All cultures create myths to explain life's mysteries.
We can see the flaws in all of them, except our own.
Man abhors a mystery.
That is no excuse for inventing religions.
Every Christian here would be a Muslim if they were born in Pakistan.
Proof of how this is all indoctrination and has zero basis in truth.
The very earliest form, and most consistent form of every primitive religion began with people gaining influence by claiming that they could change the weather. Things haven't changed much.
"97%" is the big consensus number we should be talking about not "98%". Both are false, but 97% is what the common propaganda that's been bantered around for 20 years now, why raise it for this thread.
Besides, absolutely not one bit of science since Bacon defined the scientific method has ever been proven by a consensus. Usually, a scientist comes up with a hypothesis and the rest of the scientific community sets out to prove them wrong. When many have tried, yet none succeed, then we are doing science. That is not what is going on here. What is happening instead is that people studying the catastrophe of global warming are given the approval of those in government who claim they can fix it by raising your taxes. They will fund everyone who will say something to help achieve carbon taxes, but if your study does not claim to prove their point, "No grant for you". This whole study is a multi billion dollar business. They even have Bill Nye the Not Science Guy, an actor who plays make believe for a living, threatening to have people who don't agree jailed or shot. It's now to where people who weren't even involved in climatology getting in on the action. A guy studying Finches may not have a great chance of getting his grant until he learns to rename it to something like "The study of finches in a changing climate," then he's in like Flynn. A little generic follow up like, "finches may spend more time in the shade if it does get warmer," and the masses will clap their hands and honk like trained seals, "Lookie look, we got us one more scientist, honk, honk"!
If you don't think man made climate change is a religion, you seriously have to ask yourself some questions and find your own answers;
How much ice was in both ice caps total 30 years ago, and how much is there now?
How much have the seas risen in 30 years?
How much CO² is mankind responsible for since the industrial revolution? How much did Mnt. St. Helens produce in a week? How much for Krakatoa?
Who were the principal players proposing to create a carbon credit exchange market in Chicago where you can go ahead and purchase the right to burn more than your share of carbon for the right price?
What is each of our shares to burn? and what does it cost to be allowed our share? How much for extra shares? People with private jets will decide.
What if we gave them all of our money? Every damn dime? Do you think government can fix it with all our money. We can fix it faster than the government ever could, walk, or ride a bike everywhere, no horses, they fart. So do chickens, I have too, tax that. Run on solar, no more air conditioner. No burning wood for heat, that's dirtier than coal as far as CO². better blankets, thicker socks, move South. Get off the grid, get off line, progress just took you back to the middle ages.
I was typing that as a joke, but who knows, it might actually work. Or maybe a high powered blender like a Ninja. In a power outage you'd be reduced to grinding with a mortar & pestle.
