The irony here is thick.  The fact is that most scientists won't even opine because they fear of being blacklisted by the "Man-Made Global Warming" Zealots on the Liberal Left who control most Universities and Foundations.  And the scientific arguments against "Man-Made Global Warming" are not theological unless people are still worshipping the SUN and VOLCANOS.

Significant debate--yes, Michael--but not in the scientific community I'm afraid. They are "skewing" toward the prevailing scientific opinion.

I'm glad Inhofe will be gone as well, though his fuel $ will probably dry up, poor guy. Barton's gone too. It's like Christmas already.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Global Warming is a vehicle for gaining control, Globally (the U.N.) and at every other level of government. It plays on the emotions (10 years! Oh my gawd, what are we gonna do!) and people get hysterical at any notion that merely questions the premise or the questions the motivations of its proponents. How can we be so callous as to NOT be totally freaked out by the impending disaster. In the 70's the MsM was spewing about a coming ICE AGE! But that could NEVER be a man made event. No problem, make it Global Warming - much easier to find plausible, man made causes. People like Clift no doubt make a s$$tload of cash appearing on these panels and saying virtually anything to carry their side of the argument, no matter how bizarre it may sound. Whose, on these shows, is going to question them.

"Are you so convinced that we are so limited in our capacities to find scientific solutions to major problems that we should just give up, drain the earth of oil and then leave it to some future generation?"

Notice how he forms his response in the form of another question. Ask any liberal where we're going to get all this cheap, abundant, pollution free energy from and they will practically accuse you of heresy. And yet we’re the religious fanatics. They oppose drilling for oil in North America; they oppose nuclear power; they don't even like clean coal technology. So
where's the energy going to come from? Are we all going to attach windmills to our asses?

If anyone is to be accused of making "theological arguments", it's these lunatics who think that if we just stop using fossil fuels, all of our problems will be solved and we can finally live in Rousseau's wonderful state of nature like noble savages, free from the corrupting influence of "Big Oil." Of course, these people wouldn't last 10 seconds without electricity and power, which is really why they want to get rid of them so much; because they hate themselves and want to be destroyed.

I don't think anyone on the right is particularly happy that we're completely dependent on our sworn enemies for energy, and I don't think anyone is suggesting that we shouldn't aggressively research and pursue newer, more efficient technologies. But none of those technologies are feasible in the here and now, so in the interim at least we're going to remain dependent on fossil fuels, no matter whether liberal legislation aimed at saving the planet passes or not.

-Patrick the Neanderthal

Me no dummy. Me gots lots of smarts.

Whoa! Clift and Mclaughlin say global warming exists so it must be true! And, according to McLaughlin, people like James Hansen and Petr Chylek are 'neanderthals'. Does anyone take McLaughlin and co. seriously anymore? They can propagandize for the global warming industry all they like, but the list of dissenting scientists grows steadily every year.

I was blogging about global warming yesterday on another thread.  I came across this article on a website in New Zealand today and thought some of you might find it interesting.  It’s about core samples just recovered from Antarctica that scientists think indicates a dire future possibility.  Here’s the first few paragraphs.  Check this out:

The Ross Ice Shelf, a raft of ice the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, scientists warn.

A New Zealand-led drilling team in Antarctica has recovered three million years of climate history, but the news is not good for the future.

Initial analysis of sea-floor cores near Scott Base suggest the Ross Ice Shelf had collapsed in the past and had probably done so suddenly.

The team's co-chief scientist, Tim Naish, said the sediment record was important because it provided crucial evidence about how the Ross Ice Shelf would react to climate change, with potential to dramatically increase sea levels.

"If the past is any indication of the future, then the ice shelf will collapse," he said.

"If the ice shelf goes, then what about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet? What we've learnt from the Antarctic Peninsula is when once buttressing ice sheets go, the glaciers feeding them move faster and that's the thing that isn't so cheery."

Antarctica stores 90 per cent of the world's water, with the the West Antarctic Ice Sheet holding an estimated 30 million cubic kilometres.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3881816a7693,00.html