Why do people say global warming is a myth?
There’s an expression ‘ignorance is bliss’. This is my main explanation for why people are in denial about AGW. They’re just afraid. Afraid somebody will tell them they can’t drive their Hummer anymore. Afraid the government will enact a carbon tax. Afraid they’ll have to take some responsibility for their environmental impact. Rather than face this fear, they go into denial. They ignore the science, stick their fingers in their ears and yell ‘I can’t hear you la la la la!’. It’s a very comfortable feeling pretending that nothing is wrong with the world. Of course the problem with denial is that it doesn’t make the problem go away. Children who are afraid of AGW have every reason to be. They’re undoubtedly more educated on the subject that global warming deniers, because the deniers refuse to learn. But as the planet continues to warm, the consequences will simply get worse and worse. Ignoring them may make people feel better in the short-term, but they’ll pay for their denial in the l
