AdamB wrote:Do you think it is the lack of ability, or not, to do research that is primary...or the inability...or lack thereof, to be objective on a topic?
I think there is an inability to be objective on a topic. I used to see that a lot of climate change skeptics happened to have engineering backgrounds. If you consider that it is engineers that have developed many of the amazing technologies that have improved our lives and that many of those technologies require the use of fossil fuel energy sources it should not be a surprise that many engineers would be attracted to the climate change denial camp. Who wants to believe that the work you have dedicated your life to is have a growing negative impact on the planet and society?