely are responsible for much of that increase, with all of the other lies spewed, many people just generally reject everything you are saying. And who can blame them??? When 90% of what the alarmists say is simply untrue, why not just throw out the whole thing??



BTW, I can provide evidence backing EVERY claim I have made here.

Answer 18

First off your never going to get a real scientist to point at bad weather and claim using fossil fuels caused this, yet it's the fear of bad weather that drives the belief in AGW induced climate change, not science or evidence.



It's not that people don't believe, the problem is those that think it's a problem and we can fix it refuse to make the lifestyle changes or invest in innovation they believe will fix the problem unless their neighbors are forced to do the same.



I'm an avid supporter of technological and scientific advancement, it's why I spent a small fortune on computers and gadgets. Imagine if those who support solar power did what computer nerds did for silicon valley.

Answer 19

In the scientific community there is a strong consensus that humans have significantly affected the climate and that we are facing serious challenges. But there is a lot of misinformation about climate change in circulation, which to a large part is created and distributed by organized campaigns with the aim of postponing measures that could combat climate change. And there are people who are more prone than others to trust this misinformation.



Global warming denial correlates with political orientation, authoritarian attitudes and endorsement of the status quo. It also correlates with a tough-minded personality (low empathy and high dominance), closed-mindedness (low openness to experience), predisposition to avoid experiencing negative emotions, and with the male sex. Importantly, one variable, named social dominance orientation (SDO), helped explain all these correlations, either entirely or partially.



Social dominance orientation is a measure of the acceptance and advocating of hierarchical and dominant relations between social groups. This acceptance of hierarchies also extends to accepting human dominance over nature. The correlation between SDO and climate change denial can perhaps be explained by considering the many injustices of climate change. Our current wealthy lifestyles are the primary cause of climate change, but the most serious consequences are affecting mainly poor countries and people, as well as animals and future generations of humans.



It is possible that individuals who accept the unequal distribution of the risks and benefits of climate change, more easily can keep demanding more evidence for climate change before admitting and addressing it.



The question then is how the issue of climate change can best be presented to people with a high SDO to convince them of the need for action.



The arguments used in the climate debate often revolve around giving up conveniences in life to help the environment or the poor or weak. But that is maybe not a convincing argument to someone who sees the world from a hierarchical viewpoint. It would perhaps be better to talk in other terms and describe how everyone will benefit from the measures instead of being affected by the consequences and that the measures don't have to be a threat to the current societal structure.

Answer 20

The people who believe in global warming are the ones with closed minds, hell they even refuse to debate it.

"The evidence for this is phenomenally existent" I have heard this claim in some form or another many many times, but each time they don't show any evidence SHOW US SOME EVIDENCE and maybe we will believe.

Erratic weather I am 70 years old and there has been erratic weather always, Hell thats why it is called weather because it is erratic.

We have had 30 plus years of doom and gloom pronouncements and what has happened? a tiny tiny rise in temperatures that no one who was isolated from news would even know about or could feel, what else has happened a 14% increase in vegetation and that being the only thing that can be tied down to CO2 everything else could be just natural causes.

Answer 21

Because global warming is a total farce only democrats bite for. It's a farce. The subject belongs in the mythology category.

Answer 22

I didn't realize that some people don't believe in global warming...

I thought there was enough proof to show that it is real

Answer 23

global warming has always happened because climates always change. Humanity has nothing to do with it