Over the past decade, with right-wing media and Rethuglican politicians trumpeting the talking points of the fossil fuel industry on climate change, the public has become skeptical about man's addiction to carbon fuels being the root cause of the change. The increasing frequency of extreme weather -- from record widespread droughts and mega storms to extreme heat waves and polar ice cap melting -- should be a wake-up call for all but the most delusional wing nuts. It won't be, of course, and that's the perverse success story of right-wing propaganda, backed by unlimited polluter resources.
So as we hope for the best, but prepare for the worst as Hurricane Sandy approaches, we have yet another (pun intended) "canary in the coal mine" forewarning of what we face if we continue to ignore the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is caused by the burning of fossil fuels, and not some cyclical occurrence as the fossil fuel industry and their coin-operated Rethuglican politicians want us to believe.
