I was reading along thinking, Oh Boy, finally a truthful bit of news from the Scientists- YAY! Then I continued on to see, DRAT, these dingbats blame Man for most of the global climate change. CO-2 emissions, Greenhouse effect, whatever - this is all a byproduct of the warming, not the cause. China is having record cold, while the eastern half of the US is pretty warm and dry for winter time, but not so out in western US. So, obviously, none of this is “GLOBAL” — just when I thought I could send something to my Lib daughter living in New Zealand, CRIKEY! Thank goodness I read it all ;o)
This is unmistakeable evidence of pressure to conform to the conventional wisdom. He recites it almost automatically, as if it were a chant to fend off demons, and so it is. Funding institutions have these wretched academic creatures by the short hairs, and they all know full well where their meal ticket comes from.