I apologize if I failed to clearly express my feelings on junk science in general and global warming alarmists in particular. Let me try again, without the confusing sarcasm....
Members of the scientific community that espouse the idea that mankind is the chief cause of global warming are either ignorant of or choose to ignore the overwhelming evidence that the earth has a regular temperature cycle, and human influence on it is so insignificant as to be almost too small to measure. For the most part, they are either after funding for their pet research projects, notoriety in the scientific community, or both. Add in the media's love of a sensational story that arouses interest in their target audience and you get an activism machine geared to feed on public opinion. The more the junk scientists spoon feed their tripe to the public through the media, the more attention and credibility they get.
Thus my sarcastic comment regarding junk science being a democratic process. Let me know if you are still unclear, and I'll try to break it down even more.
"Members of the scientific community that espouse the idea that mankind is the chief cause of global warming are either ignorant of or choose to ignore the overwhelming evidence that the earth has a regular temperature cycle, and human influence on it is so insignificant as to be almost too small to measure."
Can you please post links to an actual scientific organization that shares your viewpoint? Someone associated with the scientific literature. You people love speaking for the scientific community, even while you trash them in the next breath. I can, and have already posted links to a couple of the biggest, the NAS and the AAAS. Here is another, but I'm not finding anymore until I get at least one from one of all you naysayers here.
http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/spm22-01.pdf
How can you say the scientists want money? The best way in teh US to get your grants cut is to speak out on something that the plutocorporations don't like. And global warming is at the top of their list! Also, the current administration has trouble grabbing ankles for energy corps when their scientific advisors are telling them the corps are killign us! How can you say it's money? Regardless, this is not their opinion, it would have to be a conspiracy that involved every scientists in the field, including the editors and peer reviewers at the journals... not a chance.
"Let me know if you are still unclear, and I'll try to break it down even more."
Don't be snide, read what you posted again, the way you wrote it you said the opposite of what you meant.