Dear editor:
Climate change seems to be everywhere! It seems to fill the news, cause all the Earth’s problems and is endlessly repeated in every media.
Today I watched an emotional plea from Jane Fonda on climate change, leading -- in her view -- to all kinds of environmental disasters and finally to social unrest and anarchy. She had no proof, only the message.
To my mind, the recent Greta Thunberg charade has people becoming more skeptical and beginning to wonder about all the catastrophic predictions.
Has the movement grown beyond its roots? Is the science as settled as it is supposed to be?
Certainly, a late-September declaration by 500 world scientists and professionals showed that natural factors were probably dominant in climate change. They were willing to voice opposition to a “climate emergency.”
Greta Thunberg was invited to address the United Nations. The scientists were not.
We have to be careful climate science is accurate and is not distorted by the activist message.
Climate is always changing. We have to curb the “save the planet” over-enthusiasm and make sure we teach the truth to schoolchildren. We have to look critically at the trillion-dollar initiatives the UN is proposing.
There is little sign of all this so far.
Jack Marr
West Vancouver
