BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch: Magnetic attraction of climate 'scepticism'

What some in the sceptical camp do not appear to appreciate is that published, peer-reviewed science is not only the sole way of establishing and improving theories; it's also, now, the only route to the policymakers they want to influence.

Modern-day ministers and their scientifically-qualified advisers are absolutely not going to listen to half-developed, unpublished theories or complaints about fraud and conspiracies.

[Richard Black should take a look at these papers]: Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism of "Man-Made" Global Warming

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