Green Group discussion

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What are the chances of climate change being mentioned in the VP debate tonight? Or the remaining two Presidential debates?

The most important issue of our time, and I would say that we won't get any any mention of climate change.

It's not popular, that's all they care about.

Georgina wrote: "It's not popular, that's all they care about."

Sadly, true. Here in the U.S., when people are asked to rate their concerns, the environment/climate change comes in at the bottom of the list. :-(

Last week, I watched the movie Big Miracle. Has anyone else watched that film? Kind of corny, but I really liked it (and will admit that I cried quite a bit).

And I thought, why can't we get everyone, including governments, to come together like that for climate change.

Anyone else here from the US East Coast? Unprecedented hurricane in late October after a rare October snowstorm last year, and 7 feet of snow the winter before. Climate change? Or just rare freaky weather?

Well it is said that climate change increases the odds of freak weather occurring so there's a fair chance it is due to that. Trouble is there's no way to tell conclusively.

The answer is only a scientific one.

I'm not a scientist. But I do know that scientists make observations, and then based on those observations, make connections, evaluations, and inferences.

An educated inference would be that rare weather occurs infrequently over long periods of time. And if you have supposed "rare" weather becoming common, something must making weather change.

That is what the overwhelming majority of scientists are saying.

A very happy Thanksgiving to all the American Green Group members!