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Those people are not convinced by evidence.

• criddell 19d ago
  Which is why it's a bummer that the last good communicator on the topic was probably Al Gore. Lots of great science that I'm happy to see done, but there's nobody out there doing a very good job of making people care.
  • breakyerself 19d ago
    I think Al Gore did more harm than good. He made himself the face of global warming and it helped spark a partisan backlash. There was a time when Republicans were not particularly skeptical of global warming. That shifted as climate change and Al Gore became more and more synonymous in the public consciousness.
    • criddell 19d ago
      I thought Gore's road show was pretty good. It certainly changed how I thought about climate change, but I can understand your argument. Probably the last person who was able to effect big positive change was Nixon.
    • Daishiman 19d ago
      Is that Al Gore's responsibility or is the Republican's responsibility of their policies being basically "anything that Democrats do is bad and therefore we oppose it"?
      • breakyerself 15d ago
        I don't think it's his responsibility, but that was the outcome. I would say most of the responsibility lies with the fossil fuel industry and their PR agencies who funded propaganda that took advantage of the situation.