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Originally Posted by puckhog
In any case, you still don't address the point that there is a pretty sizable contingency of qualified scientists who don't support the AGW theory. Why is the AGW side so unwilling to accept that there might be some valid scientific criticism of their viewpoint?
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There is a pretty sizable contingency of scientists who don't support evolution. I give them the same credence as those that signed that silly online petition.
The reason the AGW side is upset with the anti-AGW side is because any kind of doubt leads to the political paralysis that we've had in the last 20 years. The scientists that believe that global warming is real, is man-made, and will have dire consequences would want something done to avoid those consequences.
For the 50% of people who believe the global warning science, they need scientific consensus to get any kind of movement from our political leaders.
For the 50% of people who do not believe the global warming science, all they need is a few crackpots and you win. The political paralysis of the last 20 years proves that so long as there is any inkling of doubt, the politicians that drive policy will do nothing about the problem.