If climate 'science is settled,' why are billions of tax dollars still being diverted to 'researching' it while people go hungry?-Gosselin

Global warming says 'science is settled,' so why are we still diverting billions in taxes to 'global warming research?'

• 4 comments to the following post make the point:

2/12/11, "The Climate Catastrophism Cult," P. Gosselin, NoTricksZone.com

"The prophets of doom and gloom insist the end is coming and that we must fight to save the planet. Join the movement for salvation.

It’s supposed to be based on science and data, yet whenever data that contradicts the end-of-world claims appear, which is often, the prophets take on an us-versus-them approach, often portraying skeptics

• as infidels or even criminals.

So not surprisingly to many observers, a large part of the global warming movement is seen to have long since departed from the realms of science, evolved and moved into a cult-like realm. Has climate catastrophism become a cult?...

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Comments include the following:

"Rob Honeycutt

13. February 2011 at 23:29 | Permalink | Reply

Absolutely wrong. The science of climate change is every bit as solid as the theory of evolution at this point.

Evolution speaks equally to the past and the future. The science of climate change relies every bit as much on the past as does evolution.

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P Gosselin

13. February 2011 at 23:45 | Permalink | Reply

Spoken like a true believer. So in your view it’s settled?

• We ought to call off further research then.

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Rob Honeycutt

13. February 2011 at 23:50 | Permalink | Reply

We wouldn’t call off research into evolution. Why wouldwe call it off for climate change. And at this point there are

• a ton of uncertainties that need to be better understood.

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P Gosselin

13. February 2011 at 23:55 | Permalink | Reply

I like that.

• Solid, but with a ton of uncertainties."...

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