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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1334009" data-attributes="member: 40736">wkmac: Here&#039;s a link not behind the paywall:<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=4&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CEUQqQIwAw&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136.html&amp;ei=0saEU9XkE5G9oQT07oHoBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfh-JDX87DM9fjBXMnv_9pHnbFaA&amp;bvm=bv.67720277,d.cGU&amp;cad=rja" target="_blank">The Myth of the Climate Change &#039;97%&#039;</a>tl;dr version: yes, it&#039;s getting warmer, but not &#039;dangerously&#039; warmer.I am not one to take someone&#039;s words blindly, so I looked at the authors of the article to see if they maybe had an agenda. Low and behold, Joseph Bast is the founder and current president/CEO of the Heartland Institute. Here&#039;s his <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/joseph-bast" target="_blank">Bio.</a>Roy Spencer is an actual scientist. His background is quite <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/roy-spencer" target="_blank">interesting</a>. Here is a critique of his book <a href="http://bbickmore.wordpress.com/roy-spencer/" target="_blank">&#039;The Great Global Warming Blunder:&nbsp; How Mother Nature Fooled the World’s Top Climate Scientists.&quot;</a>I can find no reason to trust anything these two say. If it fits your beliefs on the subject, good for you. As far as being factual... not so much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1334009, member: 40736"] wkmac: Here's a link not behind the paywall: [URL='http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQqQIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136.html&ei=0saEU9XkE5G9oQT07oHoBg&usg=AFQjCNGfh-JDX87DM9fjBXMnv_9pHnbFaA&bvm=bv.67720277,d.cGU&cad=rja'][SIZE=6][B]The Myth of the Climate Change '97%'[/B][/SIZE][/URL] tl;dr version: yes, it's getting warmer, but not 'dangerously' warmer. I am not one to take someone's words blindly, so I looked at the authors of the article to see if they maybe had an agenda. Low and behold, Joseph Bast is the founder and current president/CEO of the Heartland Institute. Here's his [URL='http://www.desmogblog.com/joseph-bast']Bio.[/URL] Roy Spencer is an actual scientist. His background is quite [URL='http://www.desmogblog.com/roy-spencer']interesting[/URL]. Here is a critique of his book [URL='http://bbickmore.wordpress.com/roy-spencer/']'[I]The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World’s Top Climate Scientists[/I]."[/URL] I can find no reason to trust anything these two say. If it fits your beliefs on the subject, good for you. As far as being factual... not so much. [/QUOTE]

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