It doesn't warrant an ad hominem attack, it's pointing out an inconsistency - the claim about climate scientists' motives is as ad-hominem as many examples to b

It doesn't warrant an ad hominem attack, it's pointing out an inconsistency - the claim about climate scientists' motives is as ad-hominem as many examples to be found in dictionaries. To his credit, credit_guy has been willing to consider alternative explanations than the one he started with.