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In 2013, there were 10,883 peer-reviewed scientific studies to the effect that global warming is real and caused by humans. In the same year, how many such studies took the opposite position? Exactly Two. From this article:

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/10853_ou...happening/

"As geochemist James Lawrence Powell "to the People" continues to prove, the only people still debating whether or not climate change is “real,” and caused by human activity, are the ones who aren’t doing the actual research. In an update to his ongoing project of reviewing the literature on global warming, Powell "to the People" went through every scientific study published in a peer-review journal during the calendar year 2013, finding 10,885 in total (more on his methodology here). Of those, a mere two rejected anthropogenic global warming."

Powell "to the People" himself is quoted as saying:

"Very few of the most vocal global warming deniers, those who write op-eds and blogs and testify to congressional committees, have ever written a peer-reviewed article in which they say explicitly that anthropogenic global warming is false. Why? Because then they would have to provide the evidence and, evidently, they don’t have it."


I know I'm unlikely to get any rep points for supporting the view that global warming is real and caused by human activity - much less have this post noticed by most on this board. That's discouraging for me, as I see the pervasive influence of fossil fuel corporation propaganda in the marketplace, and I'm committed to reality - and for me it's clear that the overwhelming evidence supports anthropogenic global warming. I'd ask you, why is there so little questioning in this thread of the self-serving motivations of those same fossil fuel corporations in funding the so called "arguments" "against global warming"? IMHO, the arguments against global warming are so persuasive, despite their lack of observational support, because they don't require any proactive change on our part. We can continue blithely doing business as usual, without facing the massive implications for change in our way of life implied by global climate change. In denial, there's also the added short-term benefit that we don't have to feel the pain of having to admit that, as a civilization and as individuals, we've altered the earth's climate for the worst.

Not only is man-made global warming a legitimate scientific concern (any theory is "legitimate" and worthy of testing by observation), I'm convinced it's also happening, with profound implications for our future quality of life.

Yes, I admit that TPTB are using both sides of this issue to gain further advantage in their power and wealth, as they will use almost any issue. And I abhor this. A marketplace in "carbon credits" is a perfect example. Yet this manipulation implies nothing about the reality of global warming.

Please consider what I've said above. What if it's true? A failure to proactively prepare yourself and your family for these changes might be pretty costly.