[geysersam]

You seem to be much more knowledgeable about this than myself. But I was under the impression that while large climate models are used to infer the extent and impact of a changing climate, they are not actually an important component in determining climate change caused by carbon emissions to be a real phenomenon.

No other hypotheses about geophysics are required to show realistic and fault free simulations of the climate of the planet over several centuries to be generally accepted. Why should we apply such extreme prejudice to the hypothesis of climate change caused by the greenhouse effect? The basic mechanisms is quite simple and well understood, there is a variety of kinds of measurements supporting the claim that the temperature of the planet is increasing (meteorological temperature measurements, glaciers disappearing etc.). Full understanding of all the geophysical processes and feedback loops involved is not necessary, and very likely impossible.

I also have a hard time understanding the motives for such an enormous scam. Who would stand to gain from this except a relatively small number of researchers and the renewable energy industry? On the other hand, it's well documented that the fossile fuel industry has tried to sabotage climate science for the purpose of limiting political action on the issue.