gwbtrading gave a number of links (this thread) to good articles which look closely at statistical studies such as the "97%" study you keep mentioning. You would find these articles worth reading. I will reiterate that one of the most carefully executed statistical studies of the opinions of experts (not scientists in general) regarding AGW, seems to be the one published in the Bulletin of the Meteorological Society. If your going to attempt to make any sense at all from these surveys you owe it to yourself to be acquainted with the many nuances accompanying opinions. To illustrate, some experts are of the opinion that man is probably affecting our planet's climate, but probably in an insignificant way compared to the affects of natural events. And this is just one of many nuances in the opinions of experts in the field. In careless studies, the opinion I just illustrated might be reported as a belief that "man is affecting the climate." I think this example nicely illustrates how easy it would be to mislead a non-critical public if one had a particular agenda. I have no agenda myself other than to do all I can to expose bad science when it could cause harm. Toward that goal, I have stated over and over again that scientific questions can not be answered by survey or questionnaire. I have no reason to think that I am wrong about this.
Holy shit! Do you have any ability to actually say something concrete in fifty words or less?
Let's get real.
Do you dispute any of the data presented in this chart?
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