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Letter: Climate change is real
"Talking about it and fighting it is not 'socialism,' it’s science," writes Kurt Kopperud of Fargo.
It’s hard to believe we’ve reached the “actually, climate change is socialism” level of foolishness, but here we are. Congratulations to Ken Sims on writing what might be the most insane thing I’ve read in years. People like Ken are beyond hope but for the normal, well-adjusted, common-sense, free thinkers out there – climate change is real. Talking about it and fighting it is not “socialism,” it’s science.
Greenhouse gases have been warming the earth, primarily from human activity, over the past 200 years. Fossil fuels like gas, oil and coal are the leading cause as emissions are creating heat that’s trapped in the earth’s atmosphere. The earth’s temperature is 1.1°C warmer now than it was in the 1800s and is impacting the earth in variety of ways including rising sea-levels, droughts, water scarcity, fires and catastrophic storms, among other things.
Just because you don’t care for President Biden or you think anyone that doesn’t prescribe to your twisted world view is a “socialist” doesn’t change that climate change is scientific fact, and many people much smarter than Ken Sims are actively working to better understand and fight it. Don’t believe me? Go ask NASA, The United Nations, The EPA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for starters. Unless, of course, you think they’re all just socialists. Give me a break, man.
Kurt Kopperud lives in Fargo.
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