Regarding University of Hawaii Professor Chip Fletcher’s recent op-ed about the cause of climate change, setting aside personal insults, let’s all agree that humans contribute to global warming.

But what percentage is human-caused vs. nature-caused? There is certainly no consensus. As author Michael Crichton said, “the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.”

Fletcher is on record as saying that today’s climate change is caused by humans: “All of it — period.” Does he expect us to believe that Mother Nature has suddenly ceased to exist?

Bill Gates recently pivoted on his climate change position, lamenting about “too much focus on near term emissions goals.” Yet many in Hawaii continue to push

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