So, 30,000+ scientists are a tiny minority?
http://www.petitionproject.org/
Did you catch the trick? Kerry only references “climate scientists,” you know, the group that is almost exclusively dependent upon government grants for climate research.
If you are in the meteorological, atmospheric, environmental, etc. fields, YOUR opinion is not worthy of consideration.
Also, I do not believe that the “climate scientists” in question have been surveyed since Michael Mann’s “hide the decline” skullduggery was exposed.
““97 percent of climate scientists have confirmed that climate change is happening and that human activity is responsible.””
It depends on how you ask the questions. Does man have some effect on warming? Perhaps. 0.04% of CO2 is produced by man. 4 one hundredths of 1%. That’s not enough to distinguish it from the natural “noise” in the stats. That 97% needs to be further asked weather man’s contribution to CO2 is in any way significant, and, if so, how significant?
“since Michael Mann’s “hide the decline” skullduggery was exposed.”
Good point! I’d bet a lot of them have jumped ship since finding out they were lied to. Add in all the other things like missing thermometer stations, poorly-placed stations, the inability to get the original data from the liars, and so on, and so on!
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/18/about-that-overwhelming-98-number-of-scientists-consensus/
Here’s more of the trick.