That Time Climate Change Wasn’t Real

And Why We Deny It Today

Imagine for a second that global warming isn’t real. Let’s say it’s just a myth made up by the climate control-industrial complex to sell more air conditioners. We wouldn’t have to worry about melting ice caps or extreme weather events. We could laugh at the stupid scientists for getting all worked up over nothing. And we’d have plenty of time to enjoy this brief interglacial period before the North American continent is once again buried beneath miles of snow and ice.

But alas, climate change is real.

We’ve had scientific consensus on the subject for over thirty years now. There’s no denying it.

But that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. In fact, the United States is ground zero for the climate change denial epidemic.

But we haven’t always been so against climate change.

About 140 years ago, Americans were lobbying for human-caused climate change. But it wasn’t real. It actually was a myth. And it had disastrous consequences for many who believed in it.

But it might explain why science hasn’t been enough to stop climate change denial today.

In the late 19th century, Manifest Destiny had taken a hold of the United States. Millions of homesteaders were moving…