As we have talked about previously in class, there have been plenty of efforts to confuse and blurry the scientific evidence supporting climate change. In comparing and contrasting these two websites, "Friends of Science" and "How to Talk to a Climate Change Skeptic," the latter was definitely trying to do just that.
The "Friends of Science" website was disproving several "myths" about climate change. What I found most striking about their arguments was that they provided no kind of scientific backing or even cited factual documents. I was also kind of disappointed in the "How to Talk to a Climate Change Skeptic" website because the links they provided on the website were direct to wikipedia. I think they could be more effective if they cited other scientific evidence beyond wikipedia which is not very credible.
I think the "Friends of Science" website was targeting an older generation by making their website very simple - they had all of the information on one page and it was all very simple and short. Whereas the "How to Talk to a Climate Change Skeptic" website was a little more sophisticated with more links and more organized into different types of arguments and how to refute each one - I think it was appealing to a broader audience ranging from young to old who could navigate the links and who would be looking for more in-depth arguments and facts.
I found the website "How to Talk to a Climate Change Skeptic" more convincing even though most of their links went straight to wikipedia - they were giving more information and had a lot more to say than the opposing website. I got the feeling that the "Friends of Science" didn't really care about giving detailed information and their arguments were overly simplified.
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