Dinner party guide to the climate change debate
Before you get sucked into a vortex of dissent for your views about climate change over wine and victuals, read this to disperse the clouds shrouding the issue.
IT WAS not long ago when the rule for polite conversation at dinner parties was to avoid religion or politics. If one could not find a neutral topic, then the suggestion was to "talk about the weather". Alas, this is no longer applicable, as the weather - like politics and religion - has become a controversial topic. Indeed, any freak or extreme weather event is almost invariably accompanied by a knowing nod and reference to climate change.
Belief in global warming has itself become a quasi-religion, and one is faced with the obvious choice between enlightened affirmation or "anti-science" denial. For those not willing to be bound by this binary straitjacket, here is a list of reasonable positions to hold in any dinner party or social gathering of moderately well-informed people. Consider it as your passport to intelligent polite conversation while remaining true to a fair reading of a difficult and complex problem.
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