Alarm about climate change is fashionable, trendy.
Like most trends, it will pass.
Then we can get back to reality.

York illustrates why claims of a scientific "consensus" have no value.

The hypothesis that manmade greenhouse gases are contributing towards planetary warming was first made nearly 150 years ago, by John Tyndall. Bad hypotheses die in science, good ones stay alive and become mainstream theories and eventually accepted fact. If the planet hadn't warmed in that time, or a better explanation of why it had warmed had been developed (and, importantly, an explanation of how increasing greenhouse gas concentrations could *not* lead to warmer temperatures had been found) then the current theories would have be largely abandoned by now. It has warmed, no better explanation has been found, so the current theories are the "best bet". Same way all science works.
If you want to believe that thousands of scientists all over the world have been falsifying their research for the sake of extra research grants for the last 40 years, then go for it.

Ahh.. But what if climate change is not only a reality but that humans have really been the prime movers. It's fine to be a bit sceptical but I worry about adamant non believers.

The world is NOT flat.

Though I did like the article and certainly agree with most of the sentiments offered. I mean there are people out there who actually don't understand chocolate as a health food or coffee as a nourishing tonic. We definitely need a grant.

Aaah dammit! I wish I'd written this article!

This piece was marked as "Humour & Satire" it just seems to be more right wing trash. Attracting the standard rightwing (read faith based)comments, and the standard left wing (read reality based)replys. Why did you bother Willy