As a card-carrying member of the “right-wing” I’ll take a moment to interject a few observations:

1) Previously this subject was called “global warming” before it was readily apparent that this term didn’t have sufficient traction knowing that the trend could have downward “fluctuations” - or something. So now it’s called “climate change.”

2) Skeptics. Who’s skeptical and of what? Does the climate change? Sure. But what should be done about it? Many—far too many—from the angry left want to immediately go after “big oil.” Punish the oil companies. Make them pay. Look around. Every piece of furniture, the carpet, the paint, the windows, the appliances, the food in your kitchen. OK, you get the point. All the above was on a truck before you bought it. So our leftist friends want to increase the price of oil because that’s the problem. Consequence? Everything you consume will cost more while we’re waiting on “green technologies” to be adequately developed to replace the fuel we count on today - which is at the core of our economy. The poorest will be hit the hardest.

This in a nutshell drives the skepticism. Not climate change. The consequences of leftist reactionary policy.

3) Will we easily be able to force China, India and others to follow us down the path of economic destruction? Yeah, right. Let me know how that goes.

4) What are left-wing politicians doing in the meantime? Standing in the way of drilling in ANWR and the coastal areas of the US where we know billions of gallons of oil exists, while doing exactly what to wean us off of foreign dependency?

…but if it rains, your sports team loses, your GF dumps you or your kid doesn’t turn out the way you planned, you can always blame George Bush.

Smithers, release the hounds!