I know you didn't mention mention a 'politically powerful minority' Don, they are my words.

The fact remains that the minority was always there, now it is more politically powerful.

I dispute your claim that the electorate 'hasn't bought' the message (nor that the Australian has not published dissenting views until recently). They may have elected a government that has climate sceptics it's core, but there are plenty of reasons to blame that on other factors.

Bugsy

The reason for becoming powerful is because of a morphing into the majority.

Billionaires with vested interests are not "the majority" nutter.

Some considerable organisation goes into challenging the scientific consensus on AGW....usually spear-headed by people who aren't qualified scientifically.

So much so, that now "skeptics" can command significant air-time on MSM, despite having little qualification or expertise on the complexities of the subject.

The principal argument buttressing the "skeptic" movement appears to rest not on the science - but on the suggestion that climate scientists are all involve in a gargantuan scam.

With so many scientists from the various disciplines encompassing climate science agreeing with the AGW conclusion, conspiracy is the only avenue left to challenge the consenus.

I wouldn't expect you to understand Poirot, but it is the science that proves it's a scam.

That & the number of times the promoters have been caught fiddling the books. It is unraveling, & it appears the planet is the worst enemy on the scammers. It is making their models look like child's play, or a fraud, which is what they are of course.

The other indication of course is Obama. He's all for it, which really should give any thinking person a reason to pause. So far he has managed to shift over 5 billion tax payer dollars to his campaign funders in the alternative industries, mostly just before their companies went broke.

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