Why is it so hard to focus on climate change?

The article offers the author's view on the debate of climate change and weather in the U.S. The author states that the debate is the dullest of many dull controversies that has affected the country. The author notes that the debate is manufactured by people who do not care how senseless they sound. The author mentions that the lessons of climate are short-lived because people forget about them when local weather calms down.