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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
Despite media reports to the contrary, there is no scientific consensus on global warming.
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That is just out and out wrong. There is indeed a very strong consensus. Make all the claims you wish, bullseyebarb, but you are dead wrong in this instance - or just choosing not to accept reality.
There are certainly some folks with differing views, but consensus does not require that everyone agrees. For example, there is a very strong consensus that the USA landed men on the moon, but there is a small group that does not agree.
According to wikipedia and other sources, Fred Singer has financial ties to ExxonMobil, so he's not exactly a disinterested party. He's also pretty well-known as a hired hand for the tobacco industry. He argued that tobacco was noted bad for one's health, from what I understand, and that the ozone hole was not real. Pretty obvious that this Singer is a quasi-scientific gin for hire. Also, if he has something serious to say, why has he not written an article for peer review? The same queston should be asked of Svensmark and Calder. Could it be that, as sometimes happens, their "science" just won't pass muster?
Regarding the claim about Science Magazine, would you please provide a link to the place on their website where one can find this citation?
Lots of claims, bullseyebarb, but sadly lacking in hard evidence.
Isn't it funny how folks like that first denied that there was any scientific truth to global warming but, in light of a very real consensus said global warming was "real but man had nothing to do with it," to "man has only a small impact on global warming?" Nice quality of "science" this group employs. What next? Perhaps, "Won't it be nice to have an oceanfront homes in Arkansas and Oxford?" These guys are welcome to their opinions, but opinion is not science, and they are clearly fighting a rearguard action is a losing cause. Meanwhile, they are providing excuses for failure to address the problem. Nice, really nice mess to leave to our children and grandchildren!
Oh well, there are always some who see Rome burning and decide to tune their violins!
