Al Gore and his cronies would have you believe that the "science is settled" and that anyone questioning this is akin to a flat-earther or holocaust denier.
BUT Professor Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit, says:
"...scientists ... say the debate is over.... I don't believe the vast majority of climate scientists think this. This is not my view. There is still much that needs to be undertaken to reduce uncertainties, not just for the future, but for the instrumental (and especially the palaeoclimatic) past as well."
But wait - it gets better. Other quotables:
"the warming rates for all [1860-1880], [1910-1940], [1975-1998], [1975-2009] periods are similar and not statistically significantly different from each other."
{note: remember that you've been told that all warming from 1950 has been man-made}
"Q: Do you agree that from 1995 to the present there has been no statistically-significant global warming
A:Yes.."
{note: remember that you've been told that you caused Katrina (or God did, depends on if you're listening to Al Gore or Pat Robertson)}
"Q: ...from January 2002 to the present there has been ... global cooling?
A: ...The trend this time is
negative (-0.12C per decade)..."
{note: but wait its not statistically significant}
"Q:How much faith do you have - and should we have - in the Yamal
tree ring data from Siberia? Should we trust the science behind the
palaeoclimate record?
A:First, we would all accept that
palaeoclimatic data are considerably less certain than the instrumental
data. However, we must use what data are available in order to look at
the last 1,000 years. I believe that our current interpretation of the Yamal tree-ring data in Siberia is sound."
then
"Q:You also mentioned "hiding the decline" (in temperatures). Why did you say these things?
A:... it was absolutely necessary to remove the incorrect impression
given by the tree rings that temperatures between about 1960 and 1999 ... were not rising, as our instrumental data
clearly showed they were. This 'divergence' is well known in the tree-ring literature"
