When Al Gore told Grist.org, in an interview last month, that “it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on the dangers of global warming,” his critics pounced. Those who don’t believe the Earth’s climate is changing as a result of human behavior took his comments as evidence to back their claim that the whole thing is a conspiracy of the left. (“Gore says it’s okay to lie about global warming,” read the typical response on one right-wing blog.) But Gore had a point: some overstating of facts is sometimes necessary in order to get people to care.

Back in March, we wrote about how to talk to Michael Crichton and his ilk. It seems almost impossible that there could be anyone left who denies that the Earth's climate is changing as a result of human activity. But amazingly enough, they do exist and they are extremely vocal: evidence the Competitive Enterprise Institute ads that we wrote about earlier this week.

Now WorldChanging, a blog we read regularly, has issued a call for help in dealing with these poor fools whose heads are in the sand (or somewhere less polite). Having noticed a rise in posted comments from "climate denialists," the folks at WorldChanging are calling for some groupthink. Here's what they're after:

Terms such as "global warming," "greenhouse effect," and "ozone layer" tend to have soporific associations: more lullaby than wake-up call (think Al Gore). You know these are important issues; you know you should care. Or perhaps you do care—but enough to change the way you live? Maybe you don't know where to start. Read this book and you will.

If you missed that much-ballyhooed series of articles on global warming in The New Yorker, opening with “The Climate of Man,” now's your chance to read the critically acclaimed