@97Let me explain the science behind "climate change".
Solar energy hits the Earth's atmosphere as light. Some of it bounces off of reflective white things like clouds and ice, and some of it heats up darker things like rock and dirt and ocean. This energy is radiated out to space as heat -- not light.
Carbon dioxide is just as transparent to light as the rest of the gases in the atmosphere. However Air rich in carbon dioxide has a higher R value than than air with a low carbon dioxide content -- so while an increase in carbon dioxide doesn't stop solar energy coming in, it prevents it from leaving.
As a result there is an increase in atmospheric temperature which causes an increase in ocean evaporation, and an increase in the "Water Cycle" -- more clouds, more wind, more "weather". So some places will get hotter, some wetter, some windier, some drier, and extreme weather events increase -- Hurricane seasons get more.extreme, deserts expand, glaciers retreat, and etc.
But perhaps a better argument for reducing fossil fuel consumption is that it is wasteful. Asphalt, plastics, fertilisers, pharmaceuticals, paints, fibers, and a million other things are made out of petroleum and here we are pouring 20 gallons if it at a time in our tanks and burning it. What happens when it's gone? How will we make Aspirin and seat cushions and sandwich bags and the rest of the stuff we have gotten used to?
So the electric cars are a step forward -- not backwards and the number of Fossil cars needs to be seriously reduced, and there is no reason to puke.
