<p>Fundingfather: It might be that you are not a whackjob, but are simply a bit thick. The following study closed the case. I quoted it early. The only cause for doubt has nothing to do with man’s role in global warming, but what the consequences will be for us of global warming. If you think there is any doubt about man’s role, you’re not paying attention or you’re not smart enough to follow the science. But I will withdraw the use of whackjob, which I had only introduced, by the way, because Zoosermon used it to group people who believed 9/11 conspiracy theories and Al Gore together.</p>
<p>But I don’t think I’ve won any friends here or that this discussion is going anywhere. </p>
<p>Barnett’s study at UCSD in conjunction with Lawrence Livermore Lab definitively put to rest any notion in mainstream and even partial fringe academic and research communities that man-made global warming is occurring. There is no MAYBE left in these findings.</p>
<p>It is a psychologically difficult thing to realize that your very way of life and that of your children is unsustainable as is and that it is dependent on a collective response. But that’s essentially the position that a lot of folks such as fundfather are in. Others, like gas companies, adopt a more cynical approach sometimes – funding people to fuel doubt about the science.</p>
<p>Reference to Barnett’s study:
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