Accept science of global warming

If I have learned anything from my experience with discussing and working on global warming campaigns, you can't convince a "denier" that climate change is happening and that humans are significant contributors through burning of fossil fuels.

I therefore have no intention of changing Mr. Mondach's mind ("Enough with the scares about CO2," May 20). I do hope that by focusing on his so-called facts that skeptics or people sitting on the fence will take the time to understand the science and make up their own minds.

Mr. Mondach first tries to suggest that the numbers supporting climate change are dwindling. He cites a recent report by 215 scientists, as opposed to the "thousands" of scientists who were previously forecasting "doom and gloom."

Not even disingenuous. That's like King George noting that only 56 people signed the Declaration of Independence but, in the years preceding, thousands had participated in acts against the crown. Did King George therefore conclude that support for independence was dwindling? No.

The letter writer also cites several scientists and one journal article to rebut anthropogenic climate change. I'll look that one article up. For the skeptics and fence-sitters though, keep this fact in mind: between 1991 and 2013 (23 years), there were 16,208 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals on the subject of climate change. Of these, 25 explicitly reject man-made climate change.

It's time to accept the science and discuss what we as a global society can do about it.

Michael A. Rugh

Lake in the Hills