Comment Re:Global warming is a politically painful subject (Score 2, Interesting) 1190
Global warming is politically difficult to sell to people when they are experiencing record cold.
That's because people tend to take 'global warming' as literally meaning that 'everywhere gets hotter'. Of course, some places get warmer and some get cooler but the average global temperature increases and the planet experiences more erratic and extreme climactic behavior as a consequence. 'Climate change' is a more useful term.
