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Hey, climate change deniers... (Original Post) cleanhippie Apr 2012 OP
"But Rush says facts are slutty." - De Niers (R) Gibby Apr 2012 #1
The corporate right willfully confuses the climate with weather when it's to their advantage. Orsino Apr 2012 #2
Nope. Don't do that! longship Apr 2012 #3

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
2. The corporate right willfully confuses the climate with weather when it's to their advantage.
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:29 PM
Apr 2012

We shouldn't join them.

One month means nothing, and if April is cooler than average, they'll throw that in our face.

longship

(40,416 posts)
3. Nope. Don't do that!
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:56 PM
Apr 2012

Weather is not climate. A correlation at this scale is basically meaningless. There are warm months some places and cool months in some places. Neither are an argument for or against climate change which tracks effects that only happen over decades, not months.

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