alt Hacker NewsThe people you think don't believe it do believe it. They use it as a statistic.
I live in the Southeast and hear the "guns in America kill fewer people than lack of AC in Europe" line all the time.
The battle is "not my problem", not "that's not happening".
The line I hear all the time is: "Why do I care if sea levels rise a couple of inches? I don't own a house on the beach!"