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Friday, November 9, 2012

Climate scientists’ “consensus” based on a myth


It’s a “fact” asserted by political leaders, media and activists worldwide. Important public policy and corporate decisions are based on it. Researchers and public opinion survey coordinators take it as a given. School children and college and university students are assured it is true.

It is the idea that scientists agree that we are causing climate catastrophe. It is perhaps best summed up by the following statement, one heard often over the past three years:
“97% of climate experts agree that humanity is causing dangerous global warming and other problematic climate change because of our greenhouse gas emissions.”

No poll of experts has actually shown this. There has never been a reputable worldwide survey of climate scientists that has even asked the question. In fact, it has never even been demonstrated that there is any “global scientific consensus about the climate crisis”, as Al Gore continually assures us that there is.  This is simply one more of the many urban legends that permeate the climate debate, myths that are costing societies across the world billions of dollars every year.  Two pieces of evidence are most often cited to support the 97%/consensus argument: ….To Read More…… 

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