The vast majority of those with an opposing viewpoint are not "Global Warming Skeptics/Deniers. Earth may well continue to warm for a period, as evidence shows that several of our neighbor planets are also warming... due to the documented increased solar activity. But... "This Above All To Thine Own Science Be True" The ice core data cited by Al Gore and many of the anthropogenic Global Warming disciples actually points to temperature leading CO2 as opposed to CO2 causing the temperature rise. scientists and science students know that the oceans absorb CO2 at a faster rate during cooler periods. It follows, "as night the day", that during warmer periods the CO2 will concentrate in the atmosphere. CO2 concentrations are not the cause of warming, they are the result! Keep an open mind, the emperor (VP) may not have any new clothes after all. "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..." Kipling

It makes me wonder what you are trying to hide and what your true motives are. Then I see the job titles. And the money involved.

People who use the word "denier" use it with the vitriol of a racist using the "N" word. It is quite disturbing.

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Deniers are right because we climate change alarmists "hate" them.  Fine argument (and novel use of the race card)!  Hehehey.

Is this what motivated many bush voters?  Could be.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

Look, I made some coffee this morning.  That heat went into the atmosphere and "affected" the total of global warming.

Obviously the APS doesn't have the balls to go full on against the IPCC...yet.

I never used the phrase "climate skeptic".

I said I am skeptical. Skeptical that humans are affecting the climate to a degree that warrants significant behavioral change.

There is no "mountain of evidence" that quantifies just how much we are contributing to climate change compared to other factors. This would help rationalize how much pain we need to experience.

Do you really expect those of us who you are demanding money from just "shut up and pay up" without asking questions?

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I can't "deny" and you can't "know".

You believe, and I am skeptical.

I have not seen quantified in any logical way how much humans contribute to climate change compared with all other factors.

You certainly don't deny that Earth has see climate change before humans existed and that other things affect climate besides CO2.

I am skeptical that taking money from my children's education to enrich others is required to "save the planet".

By the way, I am equally skeptical that my tax dollars are being used wisely on "anti-terrorism task forces" created by local transit districts.

Once again, no information. Just obtuse attacks.

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am skeptical that taking money from my children's education to enrich others is required to "save the planet".

Provide an exapmle where this has occured.

As far as I know, no money has been taken from any public education fund to help stop climate change on any large scale.

In fact, to my personal knowledge, no money has been taken from any public or governmental institution (other than environmental ones) with the specifc purpose of fightin' climate change (though some institutions have had additional money allocated to 'em to help inform, educate, discuss, research, and debate climate change...but no money was taken from other programs to supply these funds).

I have not seen quantified in any logical way how much humans contribute to climate change compared with all other factors.

Such information is readily available in a number of studies and peer-reviewed journals.  We'd be more than happy to provide ya with some links to some, if ya wish.

"...those of us who you are demanding money from"

So 5, 6, 7 bucks per gallon for gas is just fine with you?  1 dollar per gallon eqyuivalent electricity instead constitutes "demanding money"?

Economic revival by ending run away energy price inflation and ending oil wars, that's some kind of scam to take your cash?

Maybe you could go out and buy a clue, with all your loot?  Hehey.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

Wow. The fact that you simply see money as shifting from one government agency to another is truly frightening to a tax payer like me.

Interesting that you equate public school funding with education. I have to pay for my children's college education. With the money that is left after I pay .36 per kwh for electricity because of the tiered structure in California. Al Gore pays .08 per kwh. I pay .36 because PG&E is playing green with my greenbacks. Al's bill would be $8,000 a month if he lived here, by the way.

Can't you please just tell me what percent of climate change is caused by human activity? Seems like there should be a number. 10 percent? 90 percent?

Would you like me to forward a list of peer-reviewed nonsense to convince you that peer-reviewed isn't a term you should hang your hat on?

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Gas at $10 a gallon is what I am hoping for. It keeps all of the people who vote for the folks standing in the way of nuclear power off the roads and onto the bus where they belong. The folks who can't ride across campus to work on a recombent bike will start wondering what the heck is up. Even taxing those who earn more than they do won't get them off of the bus. Maybe they will have an awakening. Until then, there will be less traffic.

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