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To: Lakeshark
Not yet it isn't. Meteorologists are split into two camps, about 50/50 from what I understand. This is far from over, the grant money and the politics can still trump the reality of the data. It has for over ten years now. The data says no cooling for just over ten years, but 50% of meteorological scientists still believe in AGW.

Those are interesting statistics. Where did you hear that? My experience with other meteorologists is that very few really believe in AGW, or global warming of any kind. The only one that I know of that does, was just a TV meteorologist anyway.

The guys at the NWS office I dealt with certainly didn't buy it.

82 posted on 07/22/2009 8:50:54 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Where did you hear that?

I am a climate junkie. It affects my job and lifestyle greatly (boating in the great lakes), so I find it important to understand weather forecasting. I have read a lot of articles, and what I said about 50/50 is from the aggregate of them. AlGore and the climate professionals will say it's 98/2 (settled science), but surveys I have read say it's about 50/50, with the deniers now swelling the ranks. I believe the guy from Australia who has been debunking AGW gives that statistic and is bound and determined to change that with his work.

There is a climate AGW ping list on FR, many articles against, some for. Of course, the MSM is all for AGW being true, so most of their articles have that bias.

I also know several science researchers, plus a man who was head of the engineering department at one of the Big Ten universities. He has told me story after story of the grant money for AGW and how it has affected the research. Hint: It ain't a pretty story. He says most of the research is purely political, "peer reviewed scientific garbage". Oh, but the grant money they get.

95 posted on 07/23/2009 5:34:31 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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