Adruzzz":21dpowto said:
A fair point.
The problem with the argument that 'scientists are still divided' is that the ones who disagree are (a) few; and (b) generally either on the fringe or compromised by payment from other interests.
Coleman has misrepresented himself (for example the Weather Channel link was that he co-founded - but he omits that he left 30 years ago after one year). Coleman cites 2013 winter as evidence of an absence of Global Warming. However even a cursory understanding of climate is that it is about probability - one event is irrelevant, trends are everything.
A second issue is that deniers cite past variations to prove (their word) that the current trend is natural. Climate scientists are unanimous that it does fluctuate - however the issue is the current trend. The dice keep coming up 6 as far as winter temperatures go...
I'm entertained by any claim that this is a scientists' money-making scam. Has anyone seen a researcher's salary? You get more driving a truck. A university pal of mine was a climate scientist, now works for a hedge fund writing modeling software for equities instead of climate. He's on something like 10x the salary.
