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To: Land Shark who wrote (2220)	9/20/2011 1:46:24 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

The Nonsensus: 97% to 98% of climate scientists believe in global warming? Posted on September 8, 2011 by Steve Milloy\| 33 Comments During Wednesday’s GOP presidential debate, Jon Huntsman attacked Rick Perry with the claim that 97% to 98% of climate scientists believe in the manmade global warming hypothesis. This claim is also gaining currency in the lamestream media The claim arises from this June 2010 PNAS study. Read it if you have the time and stomach, but the bottom line is that about 97% to 98% of climate researchers (if not more) are paid by the government and climate interest groups to support and to advance the global warming hypothesis and, guess what, they do. This doesn’t make these researchers correct or credible, just employed. The study’s premise that unless you’ve published 20 papers on climate your views don’t matter or are uninformed is patently arbitrary and absurd. If you can read a graph, then you have all the tools necessary to decide the climate controversy for yourself. You only need the PhD and track record of publications if you want to rip-off taxpayers in the name of alarmism.