[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

The thing is that to ask if global warming is real or not is attempting to simplify a somewhat complicated issue.
Some one said that 97% of all scientist believe in global warming. While I'm not sure that number is accurate let's assume that it is. Ninety seven percent of scientist believe that the earth is warming.
But many of them question whether this warming is some kind of catastrophic event or just a normally occurring cyclical event that happens every couple of centuries.
Some question whether it is a naturally occurring event or is caused by humans.
Many say that even if it is caused by humans that even if we do all of the things that environmentalist suggest that it wouldn't slow or stop it. It's too late and it's too far advanced.
On top of that is that there are many different ways of measuring and calculating the numbers that are often cited. There is disagreement between scientists on methodology.
Finally, many people are making billions of dollars from what has become the cottage industry of global warming. Al Gore's personal wealth has gone up 100 times since he became the face of the global warming movement.
I'm not saying that he's right or wrong or that he's lying or believes what he says. I am saying that when people are making that much money from everything it's not unreasonable to question their motives. Make no mistake about it, a lot of people stand to make a lot of money by exaggerating the effects of global warming.I'm not saying that this is the case with everyone, but I feel pretty sure that there are some scam artists out there taking advantage of the global warming issue.
One of the big problems that I see is that people get completely excoriated for simply questioning. That, to me is just wrong. We should all want to know the truth and if we can't openly question what is being stated then we will never get to the truth.