Whenever politicians discuss climate change, there is a lot of talk about science. The problem is that the actual conversation never ends up being very scientific. It always ends up being political, and if I were to list the number of problems made better by politics, what would follow is a blank page.

Politics is how we end up with promises to reverse the entire history of earth’s changing climate if only we relinquish our economic and energy freedom to politicians — who seem focused more on social justice and increasing the cost of energy than on protecting our natural ecosystems.