But see, you don't fight this kind of hate and denial with facts and figures or reasoned argument. They've literally turned "facts and reason" into a leftist plot. The only approach I can think of is massive spending to publically shame the deniers: You hate welfare queens? Here's the biggest one of them all, Exxon. You hate cowardice? Here's the biggest coward of all...they're afraid to tackle climate change because they know for a fact they don't have the skills and technology. You love America? Here's the most un-American company of all...they shipped # dollars offshore away from helping other Americans, etc...
A massive unrelenting campaign of TV ads, movies, celebs, you name it, to publically shame the Kochs and Exxons of the world.
Funded by who, the people with the most to lose by the changes we need to make are the same ones with some of the deepest pockets. The fossil fuel industry has over $1 Trillion in sales a year world wide.
The truth will out in the end, it just takes time, by trying to play the same game the fossil fuel sector is, we could make the situation worse not better.
How long did it take the truth to come out about the danger in smoking tobacco, and how many lives were lost in the meantime? Some things are too dangerous to society to wait for the truth to come out of it's own accord. When contamination is found in food or drugs, or when drugs are shown to be inherently dangerous, should we just wait until the truth comes out of its own accord?
Lois
I agree, I don't support waiting, I think this should have been dealt with at least starting in the late 1980s. I think that part of the solution should be class action lawsuits directed at the fossil fuel sector and anyone supporting climate change denial, it may be time to take this into the legal arena.