Ahh I see, thank you for clearing that up...
So I'd guess it'd be like asking where global warming was during the winter?
I doubt many people would claim the climate isn't changing, it's the extent of our affect on it that is seemingly up for debate.
I exclude myself from that polarising debate altogether and simply push for advancing technology to push humanity to a post carbon era as a matter of common sense.
It's probably the years of sci-fi I've watched, but I'd be embarrassed for humanity if aliens came here and said "So we heard your signal, we travelled 24 light years and this is it? It's a fucking shithole. Heat based technology? Intra-species war? People divided based of levels of melanin?".
But I'm a denier apparently.