Letter to Global Warming Skeptic

Dear Person,
You might not be aware of what really is going on around the world. Your parents are telling you what they believe, they are skeptics. It’s not your fault that you have no background information. Through this letter, I’m going to show you how your ideas of global warming are based on incorrect evidence.
In the book on Global Warming, written by Mark Maslin he has many descriptive charts that he takes his evidence from. In these complicated graphs, what he is basically trying to show through his charts is that CO2 levels have been increasingly rising over the past 50 years. It is no coincidence that during the Industrial period, when man began creating machinery and polluting the air, that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased dramatically. “There is clear evidence that Antartic temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are in step demonstrating the central role of carbon dioxide as a climate amplifier” We know that this a fact for global warming because of all the effects that have been spreading across the world. For example, the hurricanes all along Florida and Louisiana, they wouldn’t have been as strong if the hurricane hadn’t grown from taking in moisture and heat while passing over the ocean. Another example of climate change is how the ice in Greenland is beginning to melt, as well as the permafrost in Alaska. The reason behind this is that because the temperatures are rising, spring is coming quicker than usual, and winter is coming later than usual. The trees and grasses growing in the region of Alaska don’t fully decompose, so when the new plants come in, they grow off the old ones. The risk of the rising temperatures is that organic material that has been frozen for millions of years will break down, releasing carbon dioxide or methane.
Another strong fact concerning global warming, is the evidence shown of the increasing sea levels. The risks of this getting worse is the possibility of cities under water, many different species completely wiped out, and millions of refugees. If this was to happen, it would be the biggest catastrophe in the world. The reason we know this could actually happen is because there is scientific evidence of the polar ice caps, and Greenland already diminishing in size. Polar bears, and other species that depend on their environment, have been reported drowned, due to swimming long distances looking for ice and food.
Now, what I understand about your position on all of this is that, you don’t believe any of this scientific evidence is true. In my opinion, the reason why you and your family believe in what they do, the “junk science”, is because, your parent is the CEO for a major oil company. Oil being one of the biggest contributors to the increase in atmospheric CO2, your parent would loose money, if he and his coworkers were to stop denying climate change. If they were to accept the facts and evidence, then they wouldn’t have such an income of money as they do keeping the users of their oil in doubt. Another opinion of mine on why you are a skeptic on this issue, is that if you are following a political leader that objects to any evidence of global warming, then why should you. You are being influenced by someone that is also uninterested in loosing money to accepting the risks of climate change. These are some reasons for why your belief on this matter is flawed.
Well, I hope you have taken this all into consideration, and have had a change of mind. If not, then I don’t know how much more evidence you need to be reassured that global warming does exist, and that it is no myth.

Thank you,
Camila.