Beamis, "Climate is not the same thing as weather. Weather is the minute-by-minute variable condition of the atmosphere on a local scale. Climate is a conceptual description of an area’s average weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over long time intervals." This is from the brochure which can be downloaded here http://www.globalchange.gov/resources/educators/climate-literacy If you will read this and put aside your fear,loathing and distrust long enough to do some individual thinking you may be surprised-or not.I found it informative and interesting;I would challenge you to attempt to refute the points raised in the brochure with facts which are verified and for which sources are given.