Originally Posted By: sini
Consider this: Any study that could soundly disprove "global warming" would not only have unlimited budget from Big Oil, Big Coal and such, but would also guarantee publications for life, probably a Nobel, tenure, and more fame than could be had anywhere else in the climate science field.
The burden of proof is on the alarmists, not those calling for rational thought. The petroleum industry will reap little if any benefit from disproving global warming. Even if you had concrete proof today that humans were causing the earth's fever to elevate, people would still have to heat/cool their homes and drive their cars. All the alarmism does is drive up the cost of those products, which doesn't hurt the energy producers in the slightest. Why on earth would they want to discredit it?

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