The Patriot Post® · About That '97% Consensus'...

In August, we explained why the “97% consensus” of scientists that alarmists claim accept the notion of man-made global warming is a faux statistic used by the Left to conjure up an overwhelming majority that simply doesn’t exist. A new study from Purdue University came to the same conclusion. Newsbusters’ Sean Long elaborates: “Linda Prokopy, a Professor of Natural Resource Social Science at Purdue University, surveyed more than six thousand farmers and scientists and found widespread disagreement on human contributions to climate change. While 90 percent of scientists and climatologists surveyed thought the climate was changing, only about 50.4 percent contended that humans were the primary cause of these changes [emphasis added]. More shocking was that just 53 percent of climatologists surveyed thought ‘Climate change is occurring, and it is caused mostly by human activities.’ While that number of climatologists was small, the result is still significant.” But just remember – the science is “settled.” More…