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Scott Wagner Explains Climate Change: 'We're Moving Closer to the Sun'

posted by on Saturday April 01 2017, @05:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the sounds-logical dept.

mrpg writes:

Scott Wagner is an American businessman and state senator from the state of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Republican Party. What did he say?

"I haven't been in a science class in a long time, but the earth moves closer to the sun every year-you know the rotation of the earth," Wagner, a York County state senator, said, according to StateImpact Pennsylvania. "We're moving closer to the sun."

He added, according to StateImpact's Katie Meyer, that, "We have more people. You know, humans have warm bodies. So is heat coming off? Things are changing, but I think we are, as a society, doing the best we can."

I haven't been in a science class in a long time...

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  • (Score: 1) by butthurt on Sunday April 02 2017, @12:09AM (1 child)

    by butthurt (6141) on Sunday April 02 2017, @12:09AM (#487756) Journal

    I didn't read the sciencedaily.com article, but from the bit quoted here it sounds as though Mr. Mann might be saying that there isn't enough knowledge to say that any particular weather event is due to global warming, but there is enough knowledge to say that global warming will cause a tendency toward (certain kinds of?) extreme weather.

    Mr. Wagner seems to be saying that his knowledge is not up-to-date because he only studied the topic as part of his formal education. But some of his ideas are simply mistaken, and he didn't seem to be aware of that. I suppose he is now that this story has come out.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday April 02 2017, @01:05PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 02 2017, @01:05PM (#487925) Journal

    I didn't read the sciencedaily.com article, but from the bit quoted here it sounds as though Mr. Mann might be saying that there isn't enough knowledge to say that any particular weather event is due to global warming, but there is enough knowledge to say that global warming will cause a tendency toward (certain kinds of?) extreme weather.

    Without providing the evidence to support that assertion. Science is not merely about being right. It's also about employing methods to reduce the effect of our biases and effectively communicating those results to others. At this point, Mann is communicating disinformation by projecting an unwarranted level of confidence via said weasel language in the results of this study.

    Mr. Wagner seems to be saying that his knowledge is not up-to-date because he only studied the topic as part of his formal education. But some of his ideas are simply mistaken, and he didn't seem to be aware of that. I suppose he is now that this story has come out.

    Indeed. Or at least, that will now be a factor in his future elections.