I disagree with your conclusion. It was a hoax from its very inception. ;) Like I said, the few years after 1977 were largely scientific error - but I agree, anything in more recent times is either incompetence or outright dishonesty.
But beyond that, I agree 100% with you.
I found some interesting pieces of information tonight:
1) A popular book for kids actually REVERSES the legends regarding CO2 levels and temperature increases. (Not at all surprising, the authors are basically political activists, not scientists)
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http://www.amazon.com/Down-Earth-Guide-Global-Warming/dp/0439024943/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-7751873-4216629?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188408824&sr=8-2The book also claims that oceans are warming, when in fact they are not.
2) After reading online versions of several magazines, it seems it's purely the activists and writers (and NOT scientists) who go around saying, "the debate is over, GWT is fact". Since those who appear to have been duped are the ones taking what activists say as pure gold, it's not surprising to see people who parrot the same talk.
3) Found a lovely quote from Vaclac Klaus, Czech president (or at least he was in 2007)
Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it's a political body, a sort of non-government organization of green flavor. It's neither a forum of neutral scientists nor a balanced group of scientists. These people are politicized scientists who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a one-sided assignment. 4) More quotes from 700 international scientists who petitioned against global warming (on top of the 31,000 american scientists)
“The models and forecasts of the UN IPCC "are incorrect because they only are based on mathematical models and presented results at scenarios that do not include, for example, solar activity.”
“After reading [UN IPCC chairman] Pachauri's asinine comment [comparing skeptics to] Flat Earthers, it's hard to remain quiet.”
“The Kyoto theorists have put the cart before the horse. It is global warming that triggers higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, not the other way round…A large number of critical documents submitted at the 1995 U.N. conference in Madrid vanished without a trace. As a result, the discussion was one-sided and heavily biased, and the U.N. declared global warming to be a scientific fact,” I remember the huge brainwashing hoax/scheme in the early 1980's following the accident at TMI. It wasn't about actual damage - it was all about PERCEIVED threats (after all, that's where the real political capital is....besides, who ever heard of a public campaign against thousands who have been killed in dam disasters or the use of coal instead of nuclear power????)
