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By Joe Romm on December 28, 2010 at 7:15 am "Simple rebuttals to denier talking points — with links to the full climate science" Progressives should know the most commonly used arguments by the disinformers and doubters “” and how to answer them. You should know as much of the science behind those rebuttals as possible, and a great place to start is SkepticalScience.com. BUT most of the time your best response is to give the pithiest response possible, and then refer people to a specific website that has a more detailed scientific explanation with links to the original science. That’s because usually those you are talking to are rarely in a position to adjudicate scientific arguments.
Physicist John Cook has done us a great service by posting good one-line responses, which I repost with links below. Cook explains the origin of these one-liners in his post, “Rebutting skeptic arguments in a single line.” Ideas for improvement are very welcome. Note: This is an update of an 8/9/10 CP post. Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism. Climate Progress. Crazy storms highlight the crazy climate mess we’re in. A hard snow’s a-gonna fall.Photo: 350.orgIf you were in the space shuttle looking down yesterday, you would have seen a pair of truly awesome, even fearful, sights. Much of North America was obscured by a 2,000-mile storm dumping vast quantities of snow from Texas to Maine — between the wind and snow, forecasters described it as “probably the worst snowstorm ever to affect” Chicago, and said waves as high as 25 feet were rocking buoys on Lake Michigan.
Meanwhile, along the shore of Queensland in Australia, the vast cyclone Yasi was sweeping ashore; though the storm hit at low tide, the country’s weather service warned that “the impact is likely to be more life threatening than any experienced during recent generations,” especially since its torrential rains are now falling on ground already flooded from earlier storms. Here’s how Queensland Premier Anna Bligh addressed her people before the storm hit: We know that the long hours ahead of you are going to be the hardest that you face.