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[HydrogenBond]

Part of the problem with the global warming debate is assuming the rise in temperature is due to human action. There is a temperature rise, but the human factor is inconclusive. What I would like to see is longer term data, for the past 100 million years. One can find many warm cycles even when humans were not around. What caused these and why is it not even on the table as part of the reason for this current cycle? The science is not very scientific in that it is using about 50-100 years of the data. The burden of proof should require explaining the past and then eliminating that before introducing a trump card.

Science, research and universities are competitive businesses. If you want to get funding one needs to go where the money is. Right now there is more money spent on the global warming angle. If you did a comparison of all the scientists pro and con for global warming, it would be interesting to see how well it correlates to the disproportionate funding level.

What I would like to see happen is for the the global warming money to split equally into two. Give half of it to the pro and half to the con. The ship jumping will occur when the funding gets balanced. The current bucks were decided politically to force fit science to a particular end. The research funding distribution makes me very skeptical. Even a burger flipper is not going to criticize the food if he wants to keep his job. But normalize the funding, people will be able to do their science and talk freely.

If we project into the future, if the human global warming angle is able to pay off its research investment, what is the next card on the table? This has already been thought out, since the funding is designed to be a sure thing. Since it is a Democratic issue, the goal is more government and more taxes. Research is seed money with the hope of a large return on investment. In a free market culture, one has to admire them if it pays off. Going "green' is an inside joke in some circles. They are really thinking greenbacks.