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Old 06-26-2021, 07:04 PM   #404
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0 View Post
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.the...fclimatechange

It really doesn’t matter if it is 97% or 90% or 75%. It isn’t 50% or 25%. Even if it isn’t anthropomorphic, scientists are still in agreement that it is alarming. That consensus is extremely high. .
That's not what you stated as fact; you stated that, unequivocally, 97% of climate scientists agree that climate warming is caused by man. That is a false statement on several levels, and you made it. Own it. First of all, the study you cited is flawed on several levels (see the Forbes article linked below), and secondly, the article to which you referred discussed "climate change," and not the more specific (and not coincidentally even more difficult to defend) charge of "climate/global warming."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenerg...h=422ac4d71157

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The data is published. The studies are peer reviewed and critiqued for errors in their methodology, statistics and analysis. Scientists intentionally are vague and humble knowing their work and their credibility are easily tarnished or refuted by future studies. While scientists are paid and are sponsored and do receive grants, you seem to be acting as if scientists have deceitful alternative motives in some global conspiracy theory to move money from fossil fuel giants to new green energy sectors.
Again, read the Forbes link above. I read yours... you read mine. Regardless of how I "seem to be acting" to you, not once have I intimated that the scientists to whom you defer for your opinions are acting intentionally deceitfully, nor involved in a global conspiracy. I said that they, like everyone, are susceptible to outside biases, and that 97% do not agree that man is the cause of climate change/global warming. THAT is fact.
I have also never said anything to indicate a lack of support for moving away from fossil fuels.

If you insist on mischaracterizing my words, outside studies, and stating your strongly held opinions as fact, I can't stop you. You may wish to cease doing so, as it only serves to further weaken your already weak stance.
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