Others share Mr Opinion's exasperation,including Hilaire Belloc:

Scientists who ought to know
Tell us that it must be so.
One should never, ever doubt
What nobody is sure about.

But a serious chat with this group?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiYZxOlCN10?

Mr O you got me, I confess, I own up I am not a scientist. However like the US president Lyndon Johnson I pride myself that I can tell the difference between Chicken Salad and Chicken !@#$.
Happy now?

Dear JBowyer,

I'm not a scientist either. My four degrees are in history, anthropology, sociology, and engineering. So because I am not a scientist I am eager to listen to what scientists have to say on topics like global warming. And after listening to the scientists I am led to believe that global warming is real and that the planet is warming up and that if left unchecked the planet will become too hot to support life.

People like John Howard, Andrew Bolt and Tony Abbott don't believe that global warming is real and they believe that we do not have anything to fear. I think it is dangerous to follow the ideas of Howard, Bolt and Abbott so I guess I'm in the same boat as you in that I too can tell the difference between Chicken Salad and Chicken !@#$.

But can you tell the difference between 'weather' and 'climate'?

Or between natural variability and (allegedly) anthropogenic 'climate change' and/or 'global warming'?

Or between ideology and science?

Or between a 'projection' and a 'prediction'?

Or between a rock and a hard place?

Time for a change of diet?

Planetary health tips here: www.joannenova.com.au

Dear Alice Thermopolis,

Who are you talking to? What are you talking about? Is this how you want people to see you? Are you a scientist or an anti-scientist?

Mr O I am against people being paid to research. This is the problem there is no follow up. Flannery said it would probably never rain in Brisbane again and they suffered two major floods. Of course now his predictions are strictly retrospective. Whatever happens it is climate change.
The idiot BOM, scientists and the ABC claim 2015 was the hottest year ever. Of course it was not but they would say it was every where else. The cannot be pinned down because they are all full of it.