first of all there virtually no papers which show man made co2 causes warming other than failed models. if there were you would link them
and them we compare the real echo chamber.
the list has hundreds of authors and many of them could be considered nutters... you need to actually do some clicking around fraudcurrents.
http://www.populartechnology.net/2009/10/peer-reviewed-papers-supporting.html
Criticism: Papers on the list are not widely cited.
Rebuttal: Many papers on the list have been cited hundreds of times; e.g. "Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverageâa missing link in solar-climate relationships" has been cited over 950 times, "Some coolness concerning global warming" over 500 times and "Plant responses to atmospheric CO2 enrichment in the face of environmental constraints: a review of the past 10 years' research" over 400 times.
Criticism: Most of the papers come from Energy & Environment.
Rebuttal: The IPCC cited peer-reviewed journal Energy & Environment only represents 10% of the list. There are still over 1200 papers from 350 other journals on the list, including over 120 papers from Geophysical Research Letters.
Criticism: Authors on the list are not scientists.
Rebuttal: Just like the WGII and WGIII sections of the IPCC reports, peer-reviewed papers from social scientists and policy analysts are included in the list. These papers appear in the appropriate socio-economic sections (e.g. Socio-Economic) separate from the physical science sections on the list. The most prolific authors on the list are physical scientists such as ISI Highly Cited Researchers Sherwood B. Idso Ph.D. Research Scientist Emeritus, U.S. Water Conservation Laboratory and Richard S. Lindzen Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
Criticism: Authors on the list are not climate scientists.
Rebuttal: Climate science is a very broad discipline that includes scientists from a variety of backgrounds. Very few climate scientists have a Ph.D. in Climatology like skeptical scientist Dr. Patrick J. Michaels. Well known alarmist scientists such as Gavin Schmidt of RealClimate.org has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Phil Jones the Director of the Climatic Research Unit of Climategate fame has a Ph.D. in Hydology, IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Hockey Stick author Michael Mann has a Ph.D. in Geology.
Criticism: Authors on the list are not skeptics.
Rebuttal: It is explicitly stated in the disclaimer that, "The inclusion of a paper in this list does not imply a specific personal position to any of the authors. While certain authors on the list cannot be labeled skeptics (e.g. Harold Brooks, Roger Pielke Jr., Roger Pielke Sr.) their paper(s) or results from their paper(s) can still support skeptic's arguments against ACC/AGW alarm. This is a resource for skeptics not a list of skeptics."
Criticism: Most of the papers come from a small amount of authors.
Rebuttal: Cherry picking the most prolific authors as representative of the entire list is misleading. ISI Highly Cited Researchers such as Sherwood B. Idso and Richard S. Lindzen will naturally be well represented on the list. It has been independently verified by Needlebase that there are over 1500 unique authors on the list.
