The purpose of these two websites is to present very differing perspectives on global climate change. On one side is the “Friends of Science” web site dedicated to disproving the global myth on climate change. Its purpose is to promote the idea that the earth is truly not undergoing any sort of climate change, especially none that is man made. It goes into detail by attempting to disprove any sort publicized information regarding global climate change. It presents facts and figures that represent its views that the earth has been hotter, that any climate change is naturally occurring, that the UN truly does not believe climate change to be man made and finally that computer models representing changing trends in the earths temperature simply are not accurate.

On the other end of the spectrum lies the website “How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic.” It takes into account all of the facts spouted by those who do not believe in climate change and attempts to disprove them and argue against them. It too displays facts and charts that appear to disprove the claims of the Friends of Science and others like it. How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic lists practically every argument made by the other side and picks it apart piece by piece.

Quite frankly both websites make me skeptical. They are both incredibly polarized and find no room in the middle ground. Friends of the Science writes about climate change believers as if they are all over zealous protestors who do not understand the world at while, while How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic portrays any skeptic of global warming as, essentially, a moron. In my opinion if you really want to change people’s minds and promote either side softer language is necessary. I also find all the data portrayed on both sites rather shady. If one site has a temperature graph that shows cooling, and the other one that shows rapid heating up clearly one or maybe even both are faulty. Also data can be put into graphs to show any perspective desired so graphs should always be looked at skeptically anyways.

Though interesting, I think both sites are made only for those who already share their beliefs and not to sway the beliefs of others. They are both so overly forceful and non understanding towards the other perspective that neither can really be taken seriously. Also I wasn't a fan of either websites layout and I think they could make some definite improvements in the design of their respective pages.