Totally, just like the Intelligent Design proponents get shouted down all the time and ignored by science.
Why is it the fault of those who agree with the science on this issue on turning it political? I mean if you took a poll amongst right leaning and left leaning, which side would have the highest number of AGW skeptics?
Its the realm of scientists not politicians to sort this out, the mechanisms are in place within science to deal with any fraudulent and misleading claims.
Its like the debate on evolution and creationism, when you watch debates laymen think hey look they aren't sure, I mean obviously why else would they have 1 scientist for it and one guy sitting there arguing against it.
The AGW debate has become the same, or at this point much worse as you are right people are becoming polarized and are now hurting any attempt at reasonable discourse. The science has to be done, and what we have seen so far all points in one direction.
Those scientists then do their best to model climate, sea rise, etc.. And they then postulate what it means, and certainly using the data we have from various sources back 100's thousands of years we can get a good idea of climate and how the ebb and flow of warming and ice age periods go.
Now to others here who've stated that its both sides to blame, I'll surely agree both have blame on handling this, but to still suggest that its 50/50 on the science side on the debate is silly. Alot of scientists are probably trying to duck away from this mess now as its become so volatile and those that do support the AGW might hold off enthusiasm as often one should when dealing with our best guesses based off the data.
The problem is again, non science folks on either side trying to tell the scientists what they are right and wrong about. Damn internet!
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