Letter to editor:

Dear Editor,

I really had to do a double take when I saw the March 18 Editorial "The Mythology of Global Warming: Climate Change Fiction vs. Scientific" It really was a current article of March 18 of this year of 2021! Still! I thought the petro industry created "debate" about it was over about a few hundred catastrophic events ago (and counting). While true scientists agree that these events did not necessarily happen because of Climate Change, the severity and frequency of them is highly, highly, probable and likely.

Somewhere around 98% of all climate scientists agree that human induced climate change is real and, yes, an existential threat to life on this big sphere we live on. There are a handful of other "scientists" who claim it isn't real. My question to those who still question the science is: "suppose you start having chest pains and shortness of breath, would you take the word of a few proctologists or dermatologists, or would you take the word of heart specialists that your condition is something to be concerned about?"

I'm still shocked as can be that there are still naysayers willing to put their name to such bunk.

Michael Sauber
Silver City