[vhawk01]

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A few things....

Many scientists are great "doom & gloom" types and can manipulate the facts to suit their purposes. A perfect example is this: Back in the late 1800's a well respected Danish scientist said that the city of Copenhagen would be faced a catostrophic environmental problem, one that he could not forsee an easy solution to. The problem... he said that within 10-20 years there would be so much horse poo, from all the horse drawn carriages, in the streets of Copenhagen that the city would almost be unlivable. Good thing other scientists found a solution to this problem.

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You say this like this is evidence of the silliness of scientists. Isn't a reasonable explanation that other people figured out a solution to this problem BECAUSE he made his estimates and exposed the problem for what it was? I have no idea if this is a real or apocryphal story, and it doesn't much matter. He did some thinking, realized there was a problem, and people figured out a solution to the problem. Sounds like exactly what I hope will happen now. I hope that all of the scientists who are talking about the catastrophic outcomes that will be caused by global warming are seen as 'doom and gloom' reactionaries in a couple hundred years. It means that their message motivated people to come up with solutions. They are the last ones who want to be considered 'right' in posterity.