Congrats on the first post! Maybe google should rename themselves coogle.

You might hear more comments if their funding wasn't tied up in a game of political football.

Thanks Ratzo! I used to have a slashdot account way back in the old days.

The problem is that the crazies are the ones who yell the loudest, and the media in the constant rush for ratings has fueled the fire. Having a scientist say something like "Measuring the climate of the earth is incredibly difficult" doesn't get ratings. Finding a scientist who will shout "WE ARE ALL SCREWED UNLESS WE DO X RIGHT NOW!" gets ratings. Westerners often don't think about things long-term. They are focussed on the present, the now. Look at energy policy. It's a shambles. Regardless of political views, it's sane and rational to study the climate. It's sane and rational to try and understand how we affect the environment. It's also sane and rational to improve efficiency and reduce waste. None of those things is a bad thing to do. You can argue for them on both conservative and liberal principles.

Nope, it's no good, you left out the word relentlessly Ratzo. MSNBC won't be calling you back, you weren't yelling enough. By the way, is it true you have received funding in the past from the big-cyclone industry?

If safety is your thing, then you should be for Nuclear. Nuclear power is far safer than photovoltaic solar. You are way more likely to die due to photovoltaic power than nuclear power. Residential solar is crazy dangerous. Having people climbing around on your roof is dangerous. So while things like Fukushima may get the headlines, the actual number of deaths and serious injuries is far far lower than the number of deaths and serious injuries in the same year from people falling off the roof while installing solar.

That's a terrible analogy. Gravity is easily detectable by even a toddler. If the toddler releases grip on a toy, the toy falls. If the toddler loses balance, the toddler falls. Proving a hurricane has behaved differently due to global warming is far more difficult. If it was as easy to detect as gravity, nobody would dispute it.