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What consensus? Less than half of climate scientists agree with the IPCC “95%” certainty
Jonova ^ | 7/30/2015 | Joanne nova

Posted on 07/30/2015 5:49:58 AM PDT by Bulwinkle

I used to think there was a consensus among government-funded certified climate scientists, but a better study by Verheggen et al shows even that is not true. The “97% consensus” is now 43%.

Finally there is a decent survey on the topic, and it shows that less than half of what we would call “climate scientists” who research the topic and for the most part, publish in the peer reviewed literature, would agree with the IPCC’s main conclusions. Only 43% of climate scientists agree with the IPCC “95%” certainty..

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1 posted on 07/30/2015 5:49:58 AM PDT by Bulwinkle
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To: Bulwinkle

But, but, I just read where a retired BG, Marine no less, who declared that many of our military bases would be underwater soon, if the EPA rules were not carried out....am I confused?


2 posted on 07/30/2015 5:52:48 AM PDT by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
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To: Bulwinkle

To a liberal the word consensus means “everyone who agrees with me.” The words extremist means “everyone who doesn’t agree with me.”


3 posted on 07/30/2015 5:55:11 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: Bulwinkle

Shows there still is some integrity among scientists despite extensive government subversion


4 posted on 07/30/2015 5:55:31 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: jennings2004

“But, but, I just read where a retired BG, Marine no less, who declared that many of our military bases would be underwater soon, if the EPA rules were not carried out....am I confused?”

No, you now know why he made general officer in the politicized military of today.


5 posted on 07/30/2015 5:55:58 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: jennings2004

That retired Marine was just regurgitating probable command and staff training material produced by Barry’s regime


6 posted on 07/30/2015 5:56:48 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Bulwinkle

I am 100% certain that AGW is Socialist BS.


7 posted on 07/30/2015 5:58:09 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: Bulwinkle

...and the 43% “consensus” are still receiving taxpayer grants.


8 posted on 07/30/2015 5:58:57 AM PDT by newfreep ("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
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To: newfreep
I say, given that skeptics get sacked, rarely get grants to research, and find it harder to get published, they are underrepresented in every way in the “certified” pool of publishing climate scientists.

BINGO!

9 posted on 07/30/2015 6:03:30 AM PDT by MulberryDraw
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To: Bulwinkle
Yall just don't know what a scientist is. Look it up in your New American PC Dictionary. A scientist is someone who believes in AGW and sometimes wears a white coat when standing with the President. You can tell the phoney scientists. They don't get government grants.
10 posted on 07/30/2015 6:24:37 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: IamConservative

That’s what it is.


11 posted on 07/30/2015 6:25:14 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: Bulwinkle

Grammar police: FEWER than half is correct.


12 posted on 07/30/2015 7:50:24 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Bulwinkle
There IS an 'alternative theory'. It's discussed regularly among the "luke warmers":

1) CO2 increases from burning fossil fuels will warm global temperatures, somewhat. This warming will be mostly beneficial, and have little negative effect on humans. Most of the warming effects will be positive.

2) The increased CO2 will dramatically increase food production from agriculture. The moderate warming will dramatically increase arable acreage in cold climates, and the "fertilizer effect" of CO2 will cause even more pronounced increases.

3) Some time in the future, we will "run out" of fossil fuels, but by then, mankind will have produced inexpensive energy from other sources.

13 posted on 07/30/2015 4:27:52 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: JimRed; Bulwinkle
"FEWER than half is correct."

You're treading on thin ice. 'Fewer' generally refers to a value that can be counted. "Half" can't be counted. "Fewer scientists" CAN be counted. You didn't even include "scientists" in your quote. I think you're dealing with a technicality that most followers of Her "Queen's English" would ignore. I'm not sure you're even correct, and to me, it's not even worth looking up.

14 posted on 07/30/2015 4:41:55 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: norwaypinesavage

I was taught that it was a number vs. a quantity. Fewer for a number, less for a quantity. Oh, well, to-MAY-to, to-MAH-to!


15 posted on 07/31/2015 6:02:49 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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