At last someone has done a systematic study of the opinions of meteorologists, geoscientists and engineers on the subject of climate change. One-third of the 1100 surveyed agree with the pro-Kyoto "prevailing wisdom". Of course, if 2/3 disagree, it's not exactly prevailing.
Teasing aside, the paper identifies five frameworks of opinions it calls "models". 36% are in the "Comply with Kyoto” model. and "express the
strong belief that climate change is happening, that it is not a normal
cycle of nature, and humans are the main or central cause.” 24% go by the“Nature Is Overwhelming”
model: “they
strongly disagree that climate change poses any significant public risk
and see no impact on their personal lives.” 17%, they call “Fatalists” who “consider climate change to be a smaller public risk ... are skeptical that the
scientific debate is settled...” 10% are of the “Economic Responsibility” model.
They “diagnose climate change as being natural or human
caused. ... they point to the harm the Kyoto
Protocol ... will do to the economy.” 5% are“Regulation Activists” .
These scientists “diagnose climate change as being both human- and
naturally caused...” “They are also skeptical with regard
to the scientific debate being settled and are the most indecisive
whether IPCC modeling is accurate.”
Had you heard that 97% of scientists "agree with global warming"? Here is where that number comes from.
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