>"I desperately hope you're not implying that we should give credence to the din of crackpot circus clowns who think dramatic climate change isn't really happen

>"I desperately hope you're not implying that we should give credence to the din of crackpot circus clowns who think dramatic climate change isn't really happening and that Al Gore is personally placing space heaters on the glaciers and polar icecaps." No, I think we should give credence to the work of amateurs like Steve McIntyre whose high quality criticisms of specific pieces of work have been accepted into the scientific literature and who has been an important force in helping us see more clearly what is happening with the global climate. But since you seem to have your mind made up, I guess we should just call each other names.