On the one hand, here in Australia and recently in the U.S., there's been elections that have at least moved the government from
a skeptical viewpoint to initiating action on climate change.
They don't crave to hear other
skeptical viewpoints.
The crux of the conflict from
my skeptical viewpoint is that confidence in CAGW is misplaced given the scope of uncertainty and that that uncertainty is being summarily dismissed or glossed over by CAGW proponents and the IPCC.
The peer - reviewed scientific literature is teeming with new evidence supporting
the skeptical viewpoint that modern climate changes are neither unprecedented or unusual — nor do they fall outside the range of natural variability.
Warmist alarmists are even more gullible and there's more of them so the entertainment opportunities are greater from
the skeptical viewpoint.
I suspect the reason it's there is not simply because it states
a skeptical viewpoint but because it's very general and can't be answered briefly.
All they are pointing out is that the Liberal / Democrats generally support climate alarmism and its proposed IPCC - style solutions of central control to reduce CO2 emissions,, and the Conservative / Republican / Libertarians support a more
skeptical viewpoint and non-governmental solutions if problem are found to be real.
From
my skeptical viewpoint, your best move is to immediately distance yourself from PG, and state you are utterly shocked to see this happen.
This points to the real agenda behind
the skeptical viewpoint, which is to avoid policy planning because the thought is that the free market will always somehow manage.
Prime Minister Abbott's speech «Daring to Doubt» described climate science with
a skeptical viewpoint then went on to talk about climate policy with an emphasis on Australia.
This topic is exhilarating to me and, believe me, I have found you a rare breed in that you can discuss the science as science from
a skeptical viewpoint and this can remain predominantly civil... the blogosphere is not nearly as representative.
I think it's wonderful that this is taking place and that varying viewpoints within the field (not baseless, tired,
skeptical viewpoints but variations of science backed viewpoints) will be expressed and discussed.
David, I appreciate
your skeptical viewpoint.
Not exact matches
From a reasoning standpoint I am
skeptical of activists for any topic or
viewpoint.
To categorize my opinion as «Utter tripe» (and from your post at 5:06 AM «laughably primitive» and «you do the
skeptical cause no good by citing them») adds nothing to the conversation but your own vehement anti-God
viewpoints.
Treat «
skeptical»
viewpoints as if they are monolithic (by claiming that almost no «skeptics» believe as you do despite abundant evidence to the contrary on the very same blogs where they comment.
To play a thought game with you, if you accept the definition of a libertarian as someone who generally favors as small and efficient of a government as is reasonably practical to do the job that has been assigned to it, then I would agree that those with this
viewpoint would be
skeptical of increasing the size, roll, or cost of the government unless or until there was clear evidence that there was a need for the government to take action.
It would be interesting to read «
skeptical»
viewpoints on the paper Andrew writes about.
I suppose this sort of
viewpoint would be classified by the IPCC crowd as
skeptical and «denier», but such an assessment is not really accurate.
««I can't identify any major player on the
skeptical side of the Climate Divide, either by name or general
viewpoint, that even resembles The Skeptic [which Mosher keeps referring to].»
While the
skeptical climate blogosphere is alive and well in terms of discussing alternative
viewpoints, this caters primarily to an older population.
As for major players, you must be referring to my complaint that «I can't identify any major player on the
skeptical side of the Climate Divide, either by name or general
viewpoint, that even resembles The Skeptic [which Mosher keeps referring to].»