Dining across the divide US special: ‘He said it was my opinion that humans caused climate change. No, it’s science’

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He’s a Republican, she is a Democrat – can they find any common ground on the climate crisis, taxes or the truth about the Capitol attack?

April has a dog “the size of a squirrel”. She’s an artist and does graphite illustrationsRepublican. Voted for Trump twice, but doesn’t defend him – “I think he was kind of a jackass, the way he carried himself in public”Ted, who is one of April’s clients, almost died after jumping into a supposedly dry stream to retrieve a golf ball. He got stuck waist-deep in mud and his friends had to fish him out with a poleI don’t usually hang out with my clients, but it wasn’t awkward.

I didn’t know you could get such good oysters in the middle of the country.We got swept up in talking about the climate. He believes climate change is real but doesn’t believe humans are responsible.She kept using the word “exponentially”. And I just don’t know for sure if humans are powerful enough to change the course of events on Earth to the extent she thinks we can.I was emphasizing that if you look at history, the speed of climate change is unprecedented.

 

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I wouldn’t want to discuss anything with Ted. Anybody who can’t face scientific facts and resorts to unsubstantiated opinion would be a difficult challenge for me!

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