Edward Lotterman \u2013 Real World Economics \u2013 Pioneer Press (TwinCities.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\u2026 Unlike in most other industrialized nations, U.S. citizens remain divided on whether climate change is really occurring. Indeed, the proportion that is skeptical is growing rather than shrinking\u2026<\/p>\n
\u2026This is not a lack of consensus, but rather a fundamental division that is not likely to be solved in the foreseeable future. For significant portions of both camps, it has become a matter of faith rather than reason<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nWhen one camp is aligned with the overwhelming majority of the peer reviewed and respected scientific literature, and the other camp is not, this is not a \u201cmatter of faith rather than reason\u201d.<\/p>\n
One camp is on the side of reason, the other camp is faith-based.<\/p>\n
This is, at best, a lazy invocation of the easy clich\u00e9. Most likely, it\u2019s intellectual cowardice.<\/p>\n
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