David Incorporated Esq.
Member
First, let me say that I'm not a skeptic of climate change, I understand the scientific community is in agreement on it, but there is an utter lack of understanding on my part of what that agreement actually is, and any of the numbers behind it.
So that said, what resources are out there for the "educated layman"? I'm not a child, I know what greenhouse gases are and what kind of impact they might have. I want to know more about the mechanics of pollutant production, equilibrium, direct atmospheric impact, etc. I want to understand these mechanics, the numbers, well enough so that I can have a discussion with a skeptic and be able to say more than "scientists agree!", because at this point the discussion is so politicized that there's no scientific discussion left, it's all left vs. right.
This information is surprisingly hard to find, for the most part what I come across are "Coal power bad! Solar good!" or actual peer reviewed publications from climatologists that are simply too much for me to get into and digest in a way that I could understand well enough to reference in discussion.*
Help a brother out.
* To make it a car analogy, which is how I understand the world, I want an explanation of differentials in transmissions that goes beyond "it lets the wheels move at different speeds" but doesn't get into force reactions at gear tooth faces. I want the climate change version of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAw79386WI (differential discussion starts in earnest about the two minute mark).
So that said, what resources are out there for the "educated layman"? I'm not a child, I know what greenhouse gases are and what kind of impact they might have. I want to know more about the mechanics of pollutant production, equilibrium, direct atmospheric impact, etc. I want to understand these mechanics, the numbers, well enough so that I can have a discussion with a skeptic and be able to say more than "scientists agree!", because at this point the discussion is so politicized that there's no scientific discussion left, it's all left vs. right.
This information is surprisingly hard to find, for the most part what I come across are "Coal power bad! Solar good!" or actual peer reviewed publications from climatologists that are simply too much for me to get into and digest in a way that I could understand well enough to reference in discussion.*
Help a brother out.
* To make it a car analogy, which is how I understand the world, I want an explanation of differentials in transmissions that goes beyond "it lets the wheels move at different speeds" but doesn't get into force reactions at gear tooth faces. I want the climate change version of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYAw79386WI (differential discussion starts in earnest about the two minute mark).
I'll book mark it for later, though, thank you!