Could you be with a partner who doesn't believe in climate change?

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DH doesn't really think it's all that bad. He thinks we should be recyling more and caring for the planet as makes sense and is just the right thing to do - but that climate change as a disaster is an exaggeration and not based in science. And that people are utilising it for their own agenda, woke brigade & so on.

We have young kids.

AIBU to find this position increasingly problematic?

People are going to say people are allowed different opinions but he seems geniunely unconcerned about future of planet for our kids - and I find that hard to swallow.

Without any information.

If the proposed answer is a wealth transfer from the majority to a few, don’t do it.

If the proposed answer will make most people poorer and some unable to eat, don’t do it.

Having secure food and shelter for an entire population is neither natural nor normal throughout history. Doing anything to put that at risk is wrong.

I couldn't live with anybody who used the word "woke".

Haha I am someone but I agree! There are so many dishonest, abusive, selfish men, and not to forget constant cheaters out there that for me someone who holds a view like this is something I can handle and find interesting as he has his own view.

Such depressingly low standards.

"Yeah, he thinks that the earth is flat and that vaccines cause Autism but he doesn't beat me or fuck other women so he's a keeper!"

I despair.

But if its hotter than usual the planet is about to burst into flames right? Lol

Didn’t the UK just have it’s hottest June on record??

Nope.

I lived through the summer of 1976. I was involved in a car accident and dislocated my spine, so (after a stint in hospital on traction) I had to wear a surgical collar for six months through the sweltering heat. It was torture and I will never forget it.

There were blanket hosepipe bans and standpipes and water tankers delivering water to those cut off.

It's the WEATHER. It happens, it doesn't mean the planet is boiling over LOL.

Except the OP hasn't said her husband thinks the earth is flat or that vaccines cause autism.

So why would you make that up?

They're similar views, though the consequences of believing them aren't so devastating.

They're similar views, though the consequences of believing them aren't so devastating.

Consequences for unvaccinated children and those around them can be pretty damn devastating.

And thinking climate change is not that bad is the same as believing the Earth is flat and that vaccines cause autism? Really?

Of course they're not similar views.

Don't be ridiculous.

June 2023 was the hottest on record, a degree hotter than 1976.

I couldn't, because I couldn't be with any kind of science denier. It isn't a matter of belief or opinion.

You don’t understand that science is all about questioning. When debate isn’t allowed, that isn’t science.

Typically CC deniers are simply saying that communism is not the solution to any problem.

As a scientist will usually say they are always evolving their theories overtime as we learn more, so yesterday's perspective of the earth was the centre of the universe, is now today's the sun is the center, (yes majority did believe the earth was at the center, hence the controversial perspective of Galileo.

It is true that there are no certainties in science. There are theories and the evidence that supports them - however, when the evidence is overwhelming, so is the probability that the theory is correct.

And the evidence for climate change is so overwhelming that there is no longer a debate among climate scientists.

Some people just have difficulty accepting science that they don’t like. They’re usually woefully inconsistent about it though. For example, we’ve had several posters suggest that the Medieval Warm Period is evidence against climate change. They will very happily accept the science that has been able to ascertain the likely global temperatures during the Medieval Warm Period, but the second the science become incompatible with their personal beliefs, they throw it out the window.

There in lies the error over confidence in the sources yes that's not to say it's not correct, chances are it is, but too much faith and belief could also be a fallacy.
That said with the climate change, we need machines to counter it.

When the evidence is so strong that there no longer exists any meaningful debate, the sensible thing to do is assume that the evidence is correct.

For example, if you’re pondering jumping off a building in the hope you might fly rather than fall, it’s probably best to consider the available evidence and make your decision based on it. Who knows, the science may be wrong, and there are few if any certainties in science but the overwhelming evidence is that you’re going to hit the ground.

Yes technology is needed to combat climate change (and huge strides have already been made) but we’re not there yet, and the world is continuing to get hotter.

There are a few ideas as to technologies that could be deployed if we fail to curb climate change but they’re currently perceived to be risky (for example, geonengineering might work and warrants further research, but we currently don’t understand it well enough to be sure that it won’t make things worse).

Something else to consider. Let’s say that there wasn’t a 99-100% consensus among climate scientists and, instead, pretend that 50% believed in anthropogenic global warming (and predicted potentially dire consequences as a result thereof, in the near future) and the other 50% thought we could carry on as we are and everything will be fine.

Bearing in mind the stakes, surely erring on the side of caution would be warranted?

This is my extremely clever, DHs pov. He does believe I'm climate change, but not that is caused by him being confused where to put his waste cardboard. He doesn't subscribe to conspiracy theories but he does have contempt for authorities who impose rules he doesn't see as fair or reasonable. Other than YouTube for diy tips, he doesn't do sm.

I disagree with some of his views but I respect him enough to value his opinions.

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Didn’t the UK just have it’s hottest June on record??

Nope."

Yep. Hottest June on record. Met Office said so.

So I guess the problem is I tend to believe news like this published just 2 days ago https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66322608 (can share numerous other sources and places if people have instant dislike for BBC), over mumsnetters or my DH saying they remember a hotter summer in the 70s or that they think July has been rather wet where they are this year.

"Don't listen to the science or data, listen to my memory of the weather" seems like a barmy position to have.

Goodness, you're gullible.

Gullible?? Do you think there is a conspiracy involving the entire science community, the UN, naturists, David Attenborough and vast amounts of data including footage are made up then? You are entirely bonkers but when climate catastrophe comes knocking at your door or the doors of your children you will realise you were wrong and it will be too late.

Does he actually deny climate change or he just doesn't believe we're all doomed?

Are there changes you want to make to your home/lifestyle to help with this and he's not agreeing?