Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks at Sorbonne University as part of the COP21 (Francois Mori, The Associated Press)
Re: “Climate conference is meaningless,” Dec. 6 Ross Kaminsky column.
Apparently Ross Kaminsky doesn’t take climate change seriously, nor does he think anyone else should, either. He doesn’t believe the overwhelming majority of scientists who do think that there is a preponderance of evidence that climate change is happening, and that it will continue to accelerate and pose a real threat to a significant number of the world’s population.
Maybe he thinks they’re all delusional or crackpots. Maybe he hasn’t viewed the many pictures and film footage of the alarming speed that glaciers are receding around the globe. Thatap certainly compelling visual evidence. And where does he think all of those people will go when the land they live on — islands throughout the Pacfic and coastal cities around the world — is under water?
Jeannie Dunham, Denver
This letter was published in the Dec. 13 edition.How can it be that the Department of Defense “recognizes the reality of climate change and the significant risk it poses to U.S. interests globally”? How can it be that MIT states that “the global and holistic nature of the climate change threat … makes it society’s grandest challenge of the present day, possibly of all time?”
How can it be that Pope Francis writes that “a very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system?” How can it be that Elon Musk said putting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is “the dumbest experiment in history”?
So it goes, as climate deniers sink to raising the specter of terrorism to denounce those who seek progress confronting climate change.
Mary Richards, Evergreen
This letter was published in the Dec. 13 edition.I’m shocked that you printed uncorroborated, unfactual head-in-the-sand musings. Climate scientists uniformly report the Earth’s temperature has already risen 1 degree Centigrade since the 19th century. We know that last year was the warmest ever. Places like New York City and Miami have noticed increased water levels. Colorado ski areas have seen unpredictably dry then very wet years, and are making serious plans to stay in business. If we admit reality, there is always something we can do about it.
Judy Danielson, Denver
This letter was published in the Dec. 13 edition.
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