Scientists have been crying "wolf" ever since I can remember:
Overpopulation, depletion of natural resources, radon gas in the curtains, aluminum in the ceiling, lead paint on the walls, various syzygies, comets, asteroids, Hong Kong flu, Swine flu, Legionnaires' disease, Y2K, the Satan Bug, the Hellstrom Chronicle, the "Big One" (earthquake), radiation leaks, etc.
Hey, the bible said it, that settles it, remember? The Last Days (started in Acts 2 2000 years ago) will have earthquakes and wars and famines... so what is your disagreement with science? Or look at it another way. When the first humans rebelled against God, we lost our proper relationship with God, with each other, and with nature. We once lived in a special garden where things were perfect, and were then pushed out into the 'real world' of thorns and thistles and sweat and death. If our rebellion caused
that great a change to our relationship with nature at the beginning, surely you don't have to view global warming as somehow hostile to the bible? Surely there is ample room to view it as just another of the consequences of our sinful wilful ignorance, and denialism is just another way we fail to love our brothers and sisters on this planet?
And as to your outright REJECTION of the bible when you deny science, such as denying there has been or will be a 'big one' Earthquake, do you think that comes across as 'smart' or just hostile and unloving? Ever hear of the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 in which 240
thousand people died?
Oh, and another reason to get rid of coal fired power plants: coal kills millions of people globally a year. This is a fact. It's
already happening.
Compared with other sources of energy, nuclear power is one of the safest. We worry about radiation but are happy to accept air pollution from fossil fuels. Coal-related air pollution from power plants is globally responsible for more than 100,000 deaths per year.
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2 The World Health Organisation estimates that indoor air pollution from biomass and coal causes 1.5m premature deaths per year.
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Fear of nuclear power is out of all proportion to the actual risks | Melanie Windridge | Science | guardian.co.uk
In other words, coal kills more people per week when it goes right than the entire history of nuclear power going wrong!
The solution to global warming and peak oil and air pollution is clean, SUPER-SAFE GenIV nuclear power that
eats nuclear waste and could run the world for 500 years on the nuclear waste we already have. Once we have about half or 3/4 the grid running on GenIV nukes, renewables can take over the rest. You should be proud. American invented GenIV nuke technology, but sadly it was banned under Clinton. However, other countries are about to commercialise it and then sell it back to you!
In summary: don't deny science as thoughtful Christians simply don't do that. There's no conflict between Christianity and science. Failing to understand the real world consequences of our actions on pollution & climate is just plain stubbornly failing to love our neighbour.