>>The temperature has gone down since 1998 (slightly) and that seems to be a normal occurrence.<<
That's pretty much what I was talking about. No scientist is ever gonna get past the line of your post.
That's because all the major relevent scientific groups from The American Meteorological Society to The National Academy of Sciences are so far past that dispute, it does not help anything.
At a recent global warming conference 75% of the papers were about whether humans were causing global warming with 100% of those agreeing that humans are a major factor. The other 25% were about likely effects of global warming and/or possible plans to mitigate the effects.
So when somebody comes along and says "there is no global warming" -they simply get dismissed.
A much more helpful approach would be to point out that the temperature rise is small and therefore we can take time for more study before doing something drastic to the economy.
And please understand I'm not trying to tell anybody what they can say or can't say. I'm making a suggestion for how best to approach legislators and the scientific community.
That's pretty much what I was talking about. No scientist is ever gonna get past the line of your post.
Never mind that it's true.