People that are skeptical of climate science have every reason to be. The science behind it is so full of holes that you'd frankly be an idiot if you didn't at least question it(not to mention the political motives behind it). Global warming/climate change is all based around a computer model that has already been proven wrong on many occasions and doesn't match up to their predictions. Legitimate scientists would adjust their model to conform to the new data to make the model more accurate. Climate scientists insist their model is correct and the data is somehow wrong(even though they've been using that data for their entire model from the start). "Well this data is correct because it matches our theories, but that data taken from the same source isn't because it contradicts us. Therefore that data is wrong." That isn't science.
I don't think anyone would argue against the idea that humans may have "some" affect on the climate, you'd be hard pressed however to find any actual data that could explain the extent. Proposing draconian policies to stop human's affect on the climate, when we can't even quantify it, is ludicrous. The earth's climate has been drastically changing over the last 4.5 billion years, meaning long before humans were here, and also meaning while humans have been here. How much of what we are seeing in the climate right now is due to natural changes and how much is directly because of us? We don't know. Period. Climate science is still in it's infancy, at least "real" science and not pseudo-science and hockey stick charts meant to scare the easily persuaded.
What should make people the most skeptical is who is pushing this entire scenario. Goverments want to centralize more and more power. With pesky things like the bill of rights and the constitution(in America at least) they can't completely take over our lives. However, if they can convince the populace that the world is coming to an end if we "DON'T ACT NOW" then they can conveniently control every facet of our lives due to saving the planet. From the cars we drive, to the housing we can live in, to the food we eat, water we drink, amount of children, etc.. all the while why they fly private jets, feast on extravagant meals and tell us what we can't do. The hypocrisy is mind numbing. Al Gore flies on private jets and burns more electricity in his mansion in a single month than the average American does in an entire year yet has the gall to lecture us about riding bicycles to work instead of driving. I truly question the type of individual that can fall behind this sort of drivel.
This isn't about conspiracies, it's reality. There is no "consensus", at least not with intellectually honest scientists. There is a reason the "deniers" aren't invited to climate conventions and their requests for debate are never answered. It's easier to ignore and pretend than it is to argue against actual facts.
Also, just a thought for discussion. What if the climate was actually on a cooling trend, but aggregate global warming was keeping it from happening? Then strict regulations are put in place, AGW comes to a screeching halt and the world continues to cool eventually culminating into another mini(of full on) ice age? Which do you think we'd survive better in?
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