A chara, – John Gibbons uses the recent extreme weather events to remind us of climate change (Opinion, February 14th). While he is correct that climate change has scientific consensus, he is incorrect to insinuate that anyone who points out that extreme weather events happened before man's widespread usage of fossil fuels (and will happen irrespective of his future usage) may not accept climate change.
Furthermore, while science can tell us all sorts of things about matter, malaria and measles, it cannot tell us what we should do with our taxes, our politicians or our media.
How we react to climate change is a philosophical and political question – not a scientific one. Therefore, the debate needs to shift away from whether climate is real or not (where he seems to want to keep it) towards what is the best thing to do based on the options available. – Is mise,
ALEX STAVELEY,
Beverton Wood,
Donabate,
Co Dublin.