Aren't both sides buying the science, and attempting to influence those that can
dictate policy for profit? Hasn't it been shown that both sides are complacent in
some pretty shady behavior?
See, the thing is that there aren't these two sides like the dichotomy I set up. That's just me taking Beaver's absolute statement and making it a two-way choice.
In reality it's nothing like that at all. You can't definitively say anything about the motives of all of the thousands of scientists who have devoted their careers to answering questions about reality.
As to the raw data, NASA code and raw data is available at their site. CRU has made all the data available that they are legally allowed to make public. They are a third party holder in many cases,and are not allowed to give up that data, no matter how many FOIA requests they get. The larger point is, if someone doesn't like CRU because they can't get access to all of the raw data (some of which was scratched on parchment in the 1800's), then pick another data set measuring the same variable. They all show the same thing.
If you want to see data, try the links from these pages:
Climate Data Links « Open Mind
RealClimate: Data Sources
Open and public debates has been done...a number of times. I don't see that one more time is going to matter, but we'll get more of it anyways. For many people the thought of spending time watching scientists debate the intricacies of atmospheric chemistry and physics is incredibly boring.
The
IPCC , the
US Climate Change Science Program reports, and other related national programs is where the chips fall. In some cases these synthesis reports, which are very conservative estimates of reality, are underestimating magnitude and pace of changes.
Besides which, I don't think I like the idea of science and related policy matters being left to the whims of the mob. Anyone who thinks "
It's happened before" is a relevant point is clearly not up to par on very basic levels of understanding, to even grasp what the salient points are.