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Originally Posted by Yug
Don't have to be a 'zealot' when one is merely using facts (you know, evidence) rather than a concensus of 'scientists' (most of which didn't even work in the meterological field, and ones that are in the field have a vested interest ($$) in saying what they are saying - the politicians make $$, gain more control via a global 'carbon' tax that they can skim off of, and in turn spread the wealth to the 'scientists that are doing their bidding)
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Facts. Facts, huh? Last time I checked, more facts point to a warming trend than facts that point to otherwise. Like, you know, the temperature record. Not to mention the fact that my very area is going through a record drought.
(about 6 inches of rain so far this year compared to 15 on average).
And you're right. Climate scientists aren't meteorologists. They're people who study long-term climate patterns rather than short-term weather, which is what meteorologists study. Two COMPLETELY different things. And you know what? A lot of the stuff that they have been warning us about for a long time is becoming reality. More frequent tropical storms (i.e. the three simultaneous typhoons in the Indian Ocean this year, which I don't recall ever happening before in recorded history), more extreme weather conditions (droughts, shifting
in the jet streams causing the recent Arctic cold fronts, etc.), and overall rises in temperatures (see the recent unprecedented heat waves in Australia and Europe). Not to mention the fact that the volume and extent of Arctic sea ice has declined rapidly over the past half a century, and that sea level rise has already been
observed. If you seriously think that something isn't awry here, then it's quite clear to me that there is a very big rift between what you believe and what the reality is.
And now, you question the motives of the scientists themselves, huh? Don't forget that the same scientific method that climate change researchers use to draw their conclusions is also the reason why you have a computer and the Internet. Without it, you would not be typing on this forum right now. In fact, not only would this forum and computers not exist, we would still be in the Middle Ages. In the meantime, you put your trust in people like Anthony Watts, who are not even climate scientists, who are paid handsomely by big oil and big business to spread disinformation and outright lie to the public about climate change. Seems a bit hypocritical, doesn't it?
