Is consensus on global warming JUST hot air?

Consensus a myth

The only true thing about global warming is that it is generating a lot of hot air and not the kind that is a byproduct of Al Gore’ s personal jet. Instead, it is all the hot air from the incorrigible gas bags who claim there is a unified consensus, which all scientists have signed on to when it comes to global warming. Below is a summary of facts from an article by Steven Milloy, which appeared on FoxNews.com recently.

• Milloy raising the questions: “Is there a "consensus" on global warming among the scientists participating in the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)?"
• Stephen Milloy conducted the first-ever survey of scientists participating in the most recent IPCC report.
• In early October, he e-mailed a six-question survey on climate change to 345 U.S. scientists involved in the IPCC's 2007 report.
• By month's end, Milloy had received responses from a surprising 95 scientists (28 percent).
• Some of the responders claimed that the survey questions were flawed and declined to participate.
• Some wanted to know, ironically enough, what was meant by the term "climate change" even though the term is part of the IPCC's name.
• One IPCC-er declined to participate because, he said, the climate science debate was over.
• Another, who acknowledged that current climate had probably just resulted from a "just a geological wiggle," declined because it was wrong to deny that humans are "adding undesirable stress to natural systems."
• Another refused to answer, claiming that the IPCC report "is a much more powerful statement than any individual scientist can make."
• One scientist refused on the grounds that, "Science is not a vote or survey. It is not democratic. It is not debatable."
• Another said he didn't "see the point of frequently uninformed free-for-all style debates about topics that require diligent study instead."
• Others accused Milloy of having a biased agenda, being "reckless and irresponsible," and wanting to misrepresent the IPCC's work.

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Global Warming's Senseless Consensus
By Steven Milloy

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Our Take

Science may not be a survey, but it surely is a discussion! Once again, the voices of the dissenters on global warming are not given the time of the day. Well, the watch stops here (we will give them the time). We need to take notice when the scientists who helped craft the consensus report on global warming can’t decided on what is meant by climate change. Wasn’t that the whole point of the report? If they can’t decide on that – what did they decide on?