What is this ongoing angry grudge you have against science? What did science ever do to you?
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These guys are no left-wing tree huggers.
Jason, are you really so stupid to not be able to tell when you are being pandered to?
I'm not sure. Try pandering to me, and I'll see if I am smart enough to pick up on it.
Look, I know that facts and science are silly liberal contrivances to you so I will leave it at this:
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Created in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization states unequivocally that the consensus of scientific opinion is that Earth's climate is being affected by human activities. That Human activities ... are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents ... that absorb or scatter radiant energy. ... [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and that the IPCC is not alone in its conclusions."
One, I love science. I really do. That doesn't mean I waive all skepticism toward scientific matters.
I do not blindy follow anyone, as you appear to do, and having read more than a few books on the subject, I would say that the only thing that there is consensus about in the scientific community is that there is no consensus.
When you pay someone to find evidence of human-cause global warming, chances are that they will find it. Scientists are about as ethically pure (as a group) as the media (not the lack of the 'liberal' adjective).
And our balmy weather right now is caused by the same thing brining cold to Eastern Europe, the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation). That is going to reverse by the end of January, and bring us snow, according to Rob Guarino's forecast (UD grad and FOX29 Philadelphia meteorologist.
While I respect the research you have done on this topic, it must be pointed out that the law of averages applies here. A few cold days in Europe in the Winter do not mean that the Earth isn't getting warmer, particularly when, for the most part, we are talking about minor changes each year. As you said yourself, it has been abnormally warm here while its been cold there. If its been a half degree warmer here than it has been colder there (relative to the average), then "warming" has occurred relative to last year (which was the hottest on record in the northern hemisphere, btw).
Good discussion. Take care.
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