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Comment Re:Here it comes. (Score 2) 292

Third, it is trivially proven that there is no genuine consensus among scientists [climatedepot.com] that the warming is caused by humanity, or what to do about it. There is at best a preponderance of opinion among scientists that it is caused by humanity. It isn't necessarily clear how strongly those views are held.

From the link: "The well over 1,000 dissenting scientists are almost 20 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media-hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers."

Oh wow!!! LOL!

You can tell that the guy who wrote this was a producer for Rush Limbaugh's show.

Comment Re:Different thing (Score 1) 776

Come again?

Parent asked: BTW, what does tobacco have to do with this?

I pointed out that there is a connection (link to article showing that the same anti-science agenda think tanks which worked to discredit and obscure studies linking lung cancer to tobacco smoke exposure are now campaigning agains AGW).

How is this an ad hominem?

Comment Re:We're not there yet... (Score 1) 535

pro-AGW: $50 Billion, while the other side got skeptical of AGW: $19 Million.

There are links to references and such on that page. I think my work here is done.

Are you serious? Some industry-sponsored (Heartland Institute) aussie climate scientist pulled that number out of his ass (at least there is no telling where it came from).

Another funny from your link:
The U.S. alone has spent $30 billion on federal programs directly or indirectly related to global warming in just the last six years, according to one estimate.

...which in the original Fox News article turns out to be:
The Bush administration, after all, is by far the largest funder of global warming alarmism, pouring about $30 billion of federal dollars into climate- and alternative energy-related research over the last six years.

LOL?

Japan

Submission + - Meltdowns also at No.2, No.3 reactors (nhk.or.jp)

blau writes: "The operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant says findings show that fuel meltdowns may have occurred at the No.2 and No.3 reactors within days of the March 11th earthquake. But it says both reactors are now stable at relatively low temperatures."

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