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What's it mean when the climate change scientists remain obscure and a kid ends up taking their place as the spokesperson for climate change?

It means it's not a scientific debate anymore. It's a political debate and politicians know it's not their time to lead the fight yet. It's time for people to get their heads out of the sand, grow up fast and take this issue seriously .

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Oh so it's not scientific anymore, now it's political. It's always been political.

"It's time for people to get their heads out of the sand, grow up fast and take this issue seriously "

Translation: vote left wing.

The following page lists the nearly 200 worldwide scientific organizations that hold the position that climate change has been caused by human action.

American Academy of Pediatrics
American Anthropological Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of State Climatologists (AASC)
American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
American Astronomical Society
American Chemical Society
American College of Preventive Medicine
American Fisheries Society
American Geophysical Union
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Institute of Physics
American Meteorological Society
American Physical Society
American Public Health Association
American Quaternary Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Society of Agronomy
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Plant Biologists
American Statistical Association

What's it mean when the climate change scientists remain obscure and a kid ends up taking their place as the spokesperson for climate change? Maybe Brian Cox should have an out of school 16 year old talk about physics for him.

"What I think about climate change actually is it’s obviously true and clearly true to all of us who look at the debate that goes on.”

This won't make a blind bit of difference.


https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/

Brian Cox

Or moderates and conservatives can also take the issue seriously, and begin to take action. There's no law of physics that says only the left-wing can take action.

If he said the opposite, they would say that he's not in the right field of science to qualify as any kind of expert in climate change.

And if he, or another well known scientist, was at the forefront and had been the one to address the UN, then probably more people would take it seriously. Guess he and the other well known scientists don't want to stick their neck out that far.

Ezra, as far as sticking his neck out he's already clashed with the australin prime minister.

Did you read the Nasa report? You're siding with 3% of published scientists and asking why we listen to a child instead? Its because there already IS an overwhelming consensus of 97% who back her claims.

Once Trump is out the picture you guys are going to sound like flat earthers!

People are quite entitled to have their in joke and mock Greta relentlessly, she's a convenient target, easier to dismiss than the experts I'm sure.

Scientists publishing relevant research in a peer-reviewed journal don’t waste precious space stating a position on topics that have been settled.

You know something? for a website that is supposed to be supportive of people with Aspergers, there sure are a lot of people on Wrong Planet who like to talk trash about Greta and defend Trump's trashing her. What exactly has she done that is deserving of scorn other than standing up for what she believes is right?

Seriously, I'm getting really disgusted with Wrong Planet on this. You guys suck.

cyberdad resorts to a lot of improvising.

You know something? for a website that is supposed to be supportive of people with Aspergers, there sure are a lot of people on Wrong Planet who like to talk trash about Greta and defend Trump's trashing her. What exactly has she done that is deserving of scorn other than standing up for what she believes is right?

Notice where the bashing is coming from. She's said facts that aren't politically correct in certain circles, and now the denizens of those circles feel the need to engage in their two-minute hate against her.

This has occurred to me also. Forget climate change. Forget who may or may not be supporting her. What she has accomplished, as a person with autism - like the rest of us here - is amazing. I think it was Aspartofme said, for a person with autism to be selected as Time's Person of the Year is outstanding.