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Asked by 856nepk47 to Ed, Kerrianne, Nina, Oli, yoyehudi on 8 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Max.
Question: What do you think about Donald Trump not believing in global warming?
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Yo Yehudi answered on 8 Nov 2017:
I think he’s being revoltingly selfish: He knows that he can make more money and get more voters by being dishonest about proven science, plus the likelihood is that he’ll be dead before it really matters anyway. I mean, even if you really didn’t believe in global warming, what’s the worst that could happen if you try to prevent carbon emissions? The world would be less stinky, the air would be nicer to breathe? hmm, seems like there’s no way to lose by being nicer to the world – unless you’re only in it for the money >:(
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Oli Wilson answered on 8 Nov 2017:
I agree with the others. I’m not sure he really disagrees with the science – I don’t know that he understands it – it’s just that its implications are really awkward and tricky for him and the oil companies who he wants onside. So rather than doing the brave, right thing, he’s taken the easy way out – after all, if you say climate change doesn’t exist you don’t have to try and fix it. That said, it’s possible he really believes it’s fake – in that case he’s dangerously ignorant. Cowardly or ignorant – it’s not a good pair of options…
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Kerrianne Harrington answered on 10 Nov 2017:
There’s a great video somewhere of Brian Cox holding up a graph from a climate change study to a climate change denier ( https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2016/aug/16/i-brought-the-graph-brian-cox-and-malcolm-roberts-debate-climate-change-on-qa-video ). I think this is a good explanation of how I feel! You can argue against something, but you have to have evidence! Going against evidence backed beliefs just because you want to is childish.
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