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But thats not true. Of Climate Scientists, 97 out of 100 agree. Thats like saying 97 out of 100 LSU fans hate Bama, so Bama must be awful. You don't think those guys have a vested interest?

No.............no its not like that at all lol. They do have a lot of empirical evidence they're looking at. Although with Updyke, the teabagger, crazy lady in the stands, etc you may be on to something.

As far as vested interest.....I feel that the far greater monetary interest lies with the big oil companies who have an ENORMOUS PR problem with their product.

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Posted by goatmilker

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:42 am to AUbused

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who have an ENORMOUS PR problem with their product

I like gas and oil.

To whom could you be referring to?

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Posted by C

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:43 am to AUbused

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I feel that the far greater monetary interest lies with the big oil companies who have an ENORMOUS PR problem with their product.

Ok I think the problem is you've been in a coma for 10+ years. Because Big oil supports tax hikes on carbon. Or is this just another data point you want to ignore.

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Posted by AustinTigr

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:44 am to AUbused

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So I assume you believe in creationism? After all, 97% of evangelical preachers believe it to be true.

FIFY

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Posted by MJM

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:47 am to AUbused

What really needs to be studied is the amount of climate experts that somehow have all come together on a southern sports message board. It's an astounding rate. We should definitely look into somehow getting some funding to look into this anomaly

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Posted by NC_Tigah

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Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:55 am to AUbused

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But thats not true. Of Climate Scientists, 97 out of 100 agree. Thats like saying 97 out of 100 LSU fans hate Bama, so Bama must be awful. You don't think those guys have a vested interest?

No.............no its not like that at all lol.

Actually you're right, the 97% of "climate scientists" poll was probably a slightly less scientific survey.

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Consensus momentum regarding action on climate change? Phony, contrived talking points, unscientific propositions, and a scorn for truth wrapped in false threats? Yes, he’s entirely correct on both accounts… but in the exact opposite direction that he, supported by representations in the “mainstream media”, has indicated.

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This would require a pretty big phone booth, and actually, there really are many of those “global warming skeptics” still remaining. In fact, that number (yes- scientists with solid credentials) has been rapidly multiplying, not diminishing.......

So where did that famous “consensus” claim that “98% of all scientists believe in global warming” come from? It originated from an endlessly reported 2009 American Geophysical Union (AGU) survey consisting of an intentionally brief two-minute, two question online survey sent to 10,257 earth scientists by two researchers at the University of Illinois. Of the about 3.000 who responded, 82% answered “yes” to the second question, which like the first, most people I know would also have agreed with.

Then of those, only a small subset, just 77 who had been successful in getting more than half of their papers recently accepted by peer-reviewed climate science journals, were considered in their survey statistic. That “98% all scientists” referred to a laughably puny number of 75 of those 77 who answered “yes”.

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Perhaps in the future you could just say 75 out of 77 scientists?