>"I suspect you haven’t heard it because the mass media did not report it, but I am not alone on the no man-made warming side of this issue. On May 20th, a list of the names of over thirty-one thousand scientists who refute global warming was released. Thirty-one thousand of which 9,000 are Ph.ds.


I suspect this is the petition mentioned. From Wikipedia:

"The "Oregon Petition," was started in 1998 by physicist Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Science. The identical petition card was circulated again in early 2008 and Arthur Robinson is presenting the petition with 31,000 signatures in Washington DC on May 19, 2008[54] Critics point out that many of the signatories of the Petition lack a background in climatology[55][56] and that the petition itself mentions only "catastrophic heating" and not the broader issue of global warming. The petition's website claims that all of the 17,100 signatories are qualified scientists with "technical training suitable for the evaluation of the relevant research data."[57] "

Not all scientists are created equal. I prefer to give more credence to those with training in a specific.

Just to strengthen the point, I'll point out that I have a PhD in a scientific field (Computer Science), but I sure wouldn't expect you all to accept my views on biology, chemistry, or physics as anything other than those of an educated layman.

Tamar