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Originally Posted by dgruss23
The evidence for the Sun's role in climate change has been around for a long time and certainly during the last 10 years solid evidence has been accumulating - but where is this evidence in the textbooks? Where is it in the political discussions about global warming? Its not there. Whether intentionally or through ignorance on the part of those writing the textbooks, the scientific evidence for a Sun-climate connection is not being included in science classes. So students are not getting it in school, and they're certainly not getting it from politicians, celebrity advocates or the media. If not brainwashing then then certainly unbalanced presentation of the scientific evidence.
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But if you make such an argument you're quickly labeled as someone that advocates "exploiting" nature. Well nobody wants to be labeled as someone who is against nature. But in fact its not a for nature or against nature choice. It boils down to differences of opinion regarding what the actual risk to nature is and how those risks should be handled.
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If there is a genuine divergence of opinion among specialists - I admit that I know next to nothing about environmental studies - then I agree that all legitimate explanations should be given equal ground in schools.
However, I'm very skeptical about this whole new trend of saying that "there's nothing wrong with the environment after all".
Maybe that's the result of new and better research (And, if that's the case, I'm sure it will find its way into schools eventually. There's a certain inertia in any curriculum.)... or
maybe it's just another kind of propaganda. It's no secret that in the sixties influential tobacco companies payed for studies that "proved" that smoking was good for your health.
Let me also note that environmentalists's "propaganda" didn't help them much when the time came for Clinton and Bush to make important decisions regarding the environment.