Hear hear!!!
Oh really? Why do you think that - preferably in scientific and not political terms....
Its not based on science. I just don't have a good feeling about it all - it just doesn't sit right with me. An inconvenient truth may very well be a very convenient falsehood. I'm probably wrong but my instinct tells me that there is something not quite right about all this man made AGW stuff. Its just my feeling/opinion - its not based on anything.
Thanks for that honest assessment.
I appreciate that it's not a straightforward subject. It is not many years ago that I was largely oblivious to the AGW issue and, given my preference for cold winters, it is not something that I want to happen.
However, the more you read about this (in the right places, i.e. looking at the data and the science) the more it becomes apparent that the world is warming and that our activities are at least partly responsible.
Where the debate breaks down is where sceptics mount their arguments around economic or political agendas or where there is a descent into name calling and accusations of bias or worse.
In essence we have reached an area of consensus with most people here that there is underlying AGW but there are natural cycles that will at times compensate for or exceed the AGW warming.
Sadly we have also had people questioning the data or alleging that the data has been materially altered - which is clearly nonsense.
Finally we have people like Stephen who have their own construct of how the planet's climate system works but have the good fortune of not having to comply with the rigid standards and peer review process applicable to mainstream climate science,
I forgot to mention that the other line of attack is accusations that certain people are predicting 'dramatic' warming - whatever that might be. I am accused of this although my position is that the warming will have effects and as the climate system is complex should we really be tampering with something about which we still have things to learn?
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