[dougfelt]

"it is now no longer palatable to question whether it is happening"

So, back this up. Who are the people with the careful theories, the detailed data, the ironclad arguments, who aren't being heard because of intolerance for their 'conservative' views?

[jamez1]

Academia has officially decided that it no longer needs science, it needs populism. You won't get funding anywhere and a journal won't publish you. Your peers will ostracize you.

Skepticism doesn't need to produce theories or data, it just needs to try on different views. We can't anymore, you're classed as a believer or a non-believer for even attempting. Have you noticed how still the conversation falls when you ask someone the exact details of climate change? What % is natural? What is the error terms on the assumptions?

It's like questioning god in the 16th century, are you surprised that there is nothing in the public sphere?

What a funny world we live in where scientists use the word 'skeptic' as a derogatory term?

[flukus]

Is academia required? There is a lot of money to be made from a lot of vested interests for anyone that can come up with a credible theory to explain the current warming level.