CLIMATE CHANGE: Burden of proof is with those calling it a crisis

In the Aug. 22 edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press there were two letters criticizing Bob Hollingsworth’s letter from Aug. 14. One was from Judith K. Hanna and the other from Dan Strayer. Both of their letters contained errors.

While Hanna only doubts the truthfulness of Hollingsworth’s claim about the price of Diesel fuel, Strayer outright denies it, stating: “At NO TIME [Dan’s emphasis] was Diesel $2/gallon.” However, the USDA website contains a graph titled “Historical Diesel Fuel Prices” which shows that the price of diesel was only $1.13 in 1995. It continued to run under $2/gallon until 2005 (10 years). So, according to the USDA, Hanna and Strayer are both wrong.

As far as climate change being a hoax, it’s possible that Mr. Hollingsworth was referring to the climate “crisis” hoax, not mere climate change.

But let’s make something perfectly clear here: As for something being a “crisis,” that is a very subjective matter. For example, if AOC wants to say that current climate change is a “crisis,” that is her prerogative. But if she wants others to believe it too, then her arguments will require serious evidence, not simply emotion without substance or a nonexistent scientific consensus. The same applies to Dan Strayer and others. If climate change is a “crisis” for them, that’s fine, but if he and others want people besides themselves to believe the same, then they must address the burden of proof. They must prove that we are actually in a crisis.

MONTE HEIL

Sagle