Perhaps the simplest explanation for falling belief in the AGW theory is the best - that "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they

Perhaps the simplest explanation for falling belief in the AGW theory is the best - that "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions_and_the_Madness_of_Crowds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Popular_Delusions...] I think what we are seeing is the gradual realisation that the alarms have been ringing a bit too loud, a bit too often, and people are beginning to wonder what all the rush is. If you want an anology it's similar to when people realised that .com companies with massive costs and tiny sales weren't actually ever going to make any money, and started to sell. Remember the quaint term 'new economy'?