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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
And who supports these "reputable scientists"???? Do they get grant money from the government????? How much grant money would they get if they stated man is NOT causing global warming???? Are they tenured professors??? Would they have got tenure by claiming all global warming is just a continuation of climate cycles than have been going on for 4 million years????? Would they get TV time from the MSM if they did not support anthropogenic climate change????? Would they even get published?????
Let me remind you of the movie "Contact" starring Jodi Foster. She was a brilliant radio astronomer who was left out in the cold because her field of interest was extraterrestrial contact, a topic that was "tantamount to professional suicide". There aren't too many climatologists willing to fall on their sword to tell the truth.
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Much of what you say is good and interesting. Each of us individually must integrate all the facts and opinions that we have heard and create an individual consensus for ourselves. I choose to believe that in the western world that the majority of scientists are true to themselves and are writing factual material. And the PEER REVIEW system should help keep them honest. Now, in Russia and China scientists may feel hamstrung about telling the truth.